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Jocelyn Alo wins the ESPY for Best Collegiate Athlete, Women’s Sports

Oklahoma’s Jocelyn Alo won the ESPY for Best Collegiate Athlete, Women’s Sports on Wednesday after her record-setting 2022 season.

Jocelyn Alo was the most dominant athlete in college sports for the last two seasons. The back-to-back collegiate player of the year award winner rewrote the record book and redefined what hitting looked like in college softball.

For her work in 2022, Jocelyn Alo was awarded the ESPY for Best Collegiate Athlete, Women’s Sports.

Her 122 career home runs set the all-time record and are 27 more than OU legend Lauren Chamberlain’s 95. In helping Oklahoma to their sixth national championship, Alo hit .515 on the season with 34 home runs, 84 RBIs, walked 54 times, had a slugging percentage of 1.212, and an on-base percentage of .646.

According to SoonerSports.com, Alo is the first woman to hit 30 home runs and hit over .500 in a single season. Her 34 home runs in 2022 marked the third time she hit more than 30 home runs in a season, also the only time that’s ever occurred in college softball.

Alo now plays for the Smash It Vipers of the Women’s Professional Fastpitch league after being selected No. 1 overall in the May draft.

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2022 ESPY Awards, live stream, TV channel, time, how to watch online

The 2022 ESPY Awards will highlight the the best moments in sports as well as the best athletes of the year.

The 2022 ESPY Awards will highlight the the best moments in sports as well as the best athletes of the year. The MVP of the 2022 NBA Finals Steph Curry will host the show tonight and is also nominated for a few awards himself.

As always this will be one of the best nights of the year as we showcase the year that was 2022. Here is everything you need to know to watch or stream the action tonight.

2022 ESPY Awards

  • When: Wednesday, July 20
  • Time: 8:00Ā p.m. ET
  • TV Channel: ABC
  • Live Stream: fuboTVĀ (watch for free)

Below you will see some of the nominees for tonight:

Best Athlete, Men’s Sports

  • Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors
  • Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay Packers
  • Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Angels
  • Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers

Best Athlete, Women’s Sports

  • Oksana Masters, Cross Country Skiing, Road Cycling, Biathlon
  • Sunisa Lee, Gymnastics
  • Katie Ledecky, Swimming
  • Candace Parker, Chicago Sky

Best Comeback Athlete

  • Klay Thompson, Golden State Warriors
  • Trey Mancini, Baltimore Orioles
  • Diamond DeShields, Phoenix Mercury
  • Joe Burrow, Cincinnati Bengals

Best Game

  • Kansas City Chiefs defeat the Buffalo Bills in an OT thriller (AFC Divisional Game)
  • UConn defeats NC State in double OT (Elite 8 NCAA Womenā€™s Basketball)
  • Kansasā€™ 16-point rally, which was the biggest comeback in championship game history (NCAA Menā€™s Basketball Championship)
  • Bryce Young rallies Alabama to beat Auburn in four OTs (NCAA Football Iron Bowl)

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Aliyah Boston rightfully declines ESPN’s disingenuous invitation to the ESPYs after initial snub

Aliyah Boston gets it. ESPN does not.

Aliyah Boston does not care for your sympathy invite, ESPY Awards, no matter how much the nomination meant to her.

For those who don’t know, let me fill you in.

Boston is one of the best college basketball players in the world ā€” man or woman. You can take a quick glance at her long list of accolades and come to that conclusion (two-time AP First-Team All-American, NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player, John R. Wooden Award winner, etc.).

And as a result of all of her accomplishments as a player, especially this past season as led the South Carolina Gamecocks to a national championship, she earned a nomination for this year’s ESPYs for the “Best College Athlete, Women’s Sports” category. Yet, Boston was not actually invited to Los Angeles for the 2022 event. Nor is the award for that specific category being televised this year.

Weird, right? Especially after Paige Bueckers’ 2021 ESPYs speech where she called for more respect and recognition for black women in sports.

Apparently, even a public voicing by Bueckers wasn’t enough for ESPN to change its ways. But some recent public shaming may have done the trick.

Dawn Staley’s calling out of ESPN’s wrongdoings stood out the most.

Not long after, Boston received an invite to Los Angeles to attend the ESPYs. A disingenuous invite on the heels of social media outrage. Boston recognized the invitation for what it was and had the perfect response:

 

She said it best, “You matter. You are valuable, You are a priority. You are seen, and you are loved.”

Well done, Aliyah.

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The 7 greatest ESPYs monologues of hosts roasting athletes ahead of Steph Curry’s turn

A look back at some of the best ESPY host monologues before Steph Curry tries it.

The 30th edition of ESPN’s ESPY Awards will be taking place on Wednesday night, and it’s time for an athlete who who’s been in the crowd for many of them to take the stage as host.

Yep, it’s time to see what Steph Curry can do.

We know that it’s the job of the ESPYs host to totally roast everyone there — and some who aren’t in attendance — and make everyone laugh and cringe at the same time.

