LOS ANGELES — Tiger Woods won three trophies at the ESPY Awards Wednesday night, including his fifth male athlete of the year award, giving him a career-leading 21 wins in the show's 16-year history.

Woods surpassed retired cyclist Lance Armstrong for most wins as male athlete. He earned his fourth consecutive ESPY for best golfer and won best championship performance for his playoff victory at the U.S. Open on a bad left knee.

The Super Bowl champion New York Giants tied Woods with three victories: best game, best upset and best play, which was David Tyree's leaping catch of quarterback Eli Manning's pass that kept the team's game-winning drive alive.

Candace Parker was a double winner, earning female athlete of the year and female college athlete honors. She led Tennessee to its second consecutive NCAA national championship before becoming the WNBA's No. 1 draft pick and going to the Los Angeles Sparks.

MILWAUKEE — The Green Bay Packers have filed tampering charges against the Minnesota Vikings alleging the team made inappropriate contact with Brett Favre, a person familiar with the Packers' complaint told The Associated Press Wednesday.The person, who requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of the subject, said Packers officials have expressed their belief that interest from the Vikings was driving Favre's sudden change of heart about playing football in 2008."They feel like Favre had something (in place), and that's why he was so anxious to get his release all of a sudden," the person said.The tampering charges were first reported by Foxsports.com.The person said the league already has reviewed evidence provided by the Packers, and team officials believe a league examination of telephone records would indicate more than "normal contact" between Favre and Vikings offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell, a former Green Bay assistant.NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said the league had no comment on the report.

LAVELANET, France — Italian rider Riccardo Ricco has tested positive for the banned blood-booster EPO during the Tour de France. He was booed by spectators when he was taken off the Saunier-Duval team bus by police today.Ricco was in ninth place overall and had won two of the 11 stages at this year's race. He was runnerup at the Giro d'Italia earlier this year.It was the third doping case at this year's Tour de France, and came a day after Spanish rider Moises Duenas Nevado also was busted for using EPO.Pierre Bordry, the head of the French anti-doping agency, said Ricco tested positive for the performance enhancer after the fourth stage, a time trial in the western town of Cholet.

SAN DIEGO — The U.S. women's soccer team was dealt a crushing blow to its gold medal hopes at the Beijing Olympics when Abby Wambach broke her left leg.Wambach, the team's leading scorer, was carted off the field after a violent collision in the first half of a 1-0 win over Brazil Wednesday. Wambach is expected to be out for 12 weeks and will miss the Olympics, which start in three weeks.Wambach fractured both her tibia and fibula and will have surgery today to have a titanium rod inserted into her leg.Wambach is the team's leading scorer this year with 13 goals and 10 assists. She has led the team in scoring in the last three major championships and is one of the top scorers in U.S. history with 99 goals in 127 games.