| 2004 North American Sports awards
Sorry to those of you overseas, I dont know anything about your sports. Hockey fans and women's sports are also kinda neglected. Sorry. Feel free to add in anything i may have missed. I just gave a few suggestions for each category.
Team of the Year
Boston Red Sox
New England Patriots
Detroit Pistons
UConn Huskies, Men's Basketball
Athlete of the year
Lance Armstrong
Martin St Louis (Tampa Bay Lightning)
Peyton Manning (Indianapolis Colts)
Michael Phelps
Game of the Year
Super Bowl 38 (Patriots 32 Panthers 29, won on Vinatieri FG with :04 remaining. 37 points in 4th quarter)
ALCS Game 4, Yankees vs. Red Sox (Red Sox 3 outs from elimination, Dave Roberts steals 3rd off Rivera, scores tying run on Mueller's single. Game ends in extra innings on an Ortiz walk-off homerun)
July 1, Yankees vs. Red Sox (12 innings, Jeter crashes into the stands, Nomar sulks on the bench)
NFC Playoffs, Carolina vs. St Louis (Double OT, game ends on 75-yard TD pass from Jake Delhomme to Steve Smith)
Upset of the Year
Pistons almost sweep Lakers for NBA Championship
Panthers defeat Eagles for NFC Championship in Philadelphia
Puerto Rico over U.S., Olympics, Men's basketball. First loss for U.S. basketball in Olympic play with NBA players. First loss overall since 1988
Greece wins that Euro soccer thing
Rookie of the Year
LeBron James (Cleveland Cavs)
Ben Roethlisberger (Pittsburgh Steelers)
Adrian Peterson (Oklahoma Running back)
Carmelo Anthony (Denver Nuggets)
Villain of the Year
Ron Artest (Indiana Pacers)
Kobe Bryant (Los Angeles Lakers)
Pete Rose
Carlos Boozer (Cleveland Cavs/Utah Jazz)
Coach of the Year
Bill Belichick (Patriots)
Larry Brown (Pistons)
John Fox (Panthers)
Tony LaRussa (Cardinals)
Moment of the Year
Red Sox win first World Series in 86 years
Peyton Manning throws record 49th TD
Ron Artest runs into crowd, fights fans
Lance Armstrong wins 6th straight Tour de France
Saddest passing
Pat Tillman
Reggie White
Ken Caminiti (this is more sad in the way of pathetic, but whatever...)
John Henry Williams (son of Ted, minor league baseball player, died of leukemia) |