LOS ANGELES — Tiger Woods, Barry Bonds and Venus Williams were the big winners at the ESPY Awards, although only Bonds showed up to collect his two trophies.
Woods won male athlete of the year and pro golfer of the year for the third consecutive time each, and record-breaking performance of the year for winning four majors in a row.
His three wins Wednesday night gave him a leading total of 14 career ESPYs.
Woods is in Europe preparing for the British Open and was not at Hollywood's Kodak Theatre, where actor Samuel L. Jackson was host for the show's 10th annual awards.
Also absent was Venus Williams, who lost to younger sister Serena in last week's Wimbledon final. Venus won for female athlete of the year and female tennis player, a category in which she beat her sister and Jennifer Capriati.
Bonds, the San Francisco Giants slugger, was honored for major league baseball player of the year and best moment for breaking Mark McGwire's season home run record.
Bonds, who has an abrasive relationship with the media, declined to appear backstage.
Capriati was selected comeback athlete over Michael Jordan and three NHL players. She won last year's Australian Open and French Open.
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady won breakthrough athlete, while Marshall Faulk of the St. Louis Rams earned his second consecutive NFL player award.
Marion Jones extended her domination of the female track and field category, winning her fifth straight. Her seven overall ESPY trophies are the most by a woman. Maurice Greene won male track and field athlete for the third time in four years.
Wrestler Cael Sanderson of Iowa State, the first four-time undefeated NCAA champion, beat out three basketball players and a football player to win male college athlete, and Connecticut basketball star Sue Bird won female college athlete.
Figure skater Sarah Hughes, whose gold medal provided a stunning upset at the Salt Lake Olympics, won for U.S. Olympian.
The Arthur Ashe Courage Award was shared by Todd Beamer, Mark Bingham, Tom Burnett and Jeremy Glick. The four, all with athletic backgrounds, were passengers on United Flight 93 who were killed Sept. 11 when the plane crashed in Pennsylvania after being taken over by terrorists.