THE ESPY AWARDS

I have some serious issues with the winners of the ESPY Awards.  Granted, the winners are voted on and there are a large number of people that do not even bother watching the awards.  However, some of the winners would be comparative to a squirrel winning a dog contest...it just doesn't make sense.  Let me recap a few of my high and low-lights.

Best NHL player-Sydney Crosby.  I could totally see this being a logical answer.  The guy's a legend.  However, I would have been more inclined to pick a few of the  (hold your vomiting to a minimum, fellow Redwings fans) Blackhawks over Crosby any day of the week.  Their overall play this year was phenomenal comparatively and, for God's sake, they won the Stanley Cup!

Best Breakthrough Athlete-Colin Kaepernick.  Now THIS I can agree with.  There were a lot of stellar choices but I would honestly cast my vote for Kaepernick a time or two again.  The guy's a beast.  He's a phenomenal player and he deserves the vote.

Lebron James winning 5 awards....are you f&^*^ing joking?  Lebron James is a great player but the comparisons to and ideas that he's better than Michael Jordan are ludicrous.  He's a player that you either love or hate...there's no in between.  I personally loathe him because I think he's a cocky jerk who is a great player but often overrated.  People dote on him and I'm more sick of it than the haters were during Tebow-mania!

Best Female Olympic Athlete-Missy Franklin...I LOVE this one.  Missy Franklin is not only a stellar athlete but she has a heart of gold and she has her head on straight for her future.  High point of selling me on Missy?  The fact that she came back and wanted to swim her senior year on her swim team.  It wasn't because she knew she was the best...it was because she enjoyed it.  I like athletes with heart and she's got a lot of it.

But hands down, the most amazing moment is Robin Roberts receiving the Arthur Ashe Courage Award.  There could not be a more deserving or amazing recipient.  The amount of courage she's had while fighting her battle with cancer is more than most people show in a lifetime.  Congratulations and blessings going out to Robin!

In short, there's not a whole lot to be said for the ESPY's because they aren't based on performance and stats; they're based on popularity.  Here's to hoping that next year, we can look past Lebron James' big head to give more deserving athletes the win.