Plot Synopsis

Hosted by John Brenkus, THE ESPN SPORT SCIENCE NEWTON AWARDS honor athletic achievements in sports, based on scientific analyses of thousands of performances from the world of sports -- including basketball, football, baseball, tennis, skateboarding, skiing, hockey and even base jumping -- during the previous calendar year, accounting for numerous factors and variables in human performance. Named after Sir Isaac Newton, the NEWTON AWARDS honor achievements in the following categories: Best Catch; Best Flight; Outstanding Agility; Outstanding Reaction; Best Projectile Launch; Best Throw; Most Improbable; Greater Than; and Outstanding New Limit. The inaugural ceremony was held on Sunday, February 9, 2014 at ESPN Sport Science Studio in Burbank, CA, and was first broadcast one week later on Sunday, February 16, 2014 at 5pm ET/2pm PT on ESPN. Scheduled presenters included: scientist, inventor and author Bill Nye; actor and comedian David Koechner; ESPN personality Marcellus Wiley; former NFL player Jason Sehorn; MMA Hall of Famer Randy Couture; professional skateboarder Chris Cole; and three-time U.S. Olympic swimmer Natalie Coughlin.
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On Sunday, February 15, 2015 at 10pm ET/7pm PT, ESPN premiered the 2nd Annual ESPN SPORT SCIENCE NEWTON AWARDS, which was taped on Friday, January 30, 2015 at Herberger Theater in Phoenix during Super Bowl Week. Categories include: "Best Catch"; "Outstanding Agility"; "Best Flight"; "Best Use of Geometry"; "Outstanding Reaction"; "Best Trajetory"; "Outstanding Save"; "Best Application of Leverage"; "Outstanding New Limit"; "Most Improbable"; and "Greater Than," which is the mathematical equivalent of posterization. Category presenters included JB Smoove, Diana Nyad, Ron Rivera, Jim Norton and the WWE Divas the Bella Twins.