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, and was broadcast one day later on July 20 (originally scheduled to be broadcast on July 21, but was moved ahead by one day).

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' point guard and former NBA All-Star MVP, Chris Paul hosted the show.

Sports Council

A Kids' Choice Sports Council was formed to "lend their expertise and experience to help inform the awards show, consult on the nominee process and give feedback on categories."Amanda Kondolojy
Nickelodeon Introduces 'Kids Choice Sports 2014' Hosted by Michael Strahan
tvbythenumbers, March 13, 2014 Committee members are: * Baron Davis (former Hornets and two-time NBA All-Star) * Ken Griffey Jr. (former baseball outfielder and 13-time All-Star) *

Lisa Leslie Lisa Deshaun Leslie (born July 7, 1972) is an American former professional basketball player. She is formerly the head coach for Triplets (basketball), Triplets in the BIG3 professional basketball league, as well as a studio analyst for Orlando ...

(former WNBA MVP and four-time Olympic gold medal winner) * Cal Ripken Jr. (former shortstop and third baseman for the Baltimore Orioles and 19-time All-Star) *

Deion Sanders Deion Luwynn Sanders Sr. (born August 9, 1967) is an American American football, football coach with the Colorado Buffaloes football, Colorado Buffaloes. Sanders is also a former professional football and baseball player, having played in the N ...

(NFL Pro Football Hall of Famer) * Misty May-Treanor (three-time Olympic beach volleyball gold medalist) * Andy Elkin (Agent, Creative Artists Agency) * Tracy Perlman (VP Entertainment Marketing and Promotions, NFL) * Jeff Schwartz (President and Founder, Excel Sports Management) *

Jill Smoller Jill Smoller (born September 4, 1964) is an American sports agent and former professional tennis player. Considered a pioneer for women sports agents, Smoller started her career in the late 1990s and counts Allyson Felix and Serena Williams as ...

(SVP, William Morris Endeavor) * Leah Wilcox (VP, Talent Relations, NBA) * Alan Zucker (SVP, IMG Clients Group) *

Michael Phelps Michael Fred Phelps II (born June 30, 1985) is an American former competitive swimmer. He is the most successful and most decorated Olympian of all time with a total of 28 medals. Phelps also holds the all-time records for Olympic gold me ...

(most decorated Olympian of all time) *

Tony Hawk Anthony Frank Hawk (born May 12, 1968), nicknamed Birdman, is an American professional skateboarder, entrepreneur, and the owner of the skateboard company Birdhouse. A pioneer of modern vertical skateboarding, Hawk completed the first docume ...

(professional skateboarder) * Zane Stoddard (VP, Entertainment Marketing and Content Development, NASCAR)

Host

* Chris Paul

Nominees

Winners are highlighted in bold

Best Male Athlete

LeBron James LeBron Raymone James Sr. ( ; born December 30, 1984) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "King James", he is the NBA's all-time leading scorer and ...

(NBA, Los Angeles Lakers) *

Cristiano Ronaldo Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro (; born 5 February 1985) is a Portuguese professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for and Captain (association football), captains both Saudi Pr ...

(La Liga, Juventus, Portugal World Cup and National Football team) * James Harden (NBA, Houston Rockets) * Jose Altuve (MLB, Houston Astros) * Sidney Crosby (NHL, Pittsburgh Penguins) *

Tom Brady Thomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr. (born August 3, 1977) is an American former professional American football, football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 23 seasons. He spent his first 20 seasons with the New Engla ...

(NFL, New England Patriots)

Best Female Athlete

Alex Morgan Alexandra Morgan Carrasco (born Alexandra Patricia Morgan; July 2, 1989) is an American former professional association football, soccer player.She co-captained the United States women's national soccer team, United States national team with ...

(NWSL, Orlando Pride, US Women's National Team) * Chloe Kim (Professional Snowboarder, US Team) * Jamie Anderson (Professional Snowboarder, US Team) * Katie Ledecky (Competitive Swimmer, US Team) * Mikaela Shiffrin (Skiing, US Ski Team) *

Sloane Stephens Sloane Stephens (born March 20, 1993) is an American professional tennis player. She has achieved a career-best ranking of world No. 3 by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA. Stephens has won eight WTA Tour-level singles titles, including the 2 ...

