The middle of the sports activities universe on Wednesday evening was the Dolby Theater in Hollywood, the place the annual ESPY Awards honored the perfect moments of sports activities by the world’s prime athletes.
Golden State Warrior Steph Curry hosted the awards, additionally successful a number of, together with Finest NBA participant. A complete of eight awards got out in the course of the reside broadcast, televised by ABC.
The ESPYS raises consciousness and funds for Basis for Most cancers Analysis, the charity based by ESPN and the late basketball coach Jim Valvano on the first ESPYS again in 1993. ESPN and the V Basis have vowed to proceed to lift consciousness and funds for most cancers analysis till there’s victory over most cancers. This yr, the V Basis has a beneficiant donor who will likely be matching items to the V Basis as much as a complete of $1 million. For extra info, go to V.org.
The whole winners listing:
Finest Championship Efficiency: Cooper Kupp, Los Angeles Rams
Finest Breakthrough Athlete: Eileen Gu, Snowboarding
Finest Athlete, Girls’s Sports activities: Katie Ledecky
Finest Athlete, Males’s Sports activities: Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Angels
Finest File-Breaking Efficiency: Stephen Curry most 3-pointers made in NBA historical past
Finest Play: Megan Rapinoe Scores from the Nook
Finest Comeback Athlete: Klay Thompson, Golden State Warriors
Finest Workforce: Golden State Warriors
Pat Tillman Award for Service: Gretchen Evans
Jimmy V Award for Perseverance: Dick Vitale
Arthur Ashe Award for Braveness: Vitali Klitschko
Muhammad Ali Sports activities Humanitarian Award: Albert Pujols, St. Louis Cardinals
Billie Jean King Youth Management Award: Noor Abukaram, Kendall Dudley, Sydney Moore, Alicia Serratos, Lucy Westlake
Finest NWSL Participant: Ashley Hatch, Washington Spirit
Finest MLS Player: Carlos Vela, LAFC
Finest Athlete with a Incapacity, Males’s Sports activities: Brad Snyder, Paratriathlon
Finest Athlete with a Incapacity, Girls’s Sports activities: Jessica Lengthy, Swimming
Finest Athlete, Males’s Motion Sports activities: Eli Tomac, Supercross
Finest Athlete, Girls’s Motion Sports activities: Eileen Gu, Snowboarding
Finest Faculty Athlete, Males’s Sports activities: Bryce Younger, Alabama Soccer
Finest Faculty Athlete, Girls’s Sports activities: Jocelyn Alo, Oklahoma Softball
Finest Worldwide Athlete, Males’s Soccer: Kylian Mbappé, PSG
Finest Worldwide Athlete, Girls’s Soccer: Sam Kerr, Chelsea
Finest MLB Participant: Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Angels
Finest MMA Fighter: Charles Oliveira
Finest NBA Participant: Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors
Finest WNBA Participant: Candace Parker, Chicago Sky
Finest NFL Participant: Aaron Rodgers, Inexperienced Bay Packers
Finest NHL Participant: Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers
Finest Athlete, Males’s Golf: Justin Thomas
Finest Athlete, Girls’s Golf: Nelly Korda
Finest Athlete, Males’s Tennis: Rafael Nadal
Finest Athlete, Girls’s Tennis: Emma Raducanu
Finest Bowler: Kyle Troup
Finest Boxer: Tyson Fury
Finest Driver: Kyle Larson, NASCAR
Finest Recreation: Kansas Metropolis Chiefs defeat the Buffalo Payments in OT
Finest Jockey: Jose Ortiz
Finest Olympian, Males’s Sports activities: Caeleb Dressel, Swimming
Finest Olympian, Girls’s Sports activities: Katie Ledecky, Swimming
Finest WWE Second: Cody Rhodes returns to WWE at Wrestlemania