White Sox reliever Liam Hendriks reveals he pitched 2022 season with cancer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chicago White Sox reliever Liam Hendriks instructed The ESPYS viewers that he pitched a lot of the 2022 season with non-Hodgkin lymphoma earlier than being identified with a sophisticated stage of the illness.
He accepted the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance on Wednesday night time on the present honoring the previous yr’s prime sports activities moments and athletes. The 34-year-old Australian was declared cancer-free in late April and returned to the mound a month later.
“That was an eye-opener. I didn’t really feel too many signs however I had some lumps round. It simply exhibits you the facility of the thoughts. When you don’t assume something’s unsuitable and also you consider that you are able to do something, you are able to do something,” Hendriks stated.
“I was throwing 100 miles per hour while going through Stage 4 lymphoma and then coming back after doing eight rounds of chemotherapy and four rounds of immunotherapy and was able to get out there and throw 96 miles per hour. That isn’t physically who I am. That’s all this, that’s all mental.”
Patrick Mahomes was honored as greatest males’s sports activities athlete, whereas skier Mikaela Shiffrin obtained the ladies’s sports activities honor.
The Kansas City Chiefs quarterback has gained two Super Bowls in his 5 seasons and was named MVP of the sport every time, together with this previous February. He turns 28 in September.
“It was an incredible season. There was many ups, many downs,” Mahomes stated. “I appreciate my teammates, my coaches, the guys that are here. I go back to camp next Tuesday, so this is a great award. But we’re going to do this thing again, we’re going to keep this thing rolling.”
Shiffrin gained her 87th World Cup race in March, breaking the mark set by Ingemar Stenmark for essentially the most such wins by any skier. She went on to win an 88th Cup race, in addition to the general season title.
“This season was absolutely incredible and there was a lot of talk about records and it got me thinking, why is a record actually important?” Shiffrin stated on the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. “I just feel like it’s not important to break records or re-set records. It’s important to set the tone for the next generation, to inspire them.”
Sports discuss host Pat McAfee dealt with the opening monologue in his first main public look since becoming a member of ESPN in May.
The present didn’t have a star host because of the Hollywood writers strike. McAfee provided a collection of hints that comic Kevin Hart had been set for the gig however that Hart as an alternative selected to help the Writers Guild of America.
An ESPN spokeswoman stated a manufacturing staff labored with presenters on their introductory remarks.
