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male athlete of the year, and mixed martial arts star Ronda Rousey earned female
athlete honours, becoming the first UFC fighter to claim a trophy in the biggest
category at the show honouring the years best performances Wednesday night.
Durant also won best NBA player, ending LeBron James two-year reign in both
categories. "Everybody helped me out along the way," the Oklahoma City Thunder
star said. "My beautiful mom watching at home who couldnt be here. My favourite
teammate, Russell Westbrook." Durant beat out fellow male athlete nominees
Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers, Peyton Manning of the Denver Broncos and
boxer Floyd Mayweather during the show hosted by rapper Drake at the Nokia
Theatre. Rousey, the first female UFC champion, won over WNBA star Maya Moore,
Olympic champion skier Mikaela Shiffrin and Brenna Stewart of national champion
Connecticut. The winners in most categories were determined by fan voting.
Rousey didnt attend, with presenter Chrissy Teigen saying the fighter had
surgery a day earlier. Manning didnt go home empty-handed. He collected two
trophies: best NFL player and record-breaking performance. Manning won his fifth
MVP award last season, when he set single-season records by passing for 55
touchdowns and more than 5,500 yards. The Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks
won best team. Their All-Pro cornerback, Richard Sherman, won breakthrough
athlete. The best game was the Iron Bowl matchup between No. 1 Alabama and No. 4
Auburn, with the Tigers winning 34-28 on the final play to spoil the Tides BCS
hopes. Led by goalie Tim Howard, the U.S. mens soccer team won best moment for
its run to the round of 16 in the World Cup. Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo of
Portugal won best international athlete. Drake zinged Howard and Sherman in his
opening monologue. The rapper joked about banned Clippers owner Donald Sterling,
saying, "Were a few hundred yards from Staples Center, which is as close as
Donald Sterling is allowed to get." Clippers star Blake Griffin laughed until
the camera caught him and he acted serious, drawing laughs. Griffin and Drake
teamed up for a funny pre-taped bit in which they pretended to be each other
while spewing insults, with rapper Chris Brown joining in. Brown, who has been
in and out of jail, jokingly introduced himself as "Americas sweetheart." James
wasnt on hand, but Drake noted the superstars recent decision to return to the
Cleveland Cavaliers after winning two NBA titles in Miami. "You know what 40
million gets you in Miami? A really nice house," Drake said. "You know what 40
million gets you in Cleveland? Cleveland, you get the whole thing." Drake mixed
in song, too. He crooned "Honorable Mention," a tune he said was dedicated to
the runner-ups, including Triple Crown loser California Chrome and NASCAR driver
Danica Patrick. Lil Wayne cracked up as Drake sang "Side Pieces," full of
references to the on-the-road cheating that goes on in sports. Drake noted a lot
of men in the audience wanted the song to be over. Drake revisited Sterling with
a rap accompanied by video of the Clippers owner saying he isnt a racist. The
screen displayed the hashtag of Sterlingneverlovedus. Later, Drake teamed up
with WNBA star Skylar Diggins for a sketch. She went in to kiss Drake, who has
acknowledged his affection for her, but the smooch landed on his forehead and
not his lips. Gregg Popovich won best coach-manager for guiding the San Antonio
Spurs to the NBA championship. Spurs player Kawhi Leonard earned the
championship performance award to go with his MVP award from the NBA Finals.
Westbrook won best comeback athlete, having overcome his latest knee surgery to
help the Thunder reach the Western Conference finals. Stewart won best female
college athlete, while Creighton basketball star Doug McDermott won male college
athlete. Olympic snowboarders Jamie Anderson and Sage Kotsenburg won best female
and male Olympian. Kotsenburg won the first gold medal of the Sochi Games in
mens snowboard slopestyle. The Arthur Ashe Courage award went to St. Louis Rams
draftee Michael Sam, who announced earlier this year that he is gay. The former
Missouri defensive end will be trying to make the Rams roster when training camp
opens. If he does, Sam would be the NFLs first openly gay player. Sam teared up
throughout his speech and his voice faltered at times. "Great things can happen
when you have the courage to be yourself," he told the audience. Hall of Famer
Jim Brown hugged Sam on his way to the stage. The Ashe award is named for the
late tennis player who died in 1993 after contracting AIDS from a blood
transfusion. The Jimmy V Award for Perseverance was given to ESPN "SportsCenter"
anchor Stuart Scott, who is fighting a recurrence of cancer first diagnosed
seven years ago. The Pat Tillman Award for Service was given for the first time
to Josh Sweeney, a retired Marine who lost both his legs after an explosion in
Afghanistan. He scored the lone goal for the U.S. sled hockey team that beat the
Russians for gold earlier this year at the Paralympics in Sochi.