(WTA) *

Venus Williams Venus Ebony Starr Williams (born June 17, 1980) is an American inactive tennis player. She has been ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association, WTA for 11 wee ...

(WTA)

Favorite Newcomer

* Allisha Gray (WNBA, Dallas Wings) *

Aaron Judge Aaron James Judge (born April 26, 1992) is an American professional baseball right fielder for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He is a six-time MLB All-Star and two-time American League (AL) Most Valuable Player Award (MVP ...

(MLB, New York Yankees) * Ben Simmons (NBA, Philadelphia 76ers) * Deshaun Watson (NFL, Houston Texans) * Donovan Mitchell (NBA, Utah Jazz) * Lonzo Ball (NBA, Los Angeles Lakers) * Red Gerard (Professional Snowboarder, US Team)

Hands of Gold

* Antonio Brown (NFL, Pittsburgh Steelers) * Danny Amendola (NFL, Miami Dolphins) * Julio Jones (NFL, Atlanta Falcons) * Maddie Rooney (U.S. Women's National Ice Hockey Team) * Nolan Arenado (MLB, Colorado Rockies) * Pekka Rinne (NHL, Nashville Predators)

Clutch Player of the Year

Kevin Durant Kevin Wayne Durant (born September 29, 1988), also known by his initials KD, is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Durant has won two List of NBA champions, NBA champ ...

(NBA, Golden State Warriors) *

Carli Lloyd Carli Anne Hollins (; born July 16, 1982) is an American former professional Association football, soccer player. She is a two-time Olympic Games, Olympic gold medalist (2008 and 2012), two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion (2015 and 2019) ...

(NWSL, Sky Blue FC, US Women's National Team) * Chris Paul (NBA, Houston Rockets) * Katie Ledecky (Competitive Swimmer, US Team) *

Lionel Messi Lionel Andrés "Leo" Messi (; born 24 June 1987) is an Argentine professional Association football, footballer who plays as a forward (association football), forward for and Captain (association football), captains both Major League Soccer ...

(La Liga, FC Barcelona, Argentina National Football Team) *

Nick Foles Nicholas Edward Foles (born January 20, 1989) is an American former professional American football, football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons. A member of six teams, he achieved his greatest success wi ...

(NFL, Philadelphia Eagles)

Sickest Moves

Russell Westbrook Russell Westbrook III (born November 12, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A point guard, Westbrook made his NBA debut in 2008 and became a star as a member o ...

, (NBA, Oklahoma City Thunder) *

(NWSL, Orlando Pride, US Women's National Team) *

Alex Ovechkin Alexander Mikhailovich Ovechkin (, ; born 17September 1985) is a Russian professional ice hockey Winger (ice hockey), left winger and Captain (ice hockey), captain of the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nicknamed "the ...

(NHL, Washington Capitals) *

Giannis Antetokounmpo Giannis Sina Ugo Antetokounmpo ( Adetokunbo; born December 6, 1994) is a Nigerian-Greek professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). His size, speed, and strength have earned him the nick ...

(NBA, Milwaukee Bucks) *

Le'Veon Bell Le'Veon Andrew Bell Sr. ( ; born February 18, 1992) is an American Professional boxing, professional boxer and former American football, football running back. He played college football for the Michigan State Spartans football, Michigan State ...

(NFL, Pittsburgh Steelers) *

Stephen Curry Wardell Stephen Curry II ( ; born March 14, 1988) is an American professional basketball player and point guard for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "Chef Curry", he is widely regarded as the ...

(NBA, Golden State Warriors) * Zlatan Ibrahimović (MLS, LA Galaxy)

Heavy Hitter

(Tennis, WTA) *

(MLB, New York Yankees) *

(NHL, Washington Capitals) * Bryce Harper (MLB, Washington Nationals) *

Dustin Johnson Dustin Hunter Johnson (born June 22, 1984) is an American professional golfer. He has won two Men's major golf championships, major championships, the 2016 U.S. Open (golf), 2016 U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club with a 4-under-par score of 276 ...

