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"Laureus World Sports Awards Review"

Turned out to be very long sorry :-D


Watching this at the moment and can't say it's been that good. Rachel Hunter showing alot of cleavage though makes it bearable and John Mcenroe is the other host along with Johnathan Gould the baseball guy on channel 5 as a side host who gets to speak a couple of times during the ceremony)

First award has already annoyed me. Best Newcomer Award goes to Michelle Wie over LeBron James, Robinho, Fernando Alonso and some female tennis player i've never heard of.

Now sorry but how on earth does Michelle Wie get the award over LeBron James? I don't see her dominating players alot older than her like LeBron has been doing all basketball season. The guy's taken a team that was basically an easy win whenever a team rolled through into a playoff team, that is some achievement. Along with the fact he's surpassed even the massive hype machine and huge expectations that came before he even bounced the ball on the court. The guy is probably the next Jordan (though no one will ever be as good as him, well apart from Kareem and Wilt 'the Stilt' Chamberlain maybe) he's achieved alot more than Wie has (which, by the way, has she actually even won anything yet?)

Quite a shock also that the other 14 year old Wonderkid Freddy Adu never got even a nomination. He also has achieved far more than Wie has but ah well we move on.


David Coulthard comes out to present the Sportswoman of the year award in his kilt with some bimbo who's name i missed.

Anneka Sorenstram wins it, not that i could care, can't say i actually watch women's sports just for the sheer athletic ability of the competitors, if i did i'd be very disappointed.


Bit of 'extreme' sports action with Tony Hawk doing some skateboarding tricks and some BMX people there as well. Guess we're not going to see any awards anytime soon.


Finally it finishes and we're treated to a bit of stand up by a Lord of the Rings muppet. Finally another award gets presented. The 'alternative sportsperson of the year' award, otherwise known as the 90% of the people couldn't really give a toss award.

Some snowboarding chick, 2 skateboarders (not too sure if the first one was a girl or a boy), a surfing chick, mountain biker and another surfer. Can't say i've heard of any of them and already forgotten their names but lets see who wins.
And the award goes to the surfing chick. Some nonsense about women getting the recognition they deserve in the surfing world blah blah blah, was making a cup of tea during this.

Vitali Klitschko comes out with some american tv actress, sounds like he's gone another 12 rounds with Lennox with his slurred broken english, gets a sympathy laugh from the crowd who probably didn't have a clue what the hell he said like myself when he finally shuts up.

Finally an award worth actually caring about or so you'd think until the nominees get announced, The Sportsman of the Year award, The nominees are:
Roger Federer,
valentino rossi,
Michael Phelps (some swimmer),
Lance Armstrong (the cyclist),
Johnny Wilkonson,
Michael Schumacher (spit)

Seve Ballesteros comes out to present the award (what is this the golf awards ceremony?) and it gets given to the cheating scum otherwise known as Michael Schumacher, bah another bad decision but ah well again.

Michael Douglas comes out and some video is rolled of Arnie Ness as they then present the liftime achievement award to his family. Climbed Everest apparently, impressive lad. Short acceptance speech, that's what we like to see.

Oooh another award so soon, quite shocking, this time Morgan Freeman comes out to announce the disabled sportsperson of the year. Nominees are:

Natalie du Toit (swimmer with one leg)
Michael Teuber (cyclist, broke his back apparently)
Earle Connor (one legged sprinter)
Nicola Tustain (dressage horsey person, wheelchair bound person)
Vitalis Lanshima (nigerian sprinter with no arms)
Ronny Pearson (swedish monocycle slalom champion)

Can't say i've heard of any of them apart from Earle Connor but that's only because he's Canadian and heard of him while i was over there.