So before we see the Golden State Warriors legend try it out, let’s look back at some of the best roast-filled monologues from years past:

Joe Burrow nominated for ‘Comeback Player of the Year’ ESPY

Burrow led the Bengals to a Super Bowl appearance coming off a torn ACL as a rookie.

A Year 2 jump is far from unheard of for quarterbacks in the National Football League. In fact, it’s quite common.

But nobody expected what [autotag]Joe Burrow[/autotag] did in 2021.

Coming off an ACL injury that ended a promising rookie season early, Burrow returned to the field surrounded by a lot of questions. He answered all of them, leading the Bengals to their first playoff win since 1991 and a Super Bowl appearance.

For his efforts, he’s been nominated for the “Best Comeback Athlete” ESPY award, which is run by ESPN. He joins Klay Thompson of the Golden State Warriors, Trey Mancini of the Baltimore Orioles and Diamond DeShields of the Phoenix Mercury.

Burrow finished the 2021 season with 4,611 yards, 34 touchdowns and 14 interceptions. The former Heisman winner, national champion and first-overall pick appears to be one of the up-and-coming stars in the sport, and he was named the NFL’s Comeback Player of the Year this fall.

And while it’s not his ultimate goal, he may be able to bring home some additional hardware when the ESPY winners are announced at the ceremony, which will take place on July 20 and be televised on ABC at 7 p.m. CT. Voting in all categories will remain open until July 17, also at 7 p.m.

If you wish to cast a vote for Burrow, you can do so here.

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Chris Paul celebrates Kevin Love winning Arthur Ashe Courage Award

Kevin Love hasn’t played a basketball game in months, but he scored a major win on Sunday night.

The 2020 ESPY Awards aired on Father Day’s, and although he didn’t win any awards, Thunder point guard and NBA Players Union President Chris Paul was obviously tuned in.

The show, which was created to honor the most outstanding individual and team athletic achievements during the previous calendar year carried a slightly different theme this year. Instead of honoring athletic performance, the 2020 ESPY Awards honored extraordinary acts of activism and humanitarian efforts.

As American sports continue to plan their returns over the next few weeks, professional athletes have continued to be outspoken in their advocacy for reform and against police brutality impacting the Black community.

The Cleveland Cavaliers’ Kevin Love was among those who won an ESPY Award on Sunday, as the former UCLA Bruin took home the Arthur Ashe Courage Award. The Award, named after tennis star Arthur Ashe, is presented to an athlete that makes societal contributions that transcend sports.

Love has been credited for helping to destigmatize mental health issues among pro athletes. Many of his peers followed his example after Love admitted that he struggled with depression in an essay he penned for The Players’ Tribune.

In Everyone Is Going Through Something, Love opened up and told his story, bravely revealing to the world that he suffered from panic attacks, depression and anxiety. He helped to spark an important conversation within the NBA and, on Sunday, was honored for it.

Paul noticed.

“Well deserved @kevinlove,” Paul tweeted to Love in response to the video ESPN tweeted of Love’s acceptance speech.

Traditionally, the ESPY Awards have been held in mid-July, but with there being a sports hiatus and some athletes becoming more outspoken in fighting for causes in which they believe, the awards came a bit early this year.

Kevin Love certainly didn’t mind.

Devin and Jason McCourty named finalists for Humanitarian award

The brothers will find out if they won at the ESPYs.

The New England Patriots have been known for their excellence both on the field and in the community. Defensive backs Devin McCourty and Jason McCourty were recognized for their efforts outside of the game of football on Wednesday.

The twins were named finalists for the Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award. According to ESPN, who give out this award, it is “given to an athlete whose continuous, demonstrated leadership has created a measured positive impact on their community through sports.”

Both are joined by Minnesota Lynx forward Maya Moore, Minnesota Twins designated hitter Nelson Cruz, Cleveland Cavaliers forward Kevin Love, and WWE wrestler Titus O’Neill as finalists as well.

Over the years, the brothers have been involved in numerous charitable endeavors. They’ve spent a lot of their time and money helping “Tackle Sickle Cell” and “Embrace Kids Foundation” to help make a difference in their communities.

While they’ve been focused on those initiatives, they’ve also worked closely on criminal justice reform in the state of Massachusetts over the past two years. Devin was able to help with a bill, signed by Governor Charlie Baker, that would increase the age that a child can be charged in juvenile court from seven to 12.

The two have also advocated for a raise in the age of adult jurisdiction from 18 years old to 19 years old.

On top of those impressive goals, the McCourtys supported a bill signed that invests $1.5 billion in the public education system of Massachusetts over the next seven years, especially in underfunded, low-income areas.

Just last month they donated $90,000 worth of laptops to New York students who were unable to do their electronic schooling during the coronavirus shutdown.

And, that’s just a fraction of all of their charitable work.

While they aren’t doing this all of this for the fame, the brothers are more than deserving of the recognition that they’re receiving. The McCourtys are heroes for more than what they do on the gridiron.

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