ESPY Award winners 2020: Full results, highlights, best moments from the ESPYs

Tom Gatto

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ESPN moved up its annual ESPY Awards show from the MLB All-Star break to Father's Day night this year and changed the focus from athletic achievement to social achievement.

The COVID-19 outbreak has canceled, delayed and threatened sporting events and seasons since March. Americans' reactions to the deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor have increased the desire for changes in race relations. Sunday's two-hour show acknowledged those narratives and provided recognition to people in the sports world who were dedicated to community service in the previous year.

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A list of the most prominent ESPY Award winners in 2020:

Muhammad Ali Sports Humanitarian Award

Nelson Cruz, Twins (MLB)

Sports Humanitarian Team of the Year

Los Angeles Dodgers (MLB)

Can't-Stop-Watching Moment

Thomas "Snacks" Lee, Jackson State (NCAA basketball)

Jimmy V Award for Perseverance

Taquarius "TQ" Wair

Pat Tillman Award for Service

Kim Clavel (Boxing)

Arthur Ashe Courage Award

Kevin Love, Cavaliers (NBA)

Billie Jean King Youth Leadership Award

Joe Aputo, Batouly Camara, Ally Friedman, Javonn Islar, Chelsea Quito, Elijah Murphy, Niah Woods

The night also included a tribute to the late Kobe Bryant by Snoop Dogg and a Black Lives Matter-themed introduction from co-hosts Russell Wilson, Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird.

Tom Gatto

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Tom Gatto joined The Sporting News as a senior editor in 2000 after 12 years at The Herald-News in Passaic, N.J., where he served in a variety of roles including sports editor, and a brief spell at APBNews.com in New York, where he worked as a syndication editor. He is a 1986 graduate of the University of South Carolina.