LOS ANGELES -- Sidney Crosby has earned the ESPY Award as Best NHL Player.
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Henrik Lundqvist, Alex Ovechkin, Martin St. Louis, and John Tavares for the
honour on Wednesday night in Los Angeles. Another Canadian, Andrew Wiggins of
Thornhill, Ont., accepted the Gatorade National Male Athlete of the Year prior
to the main ceremony. LeBron James padded his trophy collection, receiving three
at the ESPY Awards, including male athlete of the year for helping the Miami
Heat win a second straight NBA championship. James also won in the championship
performance and NBA player categories, completing a sweep of the three awards he
won last year. He shared in the best team award Wednesday night. "We went
through so much adversity," teammate Ray Allen said. "We did everything we could
to fight, scratch and claw to put ourselves in that moment." James beat out
Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers, Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian
Peterson and Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps for male athlete honours. James
mentioned his fellow nominees, then told them, "This is for all four of us, man,
but Im just keeping it at my house." Serena Williams won two awards, including
female athlete of the year. She defeated a pair of Olympians, gymnast Gabby
Douglas and swimmer Missy Franklin, and former Baylor basketball star Brittney
Griner. Williams didnt attend because shes playing a tournament in Sweden.
Peterson and Phelps also won two awards each. Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris
was nominated for best male action sports athlete, but the 19-year-old Regina
native did not win. Jon Hamm, the star of AMCs "Mad Men" and a noted St. Louis
Cardinals fan, hosted the 21st annual show from the Nokia Theatre. He joked it
was "the worlds largest gathering of people wearing sunglasses indoors" as the
cameras caught James and NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick behind shades. Hamm
got in some digs about former Los Angeles Lakers centre Dwight Howard. "We
thought it would be nice to honour Dwight Howard with his greatest moments with
the Lakers," Hamm said as no film clips appeared on the screen behind him while
the crowd laughed. Hamm noted the talk about possible suspensions resulting from
baseballs latest drug investigation has included Alex Rodriguez. "Thats OK,
Yankee fans are used to him not showing up for the second half of the season,"he
joked. Quarterback Johnny Manziel of Texas A&M won male college athlete
honours after flying in earlier from Hoover, Ala., where he attended SEC media
day. Griner, who now plays for the WNBAs Phoenix Mercury, won female college
athlete. Peterson won trophies for NFL player and best comeback, while Cabrera
won as best MLB player. Williams won female tennis player, giving her eight
career ESPYs. Phelps also claimed best male Olympian, while teenage swimming
sensation Missy Franklin won best female Olympian. Kaepernick of the San
Francisco 49ers won as breakthrough athlete. Rick Pitino won as coach-manager
for guiding the Louisville Cardinals to a national basketball championship. The
best game was Game 6 of the NBA finals between the Heat and San Antonio Spurs.
The award for best upset went to Florida Gulf Coasts mens basketball team, a No.
15 seed that upset No. 2 seed Georgetown in the NCAA tournament. The best moment
award singled out 7-year-old Jack Hoffmans 69-yard touchdown run at Nebraskas
spring game in April, which was replayed on national TV and viewed more than 2
million times on YouTube. The boy from Atkinson, Neb., has brain cancer. As his
father spoke, Jack held the big trophy that blocked part of his face.
Sidney Crosby won NHL player, while Thierry Henry of the New York Red Bulls won
MLS player. South Carolina football player Jadeveon Clowney won best play for
his hit on Michigans Vincent Smith in which he knocked the runner on his back
with a helmet-toppling smack, then reached out with one hand to snare the ball.
Helping out Hamm with comedy bits were Jack McBrayer of "30 Rock" as a befuddled
NFL replacement referee and Jay Pharoah of "Saturday Night Live" as Jay-Z
explaining how in his new gig as a sports agent he only represents winners.