Some woman with an untypable name comes out and presents the award. Earle Connor wins it, go on son!!! OH CANADA, our home and native land etc etc hehe

Says something about disabled athletes then leaves, another short speech. You watching hollywood? Take notes

Some video rolls of mission impossible moments in sports. Leyton Hewitt vs that croation guy at wimbledon, some sailing nonsense, time to put the kettle on again

Get back to see some breakdancers show up, pretty decent apart from the muppet who came running down the aisle to jump on the stage to trip over it, luckily for him the camera panned away mid fall. How do they spin on their necks like that? Always puzzled me

More Rachel Hunter, nice

More video gets shown talking about sales and marketing. Obviously the ex bleached muppet Beckham crops up on the video first of all as they talk about Real Madrid and there trip to the middle east before the horrible season of theirs.
LeBron gets shown next. Ah finally someone with talent that warrants the attention. Tripled the Cavaliers tv turnover and his jersey is the most bought thing in the NBA. Not too shabby


Last award of the night to be presented. Dr Cox from Scrubs and Boris Becker show up to announce the nominees for *Team of the Year* which are:

Australian cricket team
Some swiss sailing champions alingy or something. No, i don't care either
German women's football team, again i don't care either
english rugby team, care a little bit :-D
Ferrari formula 1 team
AC Milan

To announce the winner of the award is Bobby Charlton and finally a worthy winner is announced - the English rugby team. Martin Johnson kisses everyones ass until finally saying thank you and leaving.

The Coors show up to end the show but i can't be bothered to sit through their warbling so turn over to watch some porn.


On the whole a average show with too much talk and not enough awards and those that were given only one decision was right in my opinion. (in the ones i could actually care about that is)

Thus ends my review

Clazon wrote:
> how well are indiana doing this year. was it them that had a really
> bad start to the year, before it all turned good. (there's a big
> chance that it isn't)

Nah, you're probably thinking of Orlando who went 1-19 at the start of the season and never really recovered (there's a place in LA for you if you want McGrady :-D) Indiana have been a powerhouse in the East all season (though that means they're about as good as a 6th place West team hehe)


> i can't see you starting a dynasty again seeing as your key players
> are quite old.


Yea Malone will probably go once he's got he's deserved NBA ring and Payton only has a couple of years left. Kobe may be in jail next season or at least probably not in LA and the only one that is almost certain to be back is Shaq. Will probably be the start of the rebuilding process at Staples the next few years

how well are indiana doing this year. was it them that had a really bad start to the year, before it all turned good. (there's a big chance that it isn't)

i can't see you starting a dynasty again seeing as your key players are quite old.

and they did exactly that, 4-2 to the Lakers in the series which means we're in the Finals now against either Detroit or Indy. Would prefer Detroit out of those two because they lack a proper big man meaning Shaq can dominate Ben Wallace and have him for breakfast, though that's easier said than done.

Good to see Kareem Rush stepping up with 18 points last night, this is the time we really need the bench players to contribute

lalakersrule wrote:
> 3-2 in the series at moment, game tonight at Staples where hopefully
> we'll put the series to bed

WHAT? i can't believe it. i thought that the first play off was last monday/sunday. balls.

but surely you would look at arsenals 0% lose percentage to pass judgement? that's special.

down wrote:
> Strange they didn't have the Arsenal team but they had the AC Milan
> team.

These nominations would have been made quite a while ago with Milan being the europeon champions. Besides, Milan have had a 74% win percentage in serie A this season while Arsenals in the premier is 68%.

Clazon wrote:
> oi, lakers!
>
> who won out of the timber wolves and you know who? it would appear
> i've missed it.
>
> also, good game?


3-2 in the series at moment, game tonight at Staples where hopefully we'll put the series to bed

down wrote:
> Strange they didn't have the Arsenal team but they had the AC Milan
> team.

Very strange indeed, but this was a worldwide award so severla sports had to be considered.

oi, lakers!

who won out of the timber wolves and you know who? it would appear i've missed it.

also, good game?

Michelle Wie is quality. I saw her on Soccer AM and she was beating most of the blokes. I think she's only 14 aswell.

I know that she won one trophy and didn't get the money cause she was too young, which was a bit harsh.