Derek Jeter : ESPYS' Icon Award

Derek Jeter : ESPYS' Icon Award

Actor Ben Affleck presented the retired Yankees legend and future Hall of Famer with the ESPYS' Icon Award Wednesday night.

Jeter retired last season after spending 20 years as the jewel of the Yankees, winning five World Series titles. He's still arguably New York City's most popular athlete, and baseball's most recognizable face.

Here's what Affleck said before welcoming Jeter on stage:
"There was something about him that made the boos ring a little hollow. Maybe it was imitable class. Maybe it was that he won with dignity and lost with grace. Maybe it was that we knew no matter what, he was a winner regardless. Boston sports fans can be many things, but we know baseball, and we respect those who play the game the way it was meant to be played.

"He broke my heart 100 times if not more. And he broke it agains when he retired because he was absolutely one of the very best to play the game of baseball. So you you, Derek Jeter, I tip my hat and I thank you for every moment of his incredible career."

And Jeter had a little fun with Affleck after accepting the award:
"I know it pained him to say every one of those words. So thank you very much. I've had a special relationship with my fans and my teammates over the last 20 years. But in retirement, I've come to realize that being part of the larger community of sports is a gift and, more importantly, it's an honor.

"When you're playing, you have fans and you have teammates who root for you. You have your opponents and your rivals, they motivate you. But for me it was always the fellow athletes from all different sports that inspired me. So I just want to take this moment to thank everyone here and congratulate all the athletes, the winners ,the nominees, because you all deserve it. You've inspired me for years. You continue to inspire me."

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Ben Affleck & Jennifer Garner : Divorcing

Modal TriggerBen Affleck and Jennifer Garner with their daughters on May 28

 

The “Batman v Superman” star, 42, and Garner, 43, who have three children, Violet, 9, Seraphina, 6, and Samuel, 3, on Tuesday confirmed they are divorcing after 10 years of marriage.


Jennifer Garner and   Ben Affleck are divorcing after years of couples therapy and a separation of over six months.

The Hollywood couple said in a joint statement, “After much thought and careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to divorce. We go forward with love and friendship for one another and a commitment to co-parenting our children, whose privacy we ask to be respected during this difficult time. This will be our only comment on this private, family matter.”

The couple has recently been going through a rough patch, amid reports of Affleck’s gambling and alleged liaisons with other women, but sources say they’d drifted apart and had been in professional therapy for years. They announced their split a day after their 10th wedding anniversary, but their statement was timed for when their children were out of school for the summer.

A source close to the situation said Affleck and Garner are using a mediator to work out the divorce, noting, “This isn’t going to end up in a dramatic court case, they are trying to resolve it as quickly and easily as possible. Ben and Jennifer have been separated for more than six months. They have been seeing counselors for years. The situation is that people change and they grow apart.

They plan to share custody and co-parent their kids.” Ben, who has been staying in hotels in recent months, will live on the property of their Brentwood marital home, but will not share the main house, we’re told.

Affleck and Garner met on the set of 2001’s “Pearl Harbor” and starred together in 2003’s “Daredevil.” They wed in June 2005. But during his 2013 Oscars acceptance speech for “Argo,” Affleck alluded to issues in the marriage, saying to Garner in the audience, “I want to thank you for working on our marriage for 10 Christmases. It’s good. It is work, but the best kind of work, and there’s no one I’d rather work with.”

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