I couldn't find a previous thread on this, so excuse me if its already been covered. ESPN has announced the nominees for their annual ESPY Awards. The award itself is kind of pointless to some, but I like the idea and find the show kind of fun. Anyway, the major nominees:
MALE ATHLETE
Barry Bonds
Tiger Woods
Lance Armstrong
Cael Sanderson
Shaquille O'Neal
FEMALE ATHLETE
Jennifer Capriati
Annika Sorenstam
Lisa Leslie
Sarah Hughes
Venus Williams
TEAM
Arizona Diamondbacks
Carolina Hurricanes
Detroit Red Wings
Los Angeles Lakers
New Jersey Nets
New England Patriots
UConn Women's Basketball
UMiami Football
GAME
Super Bowl-Rams vs. Patriots
World Series Game 7-Yankees vs. DBacks
Olympics Women's Figure Skating Long Program
COACH
Geno Auriemma-UConn basketball
Bill Belichick-Patriots
Bob Brenly-DBacks
Larry Coker-UMiami football
Phil Jackson-Lakers
BREAKTHROUGH ATHLETE
Tom Brady-Patriots QB
Kevin Harvick-NASCAR
Sarah Hughes-Figure Skating
Ichiro Suzuki-Mariners OF
COMEBACK ATHLETE
Jennifer Capriati
Michael Jordan
Saku Koivu
Peter Forsberg
Mario Lemieux
SPORTS MOVIE
Ali
The Rookie
61*
Joe and Max
Monday Night Mayhem
BEST MOMENT
Adam Vinatieri's game-winning field goal in the Super Bowl
Barry Bonds shatters homerun record
Sarah Hughes wins Olympic gold medal
Luis Gonzalez's game winning RBI in game 7 of World Series
Dale Earnhardt Jr wins first race at Daytona since his fathers death
MLB PLAYER
Barry Bonds
Randy Johnson
Curt Schilling
Roger Clemens
Luis Gonzalez
Ichiro Suzuki
Sammy Sosa
NFL PLAYER
Tom Brady
Marshall Faulk
Brett Favre
Michael Strahan
Priest Holmes
Brian Urlacher
Kurt Warner
NBA PLAYER
Kobe Bryant
Shaquille O'Neal
Tim Duncan
Jason Kidd
Allen Iverson
Paul Pierce
Chris Webber
US OLYMPIAN
Sarah Hughes-Skating
Vonetta Flowers and Jill Bakken-Bobsled
Apolo Ohno-Speed Skating
Derek Parra-Speed Skating
Jim Shea-Skeleton
Chris Witty-Speed Skating
NHL PLAYER
Martin Brodeur
Dominik Hasek
Jarome Iginla
Nicklas Lidstrom
Patrick Roy
Joe Sakic
Jose Theodore
MALE TENNIS PLAYER
Andre Agassi
Lleyton Hewitt
Gustavo Kuertan
FEMALE TENNIS PLAYER
Venus Williams
Jennifer Capriati
Serena Williams
RECORD BREAKING PERFORMANCE
Barry Bonds hits 73 home runs
Tiger Woods wins four straight majors
Annika Sorenstam shoots an LPGA record low 59
Cael Sanderson wins 4 straight NCAA wrestling titles and compiles a record of 159-0
COMPLETE ESPY AWARD NOMINEES LIST