(Golf) * Giancarlo Stanton (MLB, New York Yankees) * Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson (U.S. Women's National Ice Hockey Team)

Winter Wonders

* Shaun White (Professional Snowboarder, US Team) * Adam Rippon (Professional Figure Skater, US Team) *

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and Maia Shibutani (Professional Figure Skaters, US Team) * Chloe Kim (Professional Snowboarder, US Team) * Jamie Anderson (Professional Snowboarder, US Team) * Mikaela Shiffrin (Skiing, US Team) * Red Gerard (Professional Snowboarder, US Team)

Most Valuable Most Valuable Player

* James Harden (2018 NBA MVP) * Giancarlo Stanton (2017 MLB National League MVP) * Jose Altuve (2017 MLB American League MVP) * Sylvia Fowles (2017 WNBA MVP) * Taylor Hall (2018 NHL MVP) *

(2018 NFL MVP)

Don't Try This at Home

* Chloe Kim (Professional Snowboarder, US Team) *Colton Walker (BMX) * Ibtihaj Muhammad (Fencing, US Team) * Lakey Peterson (World Surf League) *

Mirai Nagasu is an American former competitive Figure skating, figure skater. She is a Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Team event, 2018 Olympic Games team event bronze medalist, three-time Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, Four Co ...

(Professional Figure Skater, US Team) * Nyjah Huston (Professional Skateboarder) * Shaun White (Professional Snowboarder, US Team)

King of Swag

* Odell Beckham Jr. (NFL, New York Giants) * Adam Rippon (Professional Figure Skater, US Team) * Chris Paul (NBA, Houston Rockets) * Neymar Jr. (France Ligue 1, Brazil National Football Team, Paris Saint-Germain) *

P. K. Subban Pernell-Karl Sylvester Subban ( ; born May 13, 1989) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. Between 2009 and 2022, he played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Montreal Canadiens, Nashville Predators, and ...

(NHL, Nashville Predators) *

(NBA, Oklahoma City Thunder) * Travis Kelce (NFL, Kansas City Chiefs)

Queen of Swag

Serena Williams Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WT ...

(WTA) *Brighton Zeuner (Professional Skateboarder) * Ibtihaj Muhammad (Fencing, US Team) * Jamie Anderson (Professional Snowboarder) *

Michelle Wie Michelle Sung Wie West (; born October 11, 1989) is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour. At age 10, she became the youngest player to qualify for a USGA amateur championship. Wie also became the youngest winner of the ...

(LPGA) * Skylar Diggins-Smith (WNBA, Dallas Wings) * Sydney Leroux (NWSL, Orlando Pride)

Best Cannon

Russell Wilson Russell Carrington Wilson (born November 29, 1988) is an American professional American football, football quarterback for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He has primarily played for the Seattle Seahawks. With the Sea ...

(NFL, Seattle Seahawks) *

Aaron Rodgers Aaron Charles Rodgers (born December 2, 1983) is an American professional American football, football quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the California Golden Bears foo ...

(NFL, Green Bay Packers) *

Clayton Kershaw Clayton Edward Kershaw (born March 19, 1988) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). A left-handed starting pitcher, Kershaw has spent his entire MLB career with the Dodgers s ...

(MLB, Los Angeles Dodgers) * Corey Kluber (MLB, Cleveland Indians) * Dak Prescott (NFL, Dallas Cowboys) * Justin Verlander (MLB, Houston Astros)

Biggest Powerhouse

Rob Gronkowski Robert James Gronkowski (born May 14, 1989) is an American former professional American football, football tight end who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 11 seasons. Nicknamed "Gronk", Gronkowski played nine seasons for the Ne ...

(NFL, New England Patriots) *

Anthony Davis Anthony Marshon Davis Jr. (born March 11, 1993), nicknamed "AD" and "the Brow", is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Davis, a Power forward (basketball), power f ...

(NBA, New Orleans Pelicans) *

Draymond Green Draymond Jamal Green (born March 4, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Green, who plays primarily at the Power forward (basketball), power forward pos ...

(NBA, Golden State Warriors) *

(NBA, Milwaukee Bucks) *

Joel Embiid Joel Hans Embiid ( ; born 16 March 1994) is a Cameroonian and American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After one year of college basketball with the Kansas Jayhawks men's ...

