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The sports activities calendar is especially mild the day after the MLB All-Star Recreation, so ESPN determined to look again on the previous yr of accomplishments, moments and championships Wednesday.
It did so with the 2023 ESPYs at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, which is ESPN’s annual awards present that acknowledges the very best workforce, greatest feminine athlete, greatest male athlete, greatest championship efficiency and rather more throughout your complete sports activities spectrum.
Whereas there was no official host for this yr’s ceremony, Lil Wayne began issues off with a efficiency.
H.E.R. additionally carried out a tribute to the thirtieth anniversary of the V Basis and Jim Valvano’s well-known speech, whereas the US Girls’s Nationwide Soccer Crew, Chicago White Sox pitcher Liam Hendriks and the Buffalo Payments coaching employees acquired particular accolades.
Here’s a have a look at the 2023 winners. The complete checklist of nominees and winners might be discovered here.
2023 ESPYs Winners
- Greatest Crew: Kansas Metropolis Chiefs
- Greatest Athlete, Girls’s Sports activities: Mikaela Shiffrin, Snowboarding
- Greatest Athlete, Males’s Sports activities: Patrick Mahomes, Kansas Metropolis Chiefs
- Greatest Breakthrough Athlete: Angel Reese, LSU
- Greatest Document-Breaking Efficiency: LeBron James, Los Angeles Lakers
- Greatest Championship Efficiency: Lionel Messi, Argentina males’s soccer
- Greatest Comeback Athlete: Jamal Murray, Denver Nuggets
- Greatest Play: Justin Jefferson’s catch vs. Buffalo Payments
- Greatest NFL Participant: Patrick Mahomes, Kansas Metropolis Chiefs
- Greatest NBA Participant: Nikola Jokić, Denver Nuggets
- Greatest WNBA Participant: A’ja Wilson, Las Vegas Aces
- Greatest UFC Fighter: Jon Jones
- Greatest Boxer: Claressa Shields
- Greatest School Athlete, Males’s Sports activities: Caleb Williams, USC
- Greatest School Athlete, Girls’s Sports activities: Caitlin Clark, Iowa
- Greatest Athlete with a Incapacity: Zach Miller, Snowboarding
- Greatest MLB Participant: Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Angels
- Greatest NHL Participant: Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers
- Greatest Driver: Max Verstappen, F1
- Greatest Soccer Participant: Lionel Messi, Argentina/PSG
- Greatest Golfer: Scottie Scheffler
- Greatest Tennis Participant: Novak Djokovic
Particular Accolade Winners
- Arthur Ashe Award for Braveness: U.S. Girls’s Nationwide Soccer Crew
- Jimmy V Award for Perseverance: Liam Hendriks, Chicago White Sox
- Pat Tillman Award for Service: Buffalo Payments coaching employees
- Muhammad Ali Sports activities Humanitarian Award: Jrue and Lauren Vacation
Prime Moments and Response
There might not have been a proper host, however the ESPYs wasted little time capturing the viewers’s consideration.
Lil Wayne began it off with a efficiency earlier than Pat McAfee took the stage for the opening monologue. McAfee gave Damar Hamlin—who was in attendance—a shoutout, highlighted a few of the champions who have been there and unleashed some jokes:
Pat McAfee @PatMcAfeeShow
Sports activities are a BEAUTIFUL factor pic.twitter.com/qV799F49hV
Pat McAfee @PatMcAfeeShow
Damar Hamlin is an ABSOLUTE DAWG..
That tweet continues to be up Skip 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/l0DWmlC5j4
Randall Barnes @AuthorRandallB
Y’all are mendacity if you happen to’re saying Pat McAfee is not killing this monologue. I am impressed! #ESPYS
The ESPYs are about extra than simply excellence on the sector, and a few of the most notable moments of the night occurred when consideration turned past the wins, losses and prime performs.
WNBA legend Sue Hen launched Jrue (Milwaukee Bucks) and Lauren Vacation (retired U.S. Girls’s Nationwide Crew) because the winners of the Muhammad Ali Sports activities Humanitarian Award. The Holidays have given out $3 million in grants to help Black and Brown small companies and nonprofits whereas additionally internet hosting occasions and offering their time.
ESPN @espn
“Our objective right here is to like one another.”
From Jrue supporting his spouse Lauren when she had a mind tumor whereas pregnant, to them donating tens of millions of {dollars} to Black and Brown companies in 2020, the Holidays have at all times been a workforce ❤️ @ESPYS pic.twitter.com/L8kGIWnZrl
Jen Lada @JenLada
Wiping tears away watching Jrue & Lauren Vacation honored for his or her humanitarian work. They’re simply unbelievable & the very best of us. #ESPYS
JC- The Former World Champion @JoshOnAir
Jrue and Lauren Vacation are the whole lot that’s proper on this world. 🙏🏼#ESPYS
The USA Girls’s Nationwide Soccer Crew, which might be going for a historic three-peat of World Cup titles this summer season, was given the Arthur Ashe Award for Braveness in recognition of its combat for equal pay. U.S. Soccer reached an agreement in 2022 to offer equal pay to members of its males’s and ladies’s nationwide groups.
Elsewhere, Hendriks was given the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance, which honored the resiliency he demonstrated when he was recognized with non-Hodgkin lymphoma. He returned to the mound in Could and received a standing ovation. He additionally used his platform to assist raise $100,000 for most cancers analysis.
Adam Silverstein @SilversteinAdam
Apropos that USWNT is getting awarded for braveness standing up for equality as USMNT concurrently loses within the Gold cup semifinal.
