This Week’s Sports Wrap Up (7/16–7/22/18)
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2 min readJul 23, 2018
Sports Week July 16 — July 22, 2018
ESPYS Awards
- Best Play- Arike Ogunbowale
- Best WNBA Player- Maya Moore
- Best Female Athlete/Female Action Sport Athlete/US Female Athlete- Chloe Kim
- Best Female Athlete With A Disability- Brenna Huckaby
- Best Game- Canadian Nationals Women’s Hockey Team
- Best Female Tennis Player- Sloan Stephens
- Best NWSL Player- Megan Rapinoe
- International Soccer Player- Samantha Kerr
WNBA
- Liz Cambage becomes the new holder of most points made in a single game with 53 points. Cambage also combined for 88 points in a two game span, which is the most in WNBA history. (Dallas Wings)
- WNBA All-Star Roster and captains announced.
- Sue Bird hits 500th game career (Seattle Storm-all time in WNBA history)
- Courtney Vandersloot records WNBA 7th triple double and Chicago Sky first ever franchise triple double.
- Elena Delle Donne hits career 1,000 rebounds (Washington Mystics)
- Rene Montgomery hits career 1,000 assists (Atlanta Dream)
- Allisha Gray wins favorite newcomer- Nickelodeon Kids Sports Awards (Dallas Wings)
NWSL
- USWNT announces 25 players to their preliminary roster for the Tournament of Nationals training camp.
MMA/UFC
- Jinh Yu Frey becomes Atomweight Champ and defeat Minna Grusander.
