{"id":805176,"date":"2026-07-16T07:38:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T07:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/805176\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T07:38:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T07:38:18","slug":"jalen-brunson-aja-wilson-among-2026-espys-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/805176\/","title":{"rendered":"Jalen Brunson, A’ja Wilson among 2026 ESPYS winners"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The celebrations continue for Jalen Brunson, who won several ESPYS at Wednesday\u2019s ceremony.<\/p>\n

Every year, the biggest names in sports and entertainment come together at the ESPYS to recognize the greatest athletic performances, moments and achievements of the past year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This year, the 2026 ESPYS were hosted by comedian Marcello Hern\u00e1ndez in New York City. The ESPYS pay tribute to some of the most influential figures in sports while raising awareness for the V Foundation for Cancer Research.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson was nominated for three categories: Best Athlete \u2013 Men\u2019s Sports, Best Championship Performance, and Best NBA Player \u2013 taking home all three awards. He joined his teammates in earning a Best Team nomination after beating the San Antonio Spurs 4-1 in the 2026 NBA Finals<\/a> to end their 53-year championship drought, which they won later in the night.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo had been nominated for the Best Single-Game Performance with his 83-point performance in March.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On the women\u2019s side, Las Vegas Aces center A\u2019ja Wilson earned her second win for Best Athlete \u2013 Women\u2019s Sports, completing her second \u201cdouble\u201d after claiming Best WNBA Player as well. Washington Mystics center Lauren Betts was named Best College Athlete \u2013 Women\u2019s Sports for her play at UCLA.<\/p>\n

\u00a0From Jalen Brunson to A\u2019ja Wilson, check out the notable winners from the NBA and WNBA:\u00a0<\/p>\n

NBA<\/p>\n

Best Championship Performance: Jalen Brunson, New York Knicks
\nBest Athlete \u2013 Men\u2019s Sports: Jalen Brunson, New York Knicks
\nBest NBA Player: Jalen Brunson, New York Knicks
\nBest Team:\u00a0New York Knicks
\nBest Play: OG Anunoby, New York Knicks\u00a0
\nMuhammad Ali Sports Humanitarian Award: Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors
\nArthur Ashe Courage Award: Jason Collins<\/p>\n

WNBA<\/p>\n

Best WNBA Player: A\u2019ja Wilson, Las Vegas Aces
\nBest Athlete \u2013 Women\u2019s Sports: A\u2019ja Wilson, Las Vegas Aces\u00a0
\nBest College Athlete \u2013 Women\u2019s Sports: Lauren Betts, UCLA Women\u2019s Basketball\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The celebrations continue for Jalen Brunson, who won several ESPYS at Wednesday\u2019s ceremony. Every year, the biggest names…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":805177,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[629],"tags":[283128,49,48,19284,82,630],"class_list":["post-805176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-2026-espys","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-jalen-brunson","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=805176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805176\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/805177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=805176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=805176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=805176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}