We live in the 21st century, where sports is considered equally important as education. ESPY Awards which is ESPN’s yearly celebration for everything related to sports were held in Los Angeles this year. The 27 edition of the auspicious event was hosted by Comedian Tracy Morgan on Wednesday.
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Saquon Barkley became the winner of The Best Breakthrough Athlete award. While Zion Williamson won the Best College Athlete and Drew Bress secured the Best Record Breaking Performance title. Drew successful built a new record for passing yards while playing against Redskins.
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— Hollywood Reporter (@THR) July 11, 2019
The Blues who catapult from last-position in the league to first by winning the franchise’s first-ever-championship won an award too. St. Louis Blues got much deserved Best Comeback award. Alex Morgan received the Best Athlete in female category award while Giannis Antetokounmpo won the male version.
ESPN's 2019 ESPY awards honored the world's finest athletes and their impact out of uniform. Here's the complete list of winners: https://t.co/OAy40ncgwt
— CNN (@CNN) July 11, 2019
Best Moment award of this year went to Lindsey Vonn, Dwyane Wade as well as Rob Gronkowski. However, the game got grabbed by the Los Angeles Rams’. Their record-setting victory in Monday Night Football over Kansas City Chiefs is something worth a watch!!
“I’ve dropped the F-bomb on every stage I’ve been on for the last three days…" https://t.co/A7tQefPQW7
— HuffPost (@HuffPost) July 11, 2019
Best Team rightfully went to Women’s National Football Team of United States. For their remarkable victory in the FIFA Women’s World Cup Finale.
The United States Women’s National Soccer Team
Source: People
Some Special Awards
Pat Tillman Award for service- Kristie Ennis.
ESPY Awards
Source: Glamour
Arthur Ashe Award for Courage– Bill Russell.
The Capital one Cup winner award is shared by Virginia men and Stanford women.
Marine Corps veteran and amputee to receive Pat Tillman Award for Service at Wednesday’s ESPY Awards https://t.co/Facxnihra8 pic.twitter.com/mlR88ffPk6
— Navy Times (@NavyTimes) July 10, 2019
The Jimmy V Award For Perseverance went to Rob Mendez.
Best Boxer Award- Canelo Álvarez.
Best Male Golfergot received by Brooks Koepka, while Best Female Golfer: Brooke Henderson
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— Westfield Matildas (@TheMatildas) July 11, 2019
WWE Moment of the Year – Return of Roman Reigns to Raw
Some of the remaining awards went to…
The Best Coach award went to the 77 years old Jim Calhoun. Ohashi received the Best Viral Sports Moment Award. The Best NFL player award went to Patrick Mahomes. While the best MLB Player goes to…… Christian Yelich.
ESPY Awards: Gymnast Katelyn Ohashi gives a rousing speech about body shaming https://t.co/kHiOeblGFL #EspyAwards pic.twitter.com/z3JgQ1bfst
— Hollywood Reporter (@THR) July 11, 2019
The Best International Soccer player men’s category went to Lionel Messi, obviously. The female category of the award was received by Sam Kerr.
The ESPY best Boxer award went to Canelo Álvarez.
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