Over 18,000 votes were cast to determine this year's winners (listed below). This year the awards show raised over $25,000 for LaDainian Tomlinson's Touching Lives Foundation! Out raising last year's inaugural event mark by over $10,000!
Check out the "uncut" video (right) of Colin Cowherd's interview of LaDainian Tomlinson before the show!
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Listen to the podcast and check out the pictures from this year's event featuring LaDainian Tomlinson, Colin Cowherd, Jerry Ferrara ("Turtle" from HBO's Entourage) The E! Channel's Sal Masekela and Ben Lyons, Curtis Conway, Laila Ali and 710 ESPN's Dave Dameshek, Steve Mason, Brian Long and Pete Fox.
AND THE WINNERS ARE. . .
2007 was another banner year for the snowboarder/skateboarder. No star shined brighter at X Games 13 than White, who took home a gold medal in skateboard vert. He then went on to win three more times in the same event during the Dew Tour. Earlier in the year White had eight podium finishes in Snowboarding events (He took home gold in five of them), before winning a silver and a bronze medal at Winter X.
A true Cinderella story, USC finished second in the Pac-10 standings (20-3-2, 6-2-1), but first in the Nation as it claimed its first-ever, and the Pac-10's first-ever National Championship ... Prior to this season, USC had never advanced past the second round of the NCAA Tournament ... So GK Kristin Olsen was named the tournament's most outstanding defensive player.
The Trojans, under Pete Carroll, had another phenomenal season, finishing with a record of 11-2. That gave them the Pac-10 title, and a berth in the Rose Bowl, where they dominated Illinois, 49-17.
San Diego Chargers&2007 was another outstanding year for LT. He led the league in rushing, and led the Chargers all the way to the AFC Championship game. On July 11, 2007, Tomlinson won the ESPY Award for Male Athlete of the Year, Best Record-Breaking Performance and Best NFL Athlete, as well as the Hummer "Like Nothing Else" Award.
The Anaheim Ducks won the Stanley Cup by beating the Detroit Red Wings in the Western Conference Finals and then the Ottawa Senators in the Stanley Cup Finals in just 5 games. Scott Neidermeyer was named the MVP of the playoffs. This was the Ducks first franchise Stanley Cup.
Lakers&during the playoffs with the Jazz, Fisher spent time in a New York hospital with his 10-month-old daughter, Tatum, who was getting treatment for cancer. He left in the day, flew to Utah, and played in a playoff game that night. Fisher moved to Los Angeles to get better treatment for Tatum.
UCLA Basketball&Howland lead the Bruins to a remarkable thirty and six record, and went to the National Championship Game.
USC Football. . .Ellis played all 13 games for the Trojans, and finished the season with 58 tackles, eight and a half sacks, seven deflections, 2 fumble recoveries, and one forced fumble. He was a unanimous choice on the 2007 all Pac-10 first team. Ellis was named USC's Co-MVP.
USC Soccer. . .the USC goalkeeper collected 12 shutouts throughout the season. She was named the most outstanding defensive player of the NCAA Tournament, and she was named Second-Team All American by Soccer Buzz and the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.
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