2012 ESPY Awards

Winners

• Best Female Athlete: Brittney Griner, Basketball
• Best Male Athlete: LeBron James, Basketball
• Best Team: Miami Heat
• Best Coach/Manager: Tom Coughlin, New York Giants
• Best Comeback: Matthew Stafford
• Best Game -– San Francisco 49ers vs. New Orleans Saints
• Best Moment -- Tim Tebow's 80-yard touchdown pass
• Best Play -- Christian Watford's buzzer-beating shot to beat No. 1 Kentucky
• Best Upset -— Los Angeles Kings as the 8th seed winning the Stanley Cup
• College Athletic Program -- Stanford women's athletics and Florida men's athletics
• Best International Athlete -- Lionel Messi
• Best Record-Breaking Performance -- Drew Brees, New Orleans Saints
• Breakthrough Athlete of the Year -- Jeremy Lin, New York Knicks
• Best Male Action Sports Athlete -- Shaun White, Skateboarding-Snowboarding
• Best Female Action Sports Athlete -- Jamie Anderson, Snowboarding
• Best Male Athlete with a Disability -- Kyle Maynard, Climbing
• Best Female Athlete with a Disability -- Jessica Long, Swimming
• Best Driver -- Tony Stewart
• Fighter of the Year -- Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
• NBA Player of the Year -- LeBron James, Miami Heat
• NFL Player of the Year -- Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay Packers
• NHL Player of the Year -- Jonathan Quick, Los Angeles Kings
• MLB Player of the Year -- Josh Hamilton, Texas Rangers
• WNBA Player of the Year -- Diana Taurasi, Phoenix Mercury
• Best Bowler -- Sean Rash
• Best Female Golfer -- Cristie Kerr
• Best Male Golfer -- Bubba Watson
• Best Jockey -- Mario Gutierrez
• Best MLS Player -- David Beckham, Los Angeles Galaxy
• Best Male Tennis Player -- Novak Djokovic
• Best Female Tennis Player -- Maria Sharapova

  In Memoriam

• Junior Seau
• Dave Gavitt
• Joe Paterno
• Bubba Smith
• Al Davis
• Chester McGlockton
• Myra Kraft
• Orlando Woolridge
• Gary Carter
• Mike Flanagan
• Moose Skowron
• Giorgio Chinaglia
• Don Carter
• Pavol Demitra
• Joe Frazier
• Sócrates
• Angelo Dundee
• Alketas Panagoulias
• Bert Sugar
• Sarah Burke
• Dan Wheldon