ESPYS special honorees include USWNT, Liam Hendriks, Bills training staff, Dr. Richard Lapchick
The USWNT will receive the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage, while Hendriks will receive the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance.
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SB Nation blasts NBA MVP regular-season award being a regular-season award
"The first ever NBA MVP was handed out in 1956 to Bob Pettit of the St. Louis Hawks. There were six teams in the league at the time and I don’t really understand how the playoffs worked that season and refuse to figure it out for this piece."
As he predicted, Salt Lake Tribune writer Andy Larsen got ‘absolutely pilloried’ for NBA Rookie of the Year vote, but defended it
ESPN again leads Sports Emmy nominations, NBC earns second-most
ESPN received 58 Sports Emmy nominations this year, followed by NBC (38) and Fox (33).
Long-time Cubs’ radio voice Pat Hughes receives Baseball Hall of Fame’s Ford C. Frick Award
The latest Baseball Hall of Fame honoree on the broadcasting side is Cubs' radio voice Pat Hughes.
Islanders honor Stan Fischler with press level dedication
"It's a combination of incredible, very grateful, and there's a Hebrew expression, Dayenu, which means sufficient. I'm getting this thing, this honor for basically doing what's been fun for [me] for more than half a century."
Mike Breen will receive the Vin Scully Award from Fordham’s WFUV Radio
"When you are a Fordham graduate, a WFUV alumnus, and a play-by-play broadcaster, receiving an award named after Mr. Scully is the highest honor I could ever receive."
Richard Johnson named third winner of FWAA’s Edward Aschoff Rising Star Award
"Richard's writing in particular is a combination of what makes all the best people in this business. It’s informative, well-reported and entertaining. And his television and podcast work has made him a breath of fresh air in a business where some can get stale."
Aaron Rodgers calls Hub Arkush “an absolute bum” for saying he wouldn’t vote Rodgers for NFL MVP
Green Bay Packers' QB Aaron Rodgers used a press conference Wednesday to blast Hub Arkush for daring to say he wouldn't vote Rodgers as NFL MVP.
The White Sox congratulated Rick Renteria, who they fired in favor of Tony La Russa, for an AL Manager of the Year nomination
The White Sox fired Renteria last month, but congratulated him on an award nomination Monday.
Manchester United legend Eric Cantona gave one of the most bizarre speeches in human history at the Champions League draw
"As flies to wanton boys we are for the gods, they kill us for their sport. Soon the science will not only be able to slow down the ageing of the cells, soon the science will fix the cells to the state and so we will become eternal."
ESPN’s Michael Wilbon goes off on Jacob deGrom’s Cy Young, ranting “I value winning the damn game more than the ERA!”
"It is analytical hijacking. These people have hijacked baseball, they want to impose their will and tell you what's important. I don't share most of, maybe none of, their values, and it's absurd."
Undisputed congratulated Rob Parker on “NABJ Journalist of the Year,” an award that went to Jemele Hill. (He got an award from the...
Parker was actually named the NABJ's Sports Task Force's Journalist of the Year. But Undisputed stated it wrong on-air, and then repeated that on social media.
Football Reporters of Canada unveil annual award in honor of Humboldt crash victims Tyler Bieber and Brody Hinz
Broadcaster Bieber and statistician Hinz were among the 16 people killed in the Humboldt bus crash in April. They're now honored with a new annual award.
Joe Buck, Bob Costas, Al Michaels, Joe Morgan among finalists for Hall of Fame’s Ford C. Frick Award
All four living finalists have plenty of critics.
All-NBA voting affecting Paul George’s contract isn’t bad, isn’t a new step for media
Media coverage affecting players' finances isn't really new; only the explicit link is.
Colts’ punter Pat McAfee wants to “take over the bum ass media that’s in sports”
Selections to the Pro Bowl and All-Pro teams matter for NFL players, not just from an ego perspective...
