• Oakley ESPY Nominees

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    The votes are in and the ESPY winners will be announced tomorrow night, Wednesday, July 11 at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. The event will be televised, Sunday, July 15 at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN.

    LeBron James and Jimmy Kimel will host the 15th annual ESPY Awards, created by ESPN in 1993 for Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly. For the fourth year, fans determined the winners in all contested categories, by voting online (last year more than 12 million votes were tabulated).

    Last year Oakley’s Lance Armstrong won Athlete of the Year, while Shaun White won two categories—Best US Olympian and Best Male Action Sports Athlete.

    This year, Oakley athletes are representing in five categories:

    BEST MALE ACTION SPORT ATHLETE
    Ricky Carmichael, Motocross

    BEST FEMALE ACTION SPORT ATHLETE
    Layne Beachley, Surfing

    BEST NHL PLAYER
    Scott Niedermayer, Anaheim Ducks
    Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins

    BEST DRIVER
    Tony Schumacher

    BEST BASEBALL PLAYER
    Ryan Howard, Philadelphia Phillies
    Johan Santana, Minnesota Twins

    For more info, visit www.espn.go.com/espy2007