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Summitt, Lady Vols are big winners at ESPY's Save Email Print
Posted: 12:34 AM Jul 17, 2008
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Los Angeles, CA (WVLT/AP) It was another big night for the Lady Vols at the annual ESPY awards. Head coach Pat Summitt was named Coach/Manager of the year while Candace Parker was a double winner, earning female athlete of the year and female college athlete honors. She led Tennessee to its second consecutive NCAA national championship before becoming the WNBA's Number-1 draft pick and going to the Los Angeles Sparks.

Candace's Lady Vols were also named best women's collegiate team after defeating Stanford for the 2008 crown. The title was the 8th overall for the Lady Vols and Pat Summitt, who could very well surpass the 1000 win plateau for her career this coming season. The ESPY's, hosted by Justin Timberlake were taped Wednesday night for rebroadcast Sunday night at 9:00PM ET. on ESPN. The folllowing is a list of the winners in their respective categories:

Male Athlete: Tiger Woods, golf

Female Athlete: Candace Parker, Tennessee and Los Angeles Sparks

Team: Boston Celtics

Coach-Manager: Pat Summitt, Tennessee women's basketball

Comeback: Josh Hamilton, Texas Rangers

Breakthrough Athlete: Adrian Peterson, Minnesota Vikings

Game: New York Giants defeat New England Patriots, Super Bowl

Record-breaking Performance: Brett Favre, Green Bay Packers

Championship Performance: Tiger Woods, U.S. Open

Play: New York Giants QB Eli Manning's pass to David Tyree, Super Bowl

Moment: Central Washington's Mallory Holtman and Liz Wallace, Western Oregon's Sara Tucholsky for sportsmanship

Finish: Western Kentucky's Ty Rogers hitting buzzer beater to defeat Drake in first round of NCAA men's basketball tournament

Upset: New York Giants defeat New England Patriots, Super Bowl

Sports Movie: "Semi-Pro"

Male College Athlete: Tim Tebow, Florida football

Female College Athlete: Candace Parker, Tennessee basketball

Women's Collegiate Team: Tennessee basketball

Male Action Sport Athlete: Shaun White, skateboarding/snowboarding

Female Action Sport Athlete: Gretchen Bleiler, snowboarding

Male Athlete With A Disability: Ryan Kocer, wrestling

Female Athlete With a Disability: Shay Oberg, softball

Male International Athlete: Rafael Nadal, tennis

Female International Athlete: Lorena Ochoa, golf

Baseball Player: Alex Rodriguez, New York Yankees

NBA Player: Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers

WNBA Player: Lauren Jackson, Seattle Storm

NFL Player: Tom Brady, New England Patriots

NHL Player: Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins

Bowler: Norm Duke

Driver: Jimmie Johnson

Fighter: Floyd Mayweather, boxing

Golfer: Tiger Woods

Jockey: Kent Desormeaux

MLS Player: David Beckham, Los Angeles Galaxy

Male Tennis Player: Roger Federer

Female Tennis Player: Maria Sharapova

Track and Field Athlete: Tyson Gay

Outdoor Athlete: Scott Smiley, mountain climber

Arthur Ashe Courage Award: John Carlos and Tommie Smith, 1968 Olympic medalists

Jimmy V ESPY for Perseverance: Kevin Everett, former Buffalo Bills tight end

Like Nothing Else Award: George Martin walks across America

Undeniable Moment: Warner Robins, Ga., defeats Tokyo to win Little League World Series on Dalton Carriker's walk-off homer in extra innings

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2008 Football Schedule
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9/1/08 at UCLA 8:00-ESPN
9/13/08 UAB 12:30-WVLT
9/20/08 FLORDIA 3:30*-WVLT
9/27/08 at Auburn 3:30*-WVLT
10/4/08 NORTHERN IL 7:00-PPV
10/11/08 at Georgia 3:30*-WVLT
10/18/08 MS STATE TBA
10/25/08 ALABAMA TBA
11/1/08 At South Carolina TBA
11/8/08 WYOMING 1:00-PPV
11/22/08 At Vanderbilt TBA
11/29/08 KENTUCKY TBA
12/6/08 SEC Championship 4:00-WVLT
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