And the Swimming ESPY Nominees are...


#1
Garrett McCaffrey   June 25, 2009 at 3:44pm
Swimmers are up for 9 ESPY's in 2009! Phelps leads the way with 5 nominations, including "Best Moment," as part of the US 4x100 Free Relay Team.

Here's the nominee list: http://www.chiff.com/recreation/sports/espy-awards.htm#espy
Here's where you can vote: http://espn.go.com/espy2009/index.html
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#16
Anonymous Coward   June 29, 2009 at 11:01am
Went to the voting page referenced but was not able to cast my vote....are you sure this is a valid web site....thanks
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Anonymous Coward   June 26, 2009 at 9:34pm
i think coughlin actually has a good chance in the one considering that votes for gymnastics will be split between nastia liukin and shawn johnson. i do have to admit it was hard to vote for anyone other than swimmers in the categories which swimmers were represented. i think swimmers will walk away with more espys than people may think.
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Eric Teske   June 26, 2009 at 8:26am
I found the voting page here: http://promo.espn.go.com/espn/specialsection/espys2009/#/home/
And you have to login to ESPN.com to vote

If I register does that mean I'm gonna get email updates about baseball? Ugh I hope not...
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#13
Anonymous Coward   June 25, 2009 at 11:36pm
Anonymous Coward said:
“Phelps is going to need a virtual campaign (or divine intervention) to beat out Kobe and LeBron for favorite male athlete.”
Really, none of the individual swimmers (Rice, Vollmer, Coughlin) have a shot in their categories. Rice won't win over Yelena Isinbayeva and Lorena Ochoa. Vollmer won't beat Courtney Kupets or Maya Moore. And Coughlin, with two nods, can't beat Nastia Liukin, Shawn Johnson, Serena Williams, Candace Parker... at least swimmers were nominated.
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#12
Anonymous Coward   June 25, 2009 at 11:30pm
Stephanie Rice is nominated for Best Female International Athlete. I think she's nominated with Dinara Safina and that Russian pole vaulter (can't remember her name). Rice is pictured with a cap and black suit.
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#11
Anonymous Coward   June 25, 2009 at 11:29pm
ESPN screwed up and put up a pic of Lacey Nymeyer instead of Dana Vollmer for her nomination, so when voting, don't automatically look for a Vollmer pic. I'm sending constant hate mail until a correct image of Dana is put up!
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#10
Anonymous Coward   June 25, 2009 at 10:37pm
Were do you vote on the page
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Kyle Morrison   June 25, 2009 at 10:02pm
well someone was talking about the "auto racing" catagory... vote for hamilton, f1 requires so much more skill than nascar...

i dont recall seeing steph rice on the ballot? otherwise i would have voted for her for sure :/
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#8
Jenn Verser   June 25, 2009 at 8:56pm
After seeing how many people went to Quebec to see Michael swim last weekend, I think he may have a chance of getting at least one award, if not more.
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REALLY?   June 25, 2009 at 7:56pm
"Jimmie Johnson Auto Racing" OH YEA THAT REALLY IS IN THE SAME LEAGUE WITH PHELPS AND KOBE. That really pisses me off when people try to compare things like that. First of all Auto racing is not a sport at all and second the only sport comparable to swimming is running. period.
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#6
Anonymous Coward   June 25, 2009 at 7:31pm
Ugh. And Jessica Long and Erin Popovich.
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#5
Anonymous Coward   June 25, 2009 at 7:30pm
Just so everyone knows, Natalie Coughlin, Stephanie Rice, and Dana Vollmer all got noms.
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Kyle Morrison   June 25, 2009 at 7:24pm
i voted for phelps, even though hes by far my least favorite pro swimmer... i voted for swimming as a sport, not for phelps as a person... although i was VERY torn on whether to vote for natalie coughlin or nastia liuken for favorite female athlete
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#3
Anonymous Coward   June 25, 2009 at 6:47pm
Anonymous Coward said:
“Phelps is going to need a virtual campaign (or divine intervention) to beat out Kobe and LeBron for favorite male athlete.”
ummmmm?????!!!!!!! your on crack
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#2
Anonymous Coward   June 25, 2009 at 3:57pm
Phelps is going to need a virtual campaign (or divine intervention) to beat out Kobe and LeBron for favorite male athlete.
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