Stephen Curry, Shohei Ohtani score big at 2022 ESPY Awards

The Golden State Warriors were front and center during Wednesday's ESPYS and host Stephen Curry taking home

multiple awards and drawing attention to the issue of WNBA star Brittney Griner who is currently being held in

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Russia. Curry has won the ESPYS for the Best NBA Player and for Best Record-breaking Performance, was

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joined by WNBA athletes Nneka Ogwumike as well as Skylar Diggins-Smith to discuss Griner's situation on

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the program. It was reported that the United States considers Griner wrongfully detained. "It's been 153 days

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since BG has been unlawfully detained for thousands of miles from her home, from family members, from

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her friends, and away from her team," Diggins-Smith stated at her performance at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles.

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"All throughout this time, we've kept Griner within our thoughts as well as our hearts, even knowing

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that it's not enough to get her home, you guys." Wearing the Griner's Phoenix Mercury jersey under his tracksuit, Curry

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noted the effort to release Griner. "But even as we pray that things will go well, we ask all of the sports world to

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remain motivated for her and to continue to support her," he said. "She's an individual, the group of athletes here this evening

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