Courtney @cmmunson
That ESPYs piece for the @USWNT was one thing particular… similar to the ladies who earned the award. Wow.
Sarah Lungaro, MD @lungareaux
Hello, it is me, but once more crying on the @USWNT being absolutely the unbelievable greatest function fashions, athletes, and ladies. #ESPYS
Chicago White Sox @whitesox
Most cancers shouldn’t be one thing you combat alone.
We’re so pleased with you, Liam Hendriks! 💚 pic.twitter.com/3NeSU6PqkP
Kevin Agustin @_kevinagustin
Stunning speech by Liam Hendriks ❤️❤️ #ESPYS
Joe @ChiSportsFanJoe
What an awesome story for Liam Hendriks. So extremely deserving of the Jimmy V Award for perseverance! #ESPYAwards #WhiteSox
Along with the USWNT and Hendriks, the Pat Tillman Award for Service went to the Payments coaching employees for his or her efforts within the fast aftermath of Hamlin’s collapse throughout a sport in opposition to the Cincinnati Bengals. Hamlin went into cardiac arrest and needed to be revived on the sector.
Hamlin launched the employees in an emotional scene.
ESPN @espn
Damar Hamlin was dropped at tears when presenting the Pat Tillman Award for Service to the coaching employees of the Buffalo Payments ❤️ 💙 pic.twitter.com/IThNKmREyC
Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter
Damar Hamlin presenting the Pat Tillman Award for Service to the Payments’ coaching employees on the @ESPYS is fairly superior. pic.twitter.com/Lbt5B6yTYF
Jerrod Baker @JerrodBaker1
The standing ovation given to Damar Hamlin is nothing wanting exceptional. He survived and fought again from a life-threatening harm to strolling proudly throughout the stage. Merely unbelievable! #ESPYS
Justin Jackson @justinjax017
Have been crying on the presentation of the Pat Tillman award since Damar walked on stage. God Bless that employees and everybody concerned within the saving of that man.
Nice work by them and nice will and spirit inside Damar Hamlin! ❤️💙
Dr. Nicki Washington @dr_nickiw
Residence in time to see Damar Hamlin current the Buffalo Payments coaching employees with the Pat Tillman Award for Service and…my God…how is there a dry eye in the home? #ESPYS
Ajay Cybulski @AjayCybulski
#Bills Head Athletic Coach Nate Breske to Damar Hamlin on the ESPYS:
“Thanks for staying alive brotha.”
The perseverance that each the coaching employees and Damar Hamlin confirmed is really exceptional.
Study CPR. It saves lives.#BillsMafia
By way of probably the most notable particular person awards, Mikaela Shiffrin and Patrick Mahomes took dwelling the very best athletes in ladies’s and males’s sports activities. Shiffrin set the record for probably the most World Cup victories with 87, whereas Mahomes led the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs to the Tremendous Bowl title because the 2022 NFL MVP.
ESPN Stats & Data @ESPNStatsInfo
Skier Mikaela Shiffrin wins the ESPY for Greatest Athlete in Girls’s Sports activities.
She gained her fifth FIS Alpine Ski World Cup title this season, and broke the file for probably the most World Cup victories together with her 87th profession win in March. pic.twitter.com/h0RHAyttDM
Elise @TeamRickandIlsa
Greatest Athlete Girls’s Sports activities: Mikaela Shiffrin, Queen of the slopes. #ESPYS pic.twitter.com/hWBy3A3iCG
Kansas Metropolis Chiefs @Chiefs
That is our quarterback 😤 Congratulations, @patrickmahomes! pic.twitter.com/yit14Hw8gn
Mackenzie Webb @kenziewebbsport
MAHOMES WITH ANOTHER AWARD- WINNING BEST MALE ATHLETE!! pic.twitter.com/hvXjZ9Etdo
Unsurprisingly, Lionel Messi gained the very best championship second for his efficiency within the World Cup, whereas LeBron James joined his fellow member of sports activities royalty because the winner of the very best record-breaking efficiency for setting the NBA’s all-time scoring file.
Savannah James, who’s LeBron’s spouse, launched him alongside their youngsters whereas calling him the GOAT.
There was a second throughout LeBron’s speech the place it appeared like he may announce his retirement as he mirrored on his profession, however he mentioned he is not able to stroll away simply but.
Brian Mahoney @briancmahoney
Wasn’t positive which approach LeBron was going there for a minute. However, we’ll see him in 2023-24.
ESPN @espn
“Fortunate for you guys, that day shouldn’t be at this time.”
Go off, Bron 😂 pic.twitter.com/4X1Fqs0PqX
SportsCenter @SportsCenter
Zhuri needed to maintain Savannah James in verify 😅 pic.twitter.com/RZPGl9UAtm
ESPN @espn
A legacy like no different.@michaelb4jordan on LeBron’s greatness 👑@KingJames | @ESPYS pic.twitter.com/7Kpv95wU0B
Sean Highkin @highkin
Glad LeBron cleared up that he is not retiring for all of the individuals who thought he was being severe after the Denver collection.
Basketball remained within the highlight with Angel Reese profitable greatest breakthrough athlete and ending her speech by saying, “One other natty is coming, interval.”
That title could also be coming, however her LSU Tigers weren’t victorious within the night time’s ultimate award.
That’s as a result of the Chiefs have been acknowledged as the very best workforce due to their Tremendous Bowl title, which was their second in 4 years.
