2006 ArmchairGM Sports Awards Results
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by user Alex Holowczak
The Results for the 2006 ArmchairGM Sports Awards are in!
The United States understandably dominated the medal positions, with Canada coming in in second place behind them. David Ortiz, Steve Yzerman, and the Pittsburgh Steelers were the most successful trio of people.
The battle for Rookie of the Year ended up being between Alexander Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby, with Ovechkin narrowly missing out.
A lot of awards went down to the last one or two voters. Whilst the top few were fairly constant, there was still a great deal of variety lower down the ranks. As such, I haven't included all the maths of each one, for the article will go on and on. Suffice to say, it is all correct!
The big award for the Sports Personality of the Year was won by Tiger Woods. Only he and Roger Federer were ever in the hunt to win it, but it was clearly Woods all the way through. David Ortiz snuck in at the end to get third. LeBron James, Dwayne Wade and Johan Santana just missed out.
Here is a table of the winners of each award.
| Award | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Team of the Year |  Pittsburgh Steelers
| University of Texas Football Team
|  Italian Football Team
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| "We'll Miss You" | Andre Agassi
| Jerome Bettis
| Cory Lidle
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| Underdog of the Year | George Mason University Basketball Team
| Detroit Tigers
| Pittsburgh Steelers
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| "Play for Your Lifer" | Brett Favre
| Roger Clemens
|  Steve Yzerman
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| Rookie of the Year | Sidney Crosby
|  Alexander Ovechkin
| Jonathan Papelbon
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| Sportsmanship | Steve Yzerman
|  Hines Ward
|  David Ortiz
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| Breakthrough of the Year | Larry Johnson
| Dwayne Roloson
| Willie Parker
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| Coach of the Year | Jim Leyland
| Bill Cowher
| Marcello Lippi
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| Fans | New Orleans Saints
| Green Bay Packers
| New York Yankees
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| Friday Fryer of the Year | Albert Haynesworth
|  Zinedine Zidane
| Cincinnati Bengals
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| Sports Personality of the Year | Tiger Woods
|  Roger Federer
| David Ortiz
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Here is a hastily thought of and compiled medal table.
| Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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 United States
| 9 | 6 | 6 | 21 |
 Canada
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
 France
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Russia
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 South Korea
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Switzerland
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Dominican Republic
| 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Italy
| 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Thankyou to all the voters, and I think we can do this again this time next year. But this time, Ill get some of my British friends to vote to help us out!
