Shaun Alexander Wins Two ESPYs

Shaun Alexander won the ESPYs for Best NFL Player and Best Record Breaking Performance. The event took place tonight, but will not air on ESPN until Sunday at 6pm PST. He beat out Peyton Manning, LaDanian Tomlinson, Brian Urlacher, and Steve Smith for Best NFL Player. He was up against Ben Roethlisberger (youngest QB to win Super Bowl), Mike Metzger (125 foot Back Flip over fountains at Caesar's Palace), and Kalen Pimentel (18 strike outs in Little League World Series) for Best Record Breaking Performance.

While in L.A. for the ESPYs, Roethlisberger, in his first interview since the June 12 accident, told ESPN that he was told by people at the scene, "...that I was literally seconds, maybe a minute away from dying because I slit a vein or artery in my mouth or my throat and it was draining blood right into my stomach and luckily the paramedic noticed it and stopped it or else I would have had too much blood in my stomach."

ESPY Host Lance Armstrong won Best Male Athlete, which Alexander was also nominated for along with LeBron James, Albert Pujols, and Vince Young. Bill Cowher won Best Coach/Manager and the Steelers won Best Team. Antwan Randel El was up for the GMC Professional Grade Award for his touchdown pass in the Super Bowl.

Alexander will be the featured guest on Jim Rome is Burning tomorrow on ESPN at 1:30pm PST. NFL Network is also showing the Seahawks Road to the Super Bowl and the NFC Championship Game tonight at 8pm and 9pm PST, respectively.