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On Wednesday, ESPN was nominated for 41 Sports Emmy Awards. A complete rundown can be found here.

 

Athletes and Guns
Outside the Lines (Sunday, 9 a.m. ET, ESPN)
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Sunday’s Outside the Lines examines the debate about athlete and guns through the eyes of two NFL players, both of whom lost people they loved to gun-related violence and yet, have very different views about guns. Steve Delsohn reports

“I would rather have so many [guns] than not so many. . . I don’t want to have one handgun and not have access to it when I actually need it.” – Baltimore Ravens cornerback, Chris Johnson, whose sister was shot by her boyfriend

“I don’t think athletes need guns to protect themselves. You’re going to end up dead or hurt, or you’re going to end up in a situation where someone else is.” – Cleveland Browns safety, TJ Ward, who lost a high school friend to gun violence

 

What will Geno Smith turn out to be?
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West Virginia’s Geno Smith was raised in a family that taught him to believe he can do anything. Yet, he enters the 2013 NFL draft with numerous questions surrounding him. Can he convince NFL teams that he’s the best quarterback for them? Liz Merrill writes

 

Garrett’s Fight
SportsCenter Featured (Sunday)
The Sporting Life with Jeremy Schaap (Weekends, ESPN Radio)

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Garrett Holeve, 23, was born with Down Syndrome and has spent the last three years training his body and mind for the rigors of MMA fighting. While some question the decision to allow Holeve to engage in such physical competition, the sport has given him a sense of fight – a belonging, purpose and acceptance – that extends beyond the ring.  Tom Rinaldi reports

“He’s got all these problems you know, all these limitations. But he keeps driving through, he keeps fighting through you know. And you can’t ask more from a person than that” – Rodrigo “Baga” Ramos, Garrett’s coach, on the motivation Garrett provides to the other fighters at the gym

 

What Brittney Griner says about us

“. . . whatever praise [Britney Griner] receives will also come with a side dish of scorn — because her best seems to bring out some people’s worst. Truth is, those ugly things they say about Brittney Griner aren’t really about her. They’re about us…”

Kate Fagan reports on Griner and her place in culture and women’s basketball