LeBron James wins big at ESPY AwardsLebron was the big winner at the ESPY Awards on Wednesday night, collecting three trophies including male athlete of the season for helping the Miami Heat win the NBA championship.
James wasn’t on hand for the 20th annual show celebrating the year’s best athletes and moments in sports. He was in Las Vegas with the remainder of the U.S. national team get yourself ready for the London Olympics.
James also won in the championship performance and NBA player categories. He shared within the best team award, with Juwan Howard and Mike Miller accepting for the Heat.
Baylor basketball star Brittney Griner won two trophies, including female athlete of the season by which she outperform French Open champion Maria Sharapova, skier Lindsay Vonn and soccer player Abby Wambach.
Quarterback Robert Griffin III, who like Griner starred at Baylor, won male college athlete honors. Griner took female college athlete honors for leading the Lady Bears to some 40-0 record and also the NCAA championship.
“Just excited. I wouldn’t be around without Title IX,” Griner said backstage. “Everything is just coming together also it feels good to be here.”
La was well represented, with Kings goalie Jonathan Quick winning best NHL player after helping the franchise win its first Stanley Cup title and Galaxy star David Beckham earning best MLS player honors. The Kings won for best upset after their run to the NHL championship being an eighth seed.
Texas Rangers slugger Josh Hamilton won as best MLB player, while Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers won for NFL player.
Mario Gutierrez, who rode I’ll Have Another to victories in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, won as best jockey.
Skateboarder and snowboarder Shaun White won his fifth consecutive ESPY for male action sports athlete.
Host Rob Riggle of “The Daily Show” and “The Hangover” fame zinged a few of the famous faces in his opening monologue.
He touched on the brand new Orleans Saints’ bounty scandal in singling out quarterback Drew Brees, who won for record-breaking performance after shattering Dan Marino’s single-season passing mark. Brees and also the Saints are haggling over his contract with a Monday deadline looming.
“If just the Saints had some sort of fund they could pull extra cash from to reward people for doing things on the field,” Riggle cracked as Brees looked down from his seat and the crowd roared.
Riggle teased Anthony Davis of Kentucky, the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft known for his connected eyebrows. Davis recently trademarked the phrases “Fear the Brow” and “Raise the Brow.”
“It looks like two caterpillars just making sweet love on your forehead,” Riggle told Davis. “Is that they like among those Mr. Potato Head eyebrows you just undertake and off?”
Riggle skewered Jeremy Lin and also the “Linsanity” he created playing for that New York Knicks, which won Lin the trophy for breakthrough athlete.
“What a heartwarming story,” he said. “It’s so refreshing to determine a young Asian kid finish Harvard, proceed to Ny and make a ton of money.”
The Arthur Ashe Courage award went to former Tennessee women’s basketball coach Pat Summitt, who revealed her proper diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer’s last August. She retired in April after 38 years.
Summitt’s son, Tyler, escorted her to the stage to simply accept the trophy from Denver quarterback Peyton Manning, who went to college at Tennessee, as the Nokia Theatre crowd stood applauding.
“I am deeply touched,” she told the crowd. “I’m going to keep on keepin’ on I promise you that.”
The Jimmy V Award for Perseverance was handed to former Rutgers defensive tackle Eric LeGrand. He's dealing with a spinal-cord injury that ended his playing career.
“My dream is to buy back on my small feet and walk again,” he told the crowd following a standing ovation. “You can best believe that I’ll never quit.”
James wasn’t on hand for the 20th annual show celebrating the year’s best athletes and moments in sports. He was in Las Vegas with the remainder of the U.S. national team get yourself ready for the London Olympics.
James also won in the championship performance and NBA player categories. He shared within the best team award, with Juwan Howard and Mike Miller accepting for the Heat.
Baylor basketball star Brittney Griner won two trophies, including female athlete of the season by which she outperform French Open champion Maria Sharapova, skier Lindsay Vonn and soccer player Abby Wambach.
Quarterback Robert Griffin III, who like Griner starred at Baylor, won male college athlete honors. Griner took female college athlete honors for leading the Lady Bears to some 40-0 record and also the NCAA championship.
“Just excited. I wouldn’t be around without Title IX,” Griner said backstage. “Everything is just coming together also it feels good to be here.”
La was well represented, with Kings goalie Jonathan Quick winning best NHL player after helping the franchise win its first Stanley Cup title and Galaxy star David Beckham earning best MLS player honors. The Kings won for best upset after their run to the NHL championship being an eighth seed.
Texas Rangers slugger Josh Hamilton won as best MLB player, while Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers won for NFL player.
Mario Gutierrez, who rode I’ll Have Another to victories in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, won as best jockey.
Skateboarder and snowboarder Shaun White won his fifth consecutive ESPY for male action sports athlete.
Host Rob Riggle of “The Daily Show” and “The Hangover” fame zinged a few of the famous faces in his opening monologue.
He touched on the brand new Orleans Saints’ bounty scandal in singling out quarterback Drew Brees, who won for record-breaking performance after shattering Dan Marino’s single-season passing mark. Brees and also the Saints are haggling over his contract with a Monday deadline looming.
“If just the Saints had some sort of fund they could pull extra cash from to reward people for doing things on the field,” Riggle cracked as Brees looked down from his seat and the crowd roared.
Riggle teased Anthony Davis of Kentucky, the No. 1 pick in the NBA draft known for his connected eyebrows. Davis recently trademarked the phrases “Fear the Brow” and “Raise the Brow.”
“It looks like two caterpillars just making sweet love on your forehead,” Riggle told Davis. “Is that they like among those Mr. Potato Head eyebrows you just undertake and off?”
Riggle skewered Jeremy Lin and also the “Linsanity” he created playing for that New York Knicks, which won Lin the trophy for breakthrough athlete.
“What a heartwarming story,” he said. “It’s so refreshing to determine a young Asian kid finish Harvard, proceed to Ny and make a ton of money.”
The Arthur Ashe Courage award went to former Tennessee women’s basketball coach Pat Summitt, who revealed her proper diagnosis of early-onset Alzheimer’s last August. She retired in April after 38 years.
Summitt’s son, Tyler, escorted her to the stage to simply accept the trophy from Denver quarterback Peyton Manning, who went to college at Tennessee, as the Nokia Theatre crowd stood applauding.
“I am deeply touched,” she told the crowd. “I’m going to keep on keepin’ on I promise you that.”
The Jimmy V Award for Perseverance was handed to former Rutgers defensive tackle Eric LeGrand. He's dealing with a spinal-cord injury that ended his playing career.
“My dream is to buy back on my small feet and walk again,” he told the crowd following a standing ovation. “You can best believe that I’ll never quit.”
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