peared onstage with WNBA star Candace Parker to launch T-shirts into the crowd be- fore presenting Seattle Seahawks quarter- back Russell Wilson with awards for “Biggest Cannon” and “King of Swag.” Gold, who took a spin on the “Dizzy
Dude” with sports and entertainment group Dude Perfect, presented alpine skier Lindsey Vonn the “Don’t Try This At Home Award” alongside Philadelphia Eagles running back DeMarco Murray and Detroit Pistons center Andre Drummond. “Such a great crowd out here at
#KidsChoiceSports,” Wagner tweeted from the event. “Check out that orange carpet!”
Hamilton, Kwan support Special Olympics World Games
Olympic champion Scott Hamilton and Ashley Wagner
five-time World champion Michelle Kwan were among the celebrity supporters at the Special Olympics World Games, July 25–Aug. 2 in Los Angeles, walking in the Opening Cer- emony for Haiti and China, respectively. Hamilton, who adopted two Haitian
children last year, is a member of the Special Olympics board of directors — a position he has held for 14 years — while Kwan holds a spot on the organization’s international board. With 6,500 athletes and 2,000 coach-
es representing 165 countries, along with 30,000 volunteers and 500,000 spectators, the 2015 Special Olympics World Games was the largest sports and humanitarian event of the year to date, and the biggest sporting event in Los Angeles since the 1984 Olympic Games. “There’s nothing quite so beautiful as
to witness a flame lit to inspire Unity, Hope, Compassion and Peace,” Hamilton tweeted from the ceremony. Olympic champion Yuna Kim also
Gracie Gold
Wagner, Gold attend Kids’ Choice Sports Awards
Ashley Wagner and Gracie Gold, the
reigning U.S. gold and silver medalists, re- spectively, participated in Nickelodeon’s sec- ond annual Kids’ Choice Sports Awards 2015 at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion on July 16 in West- wood, California. While Wagner was nominated for the
“Sickest Moves” award, which ultimately went to Golden State Warriors point guard Stephen Curry, both Wagner and Gold walked the orange carpet and presented awards to fellow athletes. Debuting a new hair color, Wagner ap-
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walked in the Opening Ceremony, represent- ing South Korea.
Polina Edmunds and Fernando Rodriguez of the Oakland Athletics after throwing out the ceremonial first pitch in July.
Edmunds participates in A’s Root Beer Float Day
U.S. pewter medalist and 2014 Olym-
pian Polina Edmunds joined the Oakland Athletics in July for the organization’s 16th annual Root Beer Float Day. Edmunds served as “celebrity scooper” and threw out the cer- emonial first pitch before the A’s took on the Toronto Blue Jays at
O.co Coliseum in Oak- land, California. Edmunds, local media personalities, and
A’s players and coaches served floats in the stadium’s Eastside Club, signed autographs and took photos for tips, which were all do- nated to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Fund (JDRF), the leading global organization funding type 1 diabetes (T1D) research. The event raised more than $34,000.
Since 2003, the A’s have raised more than $414,000 for JDRF.
Navarro, Bommentre start figure skating podcast
Two-time World Team members and
U.S. ice dance bronze medalists Kim Navarro and Brent Bommentre announced in July the
Michelle Kwan attends the opening ceremony of the Special Olympics World Games at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on July 25.
Erin Reed, left, talks about skating in Sun Valley with Kim Navarro and Brent Bommentre for their new podcast titled “MEGAsequin.”
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