(NBA, Philadelphia 76ers) * Rose Namajunas (MMA) * Von Miller (NFL, Denver Broncos)

Need for Speed

Lindsey Vonn Lindsey Caroline Vonn ( ; born October 18, 1984) is an American FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, World Cup Alpine skiing, alpine ski racer. She won four World Cup overall championships – third amongst female skiers to Annemarie Moser-Pröll and Mika ...

(Skiing, US Team) * Chris Mazdzer (Luge, US Team) *

Jimmie Johnson Jimmie Kenneth Johnson (born September 17, 1975) is an American professional auto racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 84 Toyota Camry XSE for Legacy Motor Club. Johnson has won seven Cup ch ...

(NASCAR) * John-Henry Krueger (Speed Skating, US Team) *

Kyle Busch Kyle Thomas Busch (born May 2, 1985) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 8 Chevrolet Camaro (sixth generation)#ZL1, Chevrolet ZL1 for Richard Childress Racing and par ...

(NASCAR) * Mikaela Shiffrin (Skiing, US Team)

Nothing But Net

* Chris Paul (NBA, Houston Rockets) *

(NWSL, Orlando Pride, US Women's National Team) * James Harden (NBA, Houston Rockets) * J.J. Redick (NBA Philadelphia 76ers) * Klay Thompson (NBA, Golden State Warriors) *

Kyle Korver Kyle Elliot Korver (born March 17, 1981) is an American professional basketball executive and former player who is the assistant general manager for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for ...

(NBA, Cleveland Cavaliers) * Patrick Kane (NHL, Chicago Blackhawks) * Patrik Laine (NHL, Winnipeg Jets)

Biggest Kid

* Laurie Hernandez (Gymnastics) * Andre Drummond (NBA, Detroit Pistons) *

DeAndre Jordan Hyland DeAndre Jordan Jr. (born July 21, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played one season of college basketball for the Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball ...

(NBA, Dallas Mavericks) * Julian Edelman (NFL, New England Patriots) * Kyrie Irving (NBA, Boston Celtics) * Maia Shibutani (Figure Skating) *

(NFL, New England Patriots) * Yasiel Puig (MLB, Los Angeles Dodgers)

Play of the Year

*LeBron James Alley Oop to Himself (NBA, Cleveland Cavaliers) *Aaron Judge Hits 50th Homerun (MLB, New York Yankees) *Devante Smith-Pelly's Stanley Cup Finals goal (NHL, Washington Capitals) * George Springer World Series Homerun (MLB, Houston Astros) *Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson's Shootout Goal (U.S. Women's National Ice Hockey Team) *Kevin Durant's 'Déjà Vu' Dagger Shot (NBA, Golden State Warriors) * Nick Foles Super Bowl "Philly Special" (NFL, Philadelphia Eagles) * Stefon Diggs Game-Winning "Minneapolis Miracle Catch" (NFL, Minnesota Vikings)

Stunts and Events

Michael Strahan hosted a dance off between Mikaela Shiffrin, P.K. Subban, P.J Tucker and Ibtihaj Muhammad. Two children were tasked with making free-throws with basketballs. Adjacent to each hoop was a massive dunk tank filled with green slime, with basketball stars Candace Parker and Isaiah Thomas positioned above the tanks. Whichever child hit the most shots would cause the star adjacent to their basket to fall into the slime. This resulted in Parker being dunked, submerged, and totally covered in the slime. JoJo Siwa hosted a throwing accuracy challenge between, Alex Shibutani, Maia Shibutani, Shaun White and Chloe Kim that would result in a Knight Squad cast member being dunked into the slime tanks. Marc Summers and Liza Koshy held a game of Double Dare between host Chris Paul and Michael Phelps.

Legend Award

NASCAR racer

Danica Patrick Danica Sue Patrick (; born March 25, 1982) is an American former professional racing driver and model. She is the most successful woman in the history of American open-wheel car racing—her victory in the 2008 Indy Japan 300 is the only win ...

was the Legend Award winner. She was the first woman to receive the award. Patrick was then completely and overwhelmingly covered with thick gold slime that shot out from hidden jets on the ground next to her. This was a tradition that has accompanied all prior winners.

References

External links

* Nick.com'
Official Kids' Choice Sports website
* Nick.com'
Official Kids' Choice Awards website
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