Breanna Stewart Wins ESPY for Best Female Athlete

[Blue Huskie]

Congrats to Stewie for winning this on the ESPY awards tonight.

http://twitter.com/espn/status/753420060274913280?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet

 

[Justice]

Way to go Stewie!!!! Great speech too!!

 

[j66kicker]

Mods might want to put a "Spoiler Alert" in the thread title for non-EDT viewers - ESPY's just started at 7 PM here (10 PM ET)

 

[Blue Huskie]

Stewie on Red carpet:

Breanna Stewart from 2016 ESPYs Red Carpet Arrivals

 

[Blue Huskie]

Mods might want to put a "Spoiler Alert" in the thread title for non-EDT viewers - ESPY's just started at 7 PM here (10 PM ET)

Or the prudent thing to do might be to stay off the internet if your going to watch this show and hope to be surprised. This board is hardly the only place where this is going to be a headline. Hard to not see it.

 

[j66kicker]

Stewie on Red carpet:

Breanna Stewart from 2016 ESPYs Red Carpet Arrivals

Hmmmmm... Toggle one pic to the right (Nikki Bella) and another pic to the right (Lindsey Vaughn)

 

[j66kicker]

Or the prudent thing to do might be to stay off the internet if your going to watch this show and hope to be surprised. This board is hardly the only place where this is going to be a headline. Hard to not see it.

Gotcha. Actually it had not occurred to me we were on delay out here. Should have, I guess, but didn't really give it any thought. So maybe you can save me sitting through the rest of this - UCONN women were up for 5 different ESPY's: Stewie 2, Geno 2, team 1. Does this mean we didn't get any of the other ones?

 

[Justice]

 

[Uconnsdabest]

Congrats to Stewie on winning female athlete of the year. But, I am even more proud of her for standing up for equal coverage of professional Women's sports. She knocked it out of the park. A true role model

 

[MilfordHusky]

Congrats to Stewie! She is becoming a very highly decorated athlete. Go win Gold in Rio!

 

[Blue Huskie]

Courant Link:

Former UConn Husky Breanna Stewart Wins 'Best Female Athlete' At ESPY Awards

Hollywood Life:

Breanna Stewart Defeats Simone Biles For Best Female Athlete At ESPYs

 

[Kaizen]

She is so gorgeous ~~~

 

[Blue Huskie]

Gotcha. Actually it had not occurred to me we were on delay out here. Should have, I guess, but didn't really give it any thought. So maybe you can save me sitting through the rest of this - UCONN women were up for 5 different ESPY's: Stewie 2, Geno 2, team 1. Does this mean we didn't get any of the other ones?

Do you REALLY want to know?

 

[j66kicker]

Do you REALLY want to know?

Not bad enough that I've checked ESPN.com yet but, since I'm already 'spoiled', I'm considring it. Forewarned is forearmed, so feel free to spoil away.

 

[Blue Huskie]

Not bad enough that I've checked ESPN.com yet but, since I'm already 'spoiled', I'm considring it. Forewarned is forearmed, so feel free to spoil away.

Well let me put it this way, unless your dedicated to watching ALL the awards and other sports stories they show (There were a lot of good ones) you can skip a huge chunk of the show and watch Stewie win her award near the end (I think the last half hour or so). After Craig Sager's beautiful speech.

 

[Kaizen]

Breanna Stewart attends the 2016 ESPY Awards on July 13, 2016

 

[Kaizen]

BEST WNBA PLAYER ===>Maya Moore

Yes, Maya is the best WNBA player, just announce.

 

[stwainfan]

I thought you might like this tweet.

 

[MilfordHusky]

Check out Stewie's arms and shoulders. I think she's been hanging around with Maya Moore or Kiah Stokes.

 

[KnightBridgeAZ]

You can skip the linked Twitter feed. Almost the most disgusting thread I've read, including insults to Stewart, what she accomplished and what she said, accusations that the ESPY's are racist, and implications that women are not athletes to begin with.

 

[Blue Huskie]

You can skip the linked Twitter feed. Almost the most disgusting thread I've read, including insults to Stewart, what she accomplished and what she said, accusations that the ESPY's are racist, and implications that women are not athletes to begin with.

I guess that went downhill fast. Too bad so many people don't have anything better to do than talk trash over the internet.

 

[HuskyNan]

Stewie actually won best female athlete and best female college athlete. Maya, as noted, won best WNBA player.

Complete list of 2016 ESPY winners

 

[Kaizen]

Syewie's speech

 

[Kaizen]

"During my time in college I received an enormous amount of media attention," Stewart said. "I'm grateful for that. And now that I'm in the WNBA, playing with other amazing female athletes, I'm trying to understand why we, as professional female athletes, don't receive anywhere near the fame. This has to change."

Her big finish:

"Equality for all takes each of us making an effort. Thank you for this honor and together let's be better."

 

[CL82]

I've always thought that there must be considerable culture shock going from UConn, with all the attendance and media attention that goes with that, to the WNBA.

 

[Jimbo]

I've always thought that there must be considerable culture shock going from UConn, with all the attendance and media attention that goes with that, to the WNBA.

Maya Moore, for one, agrees with you.

(In)Visibility | By Maya Moore

 

[Carnac]

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Those awards only corroborated and confirmed what we (UConn Nation) already knew. Stewie has morphed from a young cherub like teenager that came to UConn 4 years ago, wide eyed and unsure of what the future held, into a beautiful, talented, articulate and "polished" young lady. A proud graduate of CD's charm and finishing school.

In the coming months and years, I can see Stewie getting a lot of local and national endorsements, as she is very personable and camera friendly. She just recently signed on with Nike.

Stewie's going to make a lot of $$$ during her time as an active athlete.

No doubt she'll go into coaching or the booth after her playing days are over. But for now, let's just enjoy her, and continue to follow her progress in the W. UConn's own one-of-a-kind Swiss Army knife.......Stewie.