Your 2021 Takie Awards Cheat Sheet: Categories, Nominees, and Winners for All 25 Honors
The 2021 Takie Awards are here! After a crazy year, Pardon My Take reflects on what has been a crazy 12 months around the sports and media world . There were highs, there were lows, there were good takes, AWFUL takes, and everything in between. Below is a Takie "cheat sheet" that includes every category, nominee, and winner (listed in italics). Here are the results of the 2021 Takie Awards:
!!!!!!!!!SPOILERS BELOW!!!!!!!!!
Award 1 - Hacker of the Year
Guy that broke into Jay Williams Account*
The pipeline
Brogan Roback
Award 2 - Worst Dog Of The Year
Doge any time Elon Musk doesn't tweet about it
Leroy for dying
Major
Waterdogs Lacrosse Club*
Award 3 - Retirement of the Year
Roy Williams
Julian Edelman
Coach K*
Aaron Rodgers
Award 4 - 19 Year Old Of The Year
Jayson Tatum
Mbappe
Lil Sasquatch*
Award 5 - Apology Of The Year
Urban Meyer
Thom Brennaman*
Stephen A. Smith
Jeffrey Toobin
Award 6 - Lenny of the Year
Lenny Dykstra
Playoff Lenny
Barstool Lenny
Super Bowl Lenny*
Award 7 - Best Load Management Of The Year
Kyrie Irving
Joe Biden
Paul Bissonnette
Billy Football*
Award 8 - League Of The Year
Stool Streams Jenga
Kentucky Handball League
Premier Lacrosse League
Super League*
Award 9 - Alpha Of The Year
'Not that Guy' guy
Wile E. Coyote
Jake Marsh*
Award 10 - Lib of the Year
Chris Long
Billy Football*
Cole Beasley
Dan Wolken
Fauci
Award 11 - Thirst Trap of the Year
Dimmy Boys at Stu's Pool
Jeffrey Toobin
Ryen Russillo*
Paul Rabil*
Award 12 - Premature Celebration
Steelers fans when they were 11-0
Ryen Russillo for adopting Chris Paul
'Suns in 4' Guy*
Award 13 - Bonk of the Year
Jeffrey Toobin
PFT Commenter
Darren Rovell*
Award 14 - Canadian Of The Year
Paul Bissonnette
Montreal Canadiens
Lu Dort*
Award 15 - Worst Take of the Year
Nick Young
Barstool Sports
Big Cat
Louis Riddick
Emmanuel Acho*
Award 16 - Trend Of The Year
Cap*
Short Shorts
Getting Vaccinated
Being Cheugy
Award 17 - Monday Reading Of The Year
Waffle House*
NY Times - Cheugy
Disney Immersion
Award 18 - Award Of The Year
NVP
Award Of The Year
Tom Verducci's HOF Vote*
Gonzaga Making The Final Four
Award 19 - Ratio Of The Year
Kevin Durant (joining the Warriors)
Kevin Durant (there's no relax champ)
Kevin Durant (Jackie MacMullen)
Kevin Durant (Nick Wright)
Kevin Durant (Shannon Sharpe)*
Award 20 - Worst Prediction Of The Year
Kevin Singh (5th grader in yearbook)
Anonymous Baseball Scout
James Harden
Colin Cowherd*
Award 21 - Postseason Tournament That Duke Didn't Qualify For of the Year
NFL Playoffs
MLB Playoffs
NBA Playoffs
NHL Playoffs
NCAA Tournament*
Award 22 - Preemptive Take of the Year
Mike Florio (Richard Sherman Agent + COVID)
Max Kellerman (Tom Brady falling off a cliff)
Hank Lockwood (NCAA being defunct within five years)
Billy Football (2022 is going to be sick)*
Award 23 - Tommy Lasorda Memorial Still Alive Person Of the Year
Dickie V
Willie Mays
John Madden*
Honorable Mention - Prince Philip
Award 24 - Blake of the Year
Blake Bortles
Blake Griffin
Brooks (Blake) Koepka
NO SPOILERS ON THIS ONE!
Award 25 - Listeners of the Year
The Daxon Five (Dax Shepard)
Let's Get LeBatarded in Here (Stugotz Army)
Sofia's Only Fans (With an F)
The Billionaires (Bill Simmons)
Mike Greenberg Radio Show Listeners (Mike Greenberg)
Ryen's Kids (Russillo)
Woj A. Simps (Adrian Wojnarowski's Podcast)
Pardon My Take's Award Winning Listeners (AWL's)*