[From ESPN]
She won three golds and a silver while helping the U.S. win its first team title since 2016."That was very unexpected, especially in a category of all men," Biles said after kissing her husband, Chicago Bears safety Jonathan Owens.Olympic champion Simone Biles' big night at the ESPYS included wins for best female athlete and best championship performance. She beat out Stephen Curry, Freddie Freeman and Rory McIlroy for her best championship performance award.The Philadelphia Eagles, who won the franchise's second Super Bowl in February, claimed best team honors, beating out nine other nominees, including the Thunder, the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Florida Panthers, the Ohio State football team and the U.S. national women's soccer team.Biles' Olympic teammate, Suni Lee, won the best comeback award for overcoming two rare kidney diseases.
Gillis quickly caught his mistake, saying, "My bad on that."Gillis moved on to WNBA superstar Caitlin Clark, who wasn't on hand."When Caitlin Clark retires from the WNBA, she's going to work at a Waffle House so she can continue doing what she loves most: fist fighting Black women," he joked.While some in the audience laughed, others appeared uncomfortable.Gillis plowed on for 10 minutes, with jokes about President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, whose sex trafficking investigation has roiled the Justice Department and FBI.Gillis' performance drew mixed reviews on social media, with some calling him "hilarious" and others "cringey."Gillis' initial joke about North Carolina coach Bill Belichick and his 24-year-old girlfriend Jordon Hudson drew a lot of laughs."A bookie is what Bill Belichick reads to his girlfriend before bedtime," he said.But the laughter lessened as Gillis continued.Before closing it out, a smiling Gillis said, "I see a lot of you don't like me and that's OK.
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