ESPY'S DON'T-NEED-TO-KNOW LIST.Byline: TOM HOFFARTH The Media The endless fluff 'n' stuff gleaned from the 11th annual charade known as ESPN's ESPY Awards This article is about the sports award. For other uses, see Espy (disambiguation). The ESPY Awards is an annual sports awards event created and broadcast by American cable television network ESPN. , staged to the extreme Wednesday night in and around the Kodak Theatre The Kodak Theatre is a live theatre in the Hollywood and Highland retail, dining, and entertainment complex on Hollywood Boulevard and North Highland Avenue in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles. in Hollywoodland: Walter Ray Williams Walter Ray Williams, Jr. (born October 6, 1959 in Eureka, California) is one of the top-ranking professional Ten-pin bowlers in history. He currently holds the record for all-time PBA career earnings at over $4,000,000. , proud winner of the Best Bowler award, was asked by the press corps made up of far more entertainment reporters than sports writers The following is a list of sports writers. Historical sportswriters
Another enlightened mediarazzi decided to probe Jose Santos, the Best Jockey for winning aboard Funny Cide in the Kentucky Derby Kentucky Derby One of the classic U.S. Thoroughbred horse races. It was established in 1875 and run annually on the first Saturday in May at Churchill Downs track in Louisville, Ky. With the Preakness and the Belmont Stakes, it makes up U.S. racing's coveted Triple Crown. and Preakness, about what it's like to ride a thoroughbred: ``It's a great feeling, especially when the horse goes straight.'' ... Comedian George Lopez
George C. Lopez (born April 23, 1961) is an American comedian and actor. He runs and produces his own show called George Lopez. , on Santos' alleged use of an illegal device to win the Derby: ``Any time there's a horse from New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of and a Latino jockey, someone's going to think they cheated. The fact a Latino is small enough to be a jockey is amazing enough. None of us were that small since we were 4.'' ... Lopez, on the Lakers' recent signings: ``We managed to do what the Yankees have been doing, and no one gives them (grief). Already the Mexicans are camped on the parade route for next year.'' ... Lopez, on what athlete he'd like to change places with: ``Serena Williams' dress. In my next life, I'd like to come back as her double-sided tape.'' ... Williams, voted Best Female Athlete, muscled into a magically flowing, low-cut pink number designed by ``Aneres.'' That's Serena spelled backward. ... More on Serena's designs to be a fashion maven: ``I want to make high-end fashion that can be worn at awards shows. You can make it classic and sexy, to accentuate the good parts, whatever they may be.'' ... Even more on Serena's beauty secrets: ``I exfoliate ex·fo·li·ate v. ex·fo·li·at·ed, ex·fo·li·at·ing, ex·fo·li·ates v.tr. 1. To remove (a layer of bark or skin, for example) in flakes or scales; peel. 2. every part of my body.'' ... Without confirming that Keyshawn Johnson was her date de jour, Serena revealed what she likes in a man: ``Someone who's honest and has high morals and a strong spiritual background. I don't care what he looks like because looks wear off.'' ... Which brings us to new sideline gal Lisa Guerrero. In a sparkly spark·ly adj. spark·li·er, spark·li·est 1. a. Giving off tiny flashes of light; glittery: a dress with sparkly sequins. b. tight dress, ABC's ``Monday Night Football'' eye candy used Scott Erickson, the rehabbing Baltimore Orioles pitcher and purported fiance, as an accessory going up and down the red carpet, making sure the photogs got their required shots. Trying to keep it real, Guerrero told some shaggy-haired ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network reporter: ``I warned (John Madden) not to wear the same outfit.'' Thankfully, Madden didn't. --Tie goes to the TV: It's actually a simple function of faulty birth control that baseball's All-Star Game drew more viewers Tuesday than the previous year. A 9.5 Nielsen rating and a 17 share registered was the same as 2002, but total viewership is up 3 percent (30.7 million over 29.7 million) because a rating point equals more families today than it did a year ago. The Los Angeles rating was also 9.5/17, which is a 14 percent drop from a year ago (11.0/19). Fox Sports president Ed Goren predicted a 10 percent increase. Even though the rating was better than any of the NBA Finals and well more than the All-Star games in any other sport, well-quoted media expert John Mandel summed it up best: ``I wouldn't read too much into the ratings ... it's a game that doesn't count in a sport that matters less and less.'' CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: Serena Williams, voted Best Female Athlete, came to the ESPY Awards on Wednesday wearing a low-cut outfit of her own design. Jerome T. Nakagawa/Associated Press Box: SOUND BYTES By Tom Hoffarth |
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