Former "SNL" star Bill Hader spoofed Russian president Vladimir Putin, who was
accused by New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft of stealing his 2005 Super
Bowl ring. In the bit, Hader showed off his other sports collectibles, including
the Stanley Cup, some of Phelps Olympic gold medals and "the ring Kobe gave his
wife that one time for no reason." The Arthur Ashe Courage award went to "Good
Morning America" co-anchor Robin Roberts, who underwent a bone marrow transplant
last fall to treat a life-threatening blood and bone marrow disease. She was off
work for five months before returning to her TV job. James presented Roberts
with the award, and first lady Michelle Obama saluted her via video. Roberts
received a standing ovation and noted her friendship with the late Ashe. "At
this moment Im filled with such gratitude," she said. The Jimmy V Award for
Perseverance was given to father-and-son duo Dick and Rick Hoyt by
actor-director Ben Affleck. The younger Hoyt was born with cerebral palsy and is
unable to use his hands and legs. His 73-year-old father Dick pushes him in a
custom-made running chair, and together they have participated in more than
1,000 endurance events, including 31 Boston Marathons. "I dont think you could
find two guys more proud to represent the city of Boston," Dick Hoyt said. His
son spoke through computer-generated voice technology, saying, "I cant hardly
believe we are here. Thirty-seven years ago nobody would even talk to us ... It
only proves the wisdom of Jimmy vs words, Dont give up, dont ever give up." The
winners in most categories were determined by fan voting.
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Thibodeau says the former MVP will probably start travelling with the team in
the next few weeks. Rose tore the meniscus in his right knee at Portland in
November and was ruled out for the remainder of the season by the Bulls. While
Australia capitulated at the WACA and then collapsed at Bellerive, both India
and England prospered in Rajkot.The implications of these scenarios are many and
varied. Australia are in distinct trouble against South Africa, and unless this
trend is reversed quickly, the selectors face the prospect of wholesale changes
for the upcoming series against an improved Pakistan outfit.Australia then face
a tough tour of India, a playground where they have recently experienced more
recriminations than celebrations, followed by a visit from England next summer.
To say the next few weeks are crucial to Australian cricket is akin to saying
the world awaits Donald Trumps presidency with bated breath.Most of Australias
recent failures have stemmed from poor batting displays, but the inability to
keep fast bowlers fit for duty is shaping to be just as big a problem.A short
while ago it appeared Australias pace bowling future was bright, with Mitchell
Starc, James Pattinson and Pat Cummins all capable of swinging the ball at
genuine pace, while Josh Hazlewood and Peter Siddle provided consistently
probing spells. In addition, there were other hopefuls with pace and talent at
the Shield level who promised adequate back-up in case of the odd injury. Since
then there has been a string of injuries as long as the sartorius muscle, which
leaves Starc and Hazlewood as the last men standing. Its a bleak picture that
provides skipper Steven Smith with a migraine-style headache and the
administrators with many questions to answer.When a team has lost four Tests in
succession - three of them from virtually impregnable positions - there are
bound to be questions about the captains right to retain the job. However, the
job of the Australian captain has been made increasingly difficult over the
years by some questionable administrative decisions.In 2011, I told the Argus
review: I dont think the system allows you to captain Australia properly. There
are too many people to tell to get stuffed. At least when I was skipper, you
only had to tell the manager to butt out if he wanted to stick his nose into the
cricket side of the business.
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Argus review recommended an additional layer of management and even more
impediment to good captaincy.Smiths job has been made infinitely harder than
mine ever was. At least I was in control of my own destiny, which is a must when
all the wins and losses go against your name. Smith doesnt have that luxury and
hes also impeded by a development system that is faltering, bordering on total
engine failure.Cricket Australia held the Argus review and another one into the
safety of the game following the tragic death of Phil Hughes. However, it hasnt
addressed the failure of a system that should provide selectors with a
production line of successful young batsmen from first-class cricket. The
current system has been an abject failure for at least a decade, mainly
providing a string of journeymen and ageing debutants, and yet, nothing seems to
change.Actually, thats not exactly true. There are more coaches, more theories
on how to play spin bowling, and fewer overseas successes. While the failures in
India, England and Sri Lanka were treated with an out of sight, out of mind
approach by the public, the inability to cope with a weakened South African
attack on a reasonable WACA surface has shone a fierce spotlight on Australias
batting frailty.India, on the other hand, have a plentiful supply of talented
and technically efficient young batsmen. England, who used to eschew selecting
youth as though that would inflict a plague on the side, have blooded two young
batting hopefuls on the tour of Bangladesh and India.Australia are now at the
point where the ageing-debutant policy is a proven failure and they will be
forced to choose a few younger batsmen on a speculative basis.With a tour of
India and a tough home series against England looming, this is not ideal. It
could go one of two ways: either itll be a triumph for youth or cause the pain
often felt in seeking longer-term success.
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