Record-breaking skier Mikaela Shiffrin wins ESPY award for best athlete in women’s sports

Kansas City quarterback Patrick Mahomes was honored as the best sports athlete for men at the ESPYS, while American alpine ski star Mikaela Shiffrin received the honor for women’s sports on Wednesday night.

Mahomes has won two Super Bowls in his five seasons and was named the game’s MVP each time, including last February. He will be 28 in September.

“It was an incredible season. There were a lot of ups, a lot of downs,” said Mahomes. “I appreciate my teammates, my coaches, the guys who are here. I’m going back to camp next Tuesday, so this is a great prize. But we’re going to do this thing again, we’re going to keep this thing rolling .” .”

Shiffrin won her 87th World Cup race in March, breaking Ingemar Stenmark’s record for most such wins by any skier. She went on to win an 88th World Cup race, as well as the overall season title.

“This season has been absolutely incredible and there was a lot of talk about records and it got me thinking, why is a record important anyway?” said Shiffrin at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood. “I just feel like it’s not important to break records or reset records. It’s important to set the tone for the next generation, to inspire them.”

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LeBron James returns for another season

LeBron James will play another season for the Los Angeles Lakers.

The 38-year-old superstar made his intentions known on stage after accepting the record-breaking achievement award for becoming the NBA’s scoring leader.

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At the end of last season, in which he surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s mark, James had said he wasn’t sure if he would come back.

“At that point I ask myself if I can still play without cheating the game. Can I still give everything to the game? The truth is that I have been asking myself this question for a few years at the end of the season. I just never talked about it openly,” James said.

“I don’t care how many points I score or what I can and can’t do on the floor. The real question for me is if I can play without cheating in this game. The day I can’t do it all give on the floor.” is the day I’m done. Fortunately for you, that day is not today.”

The crowd at Hollywood’s Dolby Theater erupted in cheers.

“So yes, I have some left over,” James said. “There’s a lot left.”

He received his trophy from his wife Savannah, sons Bronny and Bryce and daughter Zhuri. In her opening remarks, Savannah said, “I think LeBron James is the meanest…”

She began to say an expletive, but interrupted herself when Zhuri exclaimed, “Mom!”

James later returned and was joined by Chris Paul and Dwyane Wade in honor of Carmelo Anthony, who recently retired after a career spanning 19 years.

Hendriks of White Sox pitched 2022 season with cancer

Previously, Chicago White Sox reliever Liam Hendriks told the audience that he pitched with non-Hodgkin lymphoma for much of the 2022 season before being diagnosed with an advanced stage of the disease.

He accepted the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance. The 34-year-old Australian was declared cancer-free at the end of April and returned to the mound a month later.

“That was an eye opener. I didn’t feel too many symptoms but I had some bumps around. It just shows you the power of the mind. When you think there’s nothing wrong and you believe you can do anything “You can do anything,” said Hendriks.

“I was throwing 100 miles an hour going through stage 4 lymphoma and then came back after eight rounds of chemotherapy and four rounds of immunotherapy and was able to go out and throw 96 miles an hour. That’s not who I am physically That’s all this, that’s all mental.”

The U.S. women’s soccer team was honored with the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage for their fight for equal pay. The players sued US Soccer in 2019, and last year they agreed on a deal that would split pay between men and women equally.

Briana Scurry, national team goalkeeper from 1994-2008, saluted the 1985 team.

The Buffalo Bills training staff received the Pat Tillman Award for Service, honored for saving the life of Damar Hamlin, who went into cardiac arrest during a game in Cincinnati in January.

The staff was greeted with a standing ovation. They huddled around Hamlin on stage, hugged him and patted his back. With his back to the audience, Hamlin bowed his head and seemed to collapse. He has since recovered and plans to play this fall.

“Damar, first of all thank you for staying alive, brother,” said Bills head coach Nate Breske.

“We’re not used to having the spotlight on us. We were just doing our job, but the idea of ​​service is definitely something that’s deeply rooted in our profession and that we’re very proud of,” he told the audience.

Breske pushed for support for funding for automatic external defibrillators and CPR training, especially in underserved communities, as well as for athletic trainers in youth sports.

“Learn CPR and how to use an AED because it saves lives,” he said.