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Although the shuffling dance steps werent bad, either. Barrie scored 55 seconds
into overtime, Semyon Varlamov stopped 29 shots, and the Avalanche moved a step
closer to their first playoff berth in four years with a 3-2 win over the
Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night.
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flame out on the mound and lost their fourth straight at home.MIAMI - With
self-preservation topping the Raptors list of late-season priorities, the player
they can least afford to lose left American Airlines Arena on a cart. Walking
with a noticeable limp, Kyle Lowry boarded the team bus following a 93-83 loss
to the two-time defending champion Miami Heat. The result of the game was of
little importance. Now it was secondary, as the status of Lowry - and with him,
Torontos remarkable season - hung in the balance. "Well just have to wait and
see how he is tomorrow," head coach Dwane Casey said after Lowry was pulled from
Mondays loss with a sore left knee. Lowry sustained the injury with roughly
three minutes remaining in the first half, colliding knee-on-knee with
LeBron James, just about the last person on the planet youd want to plow into at
high speed. Naturally, the Raptors point guard was slow to collect his bearings,
but true to character, he got back up and remained in the game until,
eventually, his body betrayed him. "We pulled him out," Casey said. "He couldnt
go." Lowry finished the half and started and played most of the third quarter
before leaving for the locker room and calling it a night, whether he liked it
or not. The knee had swelled and he could barely walk. "We substituted him for
Greivis (Vasquez) at that time," Casey continued, "and hes limping, limping,
limping. [The medical staff] looked at him and decided he couldnt go back in."
X-rays were negative, per Casey, but the status of Torontos most indispensable
plater remains up in the air. Its not the first time Lowry has given his team a
scare. Most recently, he was pulled in the first half of Fridays win over the
Boston Celtics after turning his ankle, but he would re-enter and finish the
game. Its inevitable given the way in which he plays. "He does this all the
time, so hell be fine," said teammate Terrence Ross. "Kyle, hes a tough guy. He
always comes through. No matter what, hes going to find a way to get back on the
court." "With Kyle, no matter what his injury is, no matter what type of feeling
hes having or what his body is telling him he cant do, his mind and his heart
pushes through," echoed Patrick Patterson, who returned from a 13-game absence
of his own. "So no matter what the circumstances are with him, unless its
something real serious - knock on wood - then hell play. Thats the type of
mentality he has. Thats the type of mentality he brings to the team and it rubs
off on all of us." Could the Raptors shut Lowry down? Depending on how his knee
reacts tto a night of swelling and a flight back home, they may not have a
choice, at least for a game or two.
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self-preservation and finishing out the season strong. Theres still work to be
done with seeding in the Eastern Conference playoff hierarchy at stake. "His
body will tell us, he will tell us [and] the medical people will tell us if he
can go," said Casey, his team now sharing the third seed with Chicago. "Were not
in the position to totally just shut him down. I think weve got to be smart with
it. Well see where it is." LeBron carries undermanned Heat Without one-third of
Miamis Big Three, as Dwyane Wade sat out resting a sore hamstring, James put the
Heat on his shoulders. The reigning MVP began the second quarter sitting on
Miamis bench, because even the leagues most physically intimidating specimen
needs a breather every now and then. As James sat, Toronto quickly turned a
one-point deficit into an eight-point lead. Overall, the Raptors outscored Miami
by 12 points in the nine minutes that James spent on the bench Monday evening.
However, the leagues best player dominated when he was on the floor,
spearheading a 22-9 run to end the first half and putting the game away late in
the fourth. Patterson returns Patterson played eight minutes in his return from
an elbow sprain that kept him out of Torontos previous 13 contests. Sporting a
protective brace on his right elbow, the Raptors forward was understandably
rusty but made an impact with his energy and versatility off the bench,
something Toronto had missed in his absence. Casey had planned to limit
Pattersons minutes in his first game back and could continue to do so until he
finds his rhythm. "Its just all about getting used to the brace," said
Patterson, who scored his lone field goal on a put-back in the first quarter. "I
thought I was a tad bit slow out there, just getting used to the brace as far as
my jump shot goes." "Its going to take a little bit more time to get used to,
but hopefully in these next three or four games Ill be back to top shape." The
stat The Raptors set a new season-low, making just five free throws against the
Heat. James, alone, got to the line (11 times) more than Toronto (10). The quote
"First of all, we really didnt have the legs like that coming from a tough game
last night," said DeMar DeRozan, who scored 16 points after tallying 28 in
Sundays win over Orlando. "We got to stop letting teams get easy points in the
paint. Thats what is hurting us."
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