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Tom Brady, Buccaneers win big at the ESPY Awards

By Karen Butler   |   July 11, 2021 at 8:13 AM
Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady (L) and his daughter, Vivian, hold the Lombardi Trophy as he celebrates the team's win over the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LV during a boat parade down the Hillsborough River in Tampa, Florida on February 10. File Photo by Steve Nesius/UPI U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a ceremony for the Los Angeles Dodgers at the White House in Washington, D.C. on July 2. Photo by Samuel Corum/UPI Naomi Osaka from Japan reacts after losing to Maria Sakkari from Greece in the quarter-finals at the Miami Open on March 31. File Photo by Gary I Rothstein/UPI Stanford Cardinal's head coach Tara VanDerveer reacts to her team's play against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish during the first half of play in their regional semifinal game of 2016 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship in Lexington, Kentucky in 2016. File Photo by John Sommers II/UPI Simone Biles waves from the winners stand after taking gold in the vault at gymnastics at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. File Photo by Matthew Healey/UPI

July 11 (UPI) -- Quarterback Tom Brady and his NFL team, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, were honored as Best Athlete in Male Sports and Best Team at the ESPY Awards in New York City Saturday night.

Brady also scored the prize for Best NFL Player.

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Tennis player Naomi Osaka earned the honor for Best Athlete in Female Sports and Tara VanDerveer, who coaches basketball at Stanford University, was named Best Coach.

Gymnast Simone Biles won for Best Championship Performance.

The Jimmy V Award for Perseverance went to Chris Nikic, the first person with Down syndrome to finish an Ironman triathlon, and the Pat Tillman Award for Service was presented to Marcus Rashford, a Manchester United soccer player who raised millions of dollars to help children during the pandemic.

Basketball player Maya Moore earned the Arthur Ashe Courage Award for her criminal justice reform advocacy.

The ESPY for Best Championship Moment recognized the Los Angeles Dodgers' World Series win against the Washington Nationals and the Best WWE Moment was declared when Sasha Banks and Bianca Belair became the first Black women to main event Wrestlemania.

Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels was voted Best MLB Player and Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors won the ESPY for Best NBA player.