The ESPYs take place next month, July 17th and the nominees have been announced!
Check out the list & details after the jump…
Via ESPN:
The Alabama football team, the Baltimore Ravens, the Chicago Blackhawks, the Miami Heat, the San Francisco Giants, the Oklahoma women’s softball team and the U.S. women’s Olympic gymnastics team will battle it out for Best Team at the 2013 ESPYS Awards.
The nominees were announced Thursday. The awards will be handed out July 17 (9 p.m. ET, ESPN).
Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers, LeBron James of the Heat, Adrian Peterson of the Minnesota Vikings and Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps are the nominees for Best Male Athlete. Olympic gymnast Gabby Douglas, Olympic swimmer Missy Franklin, Baylor and Phoenix Mercury women’s basketball star Brittney Griner and tennis player Serena Williams will vie for the Best Female Athlete.
The best championship performance comes down to Joe Flacco in the Super Bowl, James in the NBA Finals, Brad Keselowski in the Sprint Cup chase, and Pablo Sandoval of the San Francisco Giants in the World Series.
Colin Kaepernick of the San Francisco 49ers is among the Best Breakthrough Athlete nominees. He’s joined by Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel, Los Angeles Dodgers rookie sensation Yasiel Puig, 2012 American League rookie of the year Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels, and Russell Wilson of the Seattle Seahawks.
Among the other notable categories:
- Best Record-Breaking Performance: Drew Brees’ NFL touchdown pass record goes up against Calvin Johnson’s single-season NFL receiving yardage record, Michael Phelps’ record 22 Olympic medals and Abby Wambach’s all-time women’s soccer scoring record.
- Best Game: Baltimore-Denver in the AFC Divisional playoff faces off with Boston’s three-goal rally to beat Toronto in Game 7 of the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs and Game 6 of the NBA Finals, where Miami rallied from a five-point deficit with 28 seconds left in regulation to win the game in overtime and force a seventh game.
- Best comeback: Peyton Manning of the Denver Broncos, Peterson of the Vikings, Buster Posey of the San Francisco Giants and Mariano Rivera of the New York Yankees.
