The 2025 ESPY Awards are here, aka the sports Oscars, aka it's the dog-days of summer and we have to watch something.
Live from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, the best and brightest in the world of sports will join together and celebrate the achievements of the last year at the 33rd annual awards show.
The best players, best invidiual plays, and best performances of the year will be highlighted, along with the more meaningful awards such as The Arthur Ashe Award for Courage and the Jimmy V Award for Perserverance.
Comedian Shane Gillis is set to host and will push the comedic boundaries, undoubtedly eliciting plenty of laughs and almost certainly a few awkward moments to boot. Though I doubt he can top the awkwardness that ensued following Norm MacDonald's O.J. Simpson joke at the 1998 ESPYs.
How to watch, stream, and follow the 2025 ESPY Awards
Date: Wednesday, July 16
Time: 8pm ET
TV: ABC
Stream: FuboTV
ESPY Nominees by Category
Best Athlete, Men's Sports: Josh Allen, Saquon Barkley, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Shohei Ohtani
Best Athlete, Women's Sports: Simone Biles, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Gabby Thomas, A'ja Wilson
Breakthrough Athlete: Cooper Flagg, Chloe Humphrey, Ilona Maher, Paul Skenes
Best Record-Breaking Performance: Geno Auriemma, Cailtin Clark, Kevin Durant, Alexander Ovechkin
Best Championship Performance: Simone Biles, Steph Curry, Freddie Freeman, Rory McIlroy
Best Comeback Athlete: Gabe Landeskog, Suni Lee, Mallory Swanson, Lindsey Vonn
Best Team: Florida Panthers (NHL), Los Angeles Dodgers (MLB), New York Liberty (WNBA), Ohio State Buckeyes (NCAAF), Oklahoma City Thunder (NBA), Philadelphia Eagles (NFL), North Carolina (Women's Lacrosse), USWNT, UConn (women's basketball)
Best College Athlete, Men's Sports: Cooper Flagg, Wyatt Hendrickson, Travis Hunter, CJ Kirst
Best College Athlete, Women's Sports: Olivia Babcock, Kate Faasse, Gretchen Walsh, JuJu Watkins
The rest of the list can be viewed here.
The ESPY's special honorees
Arthur Ashe Award for Courage: Oscar Robertson
Jimmy V Award for Perseverance: Katie Schumacher-Cawley
Pat Tillman Award for Service: Great Los Angeles first responders, David Walters, and Erin Regan
Icon Award: Diana Taurasi and Alex Morgan