The Best Game ESPY Award has been conferred annually since 2002 on the single regular season or playoff game contested professionally under the auspices of one of the four major North American leagues or collegiately under the auspices of the National Collegiate Athletic Association adjudged, in view of its quality, competitiveness, excitement, and significance, to be the best.
Between 2002 and 2004 , the award voting panel comprised variously fans ; sportswriters and broadcasters , sports executives , and retired sportspersons , termed collectively experts ; and ESPN personalities , but balloting thereafter has been exclusively by fans over the Internet from amongst choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee. The ESPY Awards ceremony is conducted in June and awards conferred reflect performance and achievement over the twelve months previous to presentation.[ 1]
List of winners
Year
Game or event
Date contested
League or governing body
Sport
Winning team
Losing team
Final score
2002
2001 World Series, game seven
November 4, 2001
Major League Baseball
Baseball
Arizona Diamondbacks
New York Yankees
3-2
2003
2003 Fiesta Bowl
January 3, 2003
National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I-A
American football
Ohio State University Buckeyes
University of Miami Hurricanes
31-24
(double overtime )
2004
Super Bowl XXXVIII
February 1, 2004
National Football League
American football
New England Patriots
Carolina Panthers
32-29
2005
2004 American League Championship Series, game five
October 18, 2004
Major League Baseball
Baseball
Boston Red Sox
New York Yankees
5-4
2006
2006 Rose Bowl
January 4, 2006
National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I-A
American football
University of Texas Longhorns
University of Southern California Trojans
41-38
2007
2007 Fiesta Bowl
January 1, 2007
National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I FBS
American football
Boise State University Broncos
University of Oklahoma Sooners
43-42
(overtime )
2008
Super Bowl XLII
February 3, 2008
National Football League
American football
New York Giants
New England Patriots
17-14
2009
Super Bowl XLIII
February 1, 2009
National Football League
American football
Pittsburgh Steelers
Arizona Cardinals
27-23
2010
Winter Olympics men's hockey gold-medal game
February 28, 2010
International Olympic Committee
Ice hockey
Canada
United States
3-2
(overtime )
2011
NFL Week 15 game
December 19, 2010
National Football League
American football
Philadelphia Eagles
New York Giants
38–31
2012
2012 NFC Divisional Playoffs
January 14, 2012
National Football League
American football
San Francisco 49ers
New Orleans Saints
36–32
2013
Game 6 of the 2013 NBA Finals
June 18, 2013
National Basketball Association
Basketball
Miami Heat
San Antonio Spurs
103-100
2014
2013 Iron Bowl
November 30, 2013
National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I FBS
American football
Auburn Tigers
Alabama Crimson Tide
34-28
See also
Notes
^ Because of the rescheduling of the ESPY Awards ceremony, the award presented in 2002 was given in consideration of performance betwixt February 2001 and June 2002.
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