Kenny Chesney presented the final award award of the night on Wednesday at the ESPYs. It was very fitting, as the Best Team award went to Kenny’s friends: the New Orleans Saints.

A huge sports fan, here’s what Kenny said in presenting the award:

Favorite players come and go
But our favorite team is forever
Passed down from generation to generation
Like a family heirloom
Our teams represent our home town
Our father’s home town
We don’t just root for them
We live for them
We don’t just wear their colors
We bleed their colors
And win or lose we believe that our team is the best

Kenny Chesney is usually the one receiving the trophy at awards shows, but tonight he’ll be on the other side of the coin as a presenter at the 2010 ESPYs.

The ESPN ESPY’s celebrate individual and team achievements in several different sports, and the biggest athletes in the world will be in attendance. Other presenters announced on Wednesday include Chris Berman, Emmanuelle Chriqui (Entourage), Brooklyn Decker (Sports Illustrated cover model), Zac Efron, Will Ferrell, Ashley Greene (The Twilight Saga), Samuel L. Jackson, Tracy Morgan, Danica Patrick, Stuart Scott and Shaun White.

Tune in tonight at 9 pm ET as Seth Meyers hosts the 18th annual ESPYs on ESPN.

Update – Kenny talks about being a presenter:

“Obviously, I’m friends with an awful lot of coaches and athletes,” Chesney says, “so being able to do this, is being able to honor a lot of my friends – and that’s always nice. Anyone who knows me knows that I’ve always tried to run my career like an athlete: have that discipline, that work ethic and gamesmanship… So I’d like to believe I understand how extraordinary these kinds of accomplishments are. To be able to be a part of honoring people who’ve achieved at this level… the honor is all mine.”

“When we’re on the road, we wake up with SportsCenter and leave ESPN on all day,” says Chesney. “It’s the one thing on the road that remains a constant for us out there… no matter where we are, it’s the one thing that is always on. So being asked to be a part of something with Drew Brees, Reggie Bush and Terrell Owens is cool.”

You can now listen to “The Boys of Fall” whenever you want on Kenny Chesney’s MySpace page. Under “Songs”, scroll down to the bottom to find it.

The single was released to country radio today and debuted on No Shoes Radio this afternoon.

Kenny Chesney’s first single off his next album goes out to radio stations today! “Boys of Fall,” from Hemingway’s Whiskey (due out September 28th), “gives you a sense of why playing football in high school is such a powerful thing for anyone who does it,” says Chesney. “It’s life changing; it just is -and for anyone who’s never experienced that, this song helps them understand why.”

Tune into No Shoes Radio at 3:00 pm ET for the debut of the song. And hit up your local radio station to play it!

Once you hear the song, let us know how you like it. Leave a comment below.

If you weren’t able to watch on CMT tonight, you can now watch the full CMT Crossroads episode with Steve Miller and Kenny Chesney at CMT.com.

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You don’t want to miss this… CMT Crossroads with Kenny Chesney and Steve Miller debuts tonight at 9 pm ET/PT on CMT.

The legendary rocker and the hottest country artist team together for an epic show featuring many of their hit songs including Miller’s “The Joker,” “Abracadabra,” “Jet Airliner,” “Fly Like an Eagle,” and Kenny’s “I Want My Rib Back,” “Living in Fast Forward,” and “I Go Back.”

If you miss it tonight, CMT.com usually has the full episode online after the show. Or you can catch it over the weekend at the following times on CMT:

• Saturday, July 10th at 1:00 am
• Saturday, July 10th at 10:00 am
• Sunday, July 11th at 2:00 am
• Sunday, July 11th at 10:00 am

Country Standard Time has Kenny discussing his latest single: “Boys of Fall”, which hits country radio on Monday:

“I just stopped right there, and played it over and over again,” Chesney says of the song. “I knew -as maybe only someone who has felt that thrill of rushing out onto the field on a cold Friday night can -that was exactly how it is…and it also gives you a sense of why playing football in high school is such a powerful thing for anyone who does it. It’s life changing; it just is -and for anyone who’s never experienced that, this song helps them understand why.”

The video for the lead track from his Sept. 28 CD release features New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton delivering a heartfelt speech to the team where the 2010 Super Bowl-winning coach spent his own high school football career.

“The thing about all of it -the song, the video, the documentary, it’s not just about people who play football and go onto be Joe Namath or (ESPN’s) Kirk Herbstreit, it’s about the Moms driving their kids to practice, and the way this’ll shape the men their sons will become…the girls who come to the games and cheer -and are part of why the boys want to achieve… It’s about the towns who identify with the fate of their team so heavily, it’s a topic of conversation at the diner or the barber shop… and the players who won’t play past high school, but use the lessons they learn to become successful as their lives evolve.”

“Anyone who thinks high school football is just a game hasn’t really experienced the best part of high school football. For the coaches, it’s the chance to shape lives; for the kids, it’s the rush and the glory; for the people watching, it’s the thrill of seeing their young men achieve. It brings all kinds of communities together in ways people don’t often think about -but anyone who’s heard this song, they nod their head and smile, because they know.”

The sports world will host their biggest awards show of the year next Wednesday and Kenny Chesney will be a presenter. The ESPN ESPY’s celebrate individual and team achievements in several different sports, and the biggest athletes in the world will be in attendance.

Other presenters announced on Wednesday include Chris Berman, Emmanuelle Chriqui (Entourage), Brooklyn Decker (Sports Illustrated cover model), Zac Efron, Will Ferrell, Ashley Greene (The Twilight Saga), Samuel L. Jackson, Tracy Morgan, Danica Patrick, Stuart Scott and Shaun White with more to be announced.

The 18th annual ESPYs, hosted by Seth Meyers, will air live from Los Angeles on Wednesday, July 14, at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN/ESPN HD.

Fresh off a couple weekend shows in Las Vegas, Kenny Chesney will release his next single “Boys of Fall” on Monday, July 12th. It’s the first song off his upcoming album “Hemingway’s Whiskey” that’s due out September 28th.

The Boot reports that it was the single that sparked the idea for the Boys of Fall documentary that Kenny recently wrapped up:

“When I was looking for songs for my album, someone pitched me ‘The Boys of Fall’ and it struck me as everything I think and feel bout that experience,” he explains. “That song was like striking a match!”

Update – NSR will be playing snippets from the song today.