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USA Today
16-07-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
2025 ESPY Awards: Time, how to watch and more for annual award show
LOS ANGELES — For one night, the entire sports world will unite to celebrate all of the remarkable moments and athletes who captivated the world in the past year at the 2025 ESPY Awards. Hosted by comedian Shane Gillis, the annual awards show brings people all across the sports world and celebrities to the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. From the best baseball player to the craziest play to most dominating teams, plenty of awards will be given out to those that were undeniable. Plus, people that have made significant contributions to their sport and community will be honored with the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage, the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance, the Pat Tillman Award for Service and the Muhammad Ali Sports Humanitarian Award. While it's bound to be a special and emotional night, there also will be some fun and comedy sprinkled in. USA TODAY Sports will have the top moments and winners from the 2025 ESPY Awards. Here's what to know ahead of the show: What time are 2025 ESPY Awards? Attendees will hit the red carpet at 5:30 p.m. ET and the show begins at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Wednesday, July 16. How to watch the ESPYs: TV channel, streaming Watch the 2025 ESPY Awards on ESPN+ Who are 2025 ESPYS nominees? Shohei Ohtani, Simone Biles, Caitlin Clark, Rory McIlroy and the Philadelphia Eagles are just some of the high-profile names up for awards. The full list of awards and nominees can be found here. Who are ESPYs special honorees this year? Who will be at 2025 ESPY Awards? Celebrities who will present awards include Billie Jean King, Angela Bassett, Leslie Jones, Druski and Anthony Ramos. Russell Wilson, Lindsey Vonn, Matthew Stafford, Trinity Rodman and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone are among the athletes who will also present awards. In attendance will be athletes such as Simone Biles, Ilona Maher, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Lamar Jackson, with several other notable sports figures also at the show. There will also be musical performances from Busta Rhymes, Clipse and Gelo.
UPI
26-06-2025
- Entertainment
- UPI
Josh Allen, Caitlin Clark among ESPY Awards nominees
1 of 5 | Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen is among the leading ESPY Award nominees. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo June 26 (UPI) -- Nominations for the 33rd annual ESPY Awards are in. Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen and Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark are among the leading nominees, with Allen scoring his first nominations, including the Best Athlete -- Men's Sports title. If Allen is honored with the award, he will be the fourth quarterback to receive it in the last five years. Other top nominees include Saquon Barkley, Coco Gauff, Simone Biles, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Ilona Maher and Alexander Ovechkin. Freddie Freeman, Tyrese Haliburton, Maher, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Paul Skenes and Baggy Thomas are all up for their first ESPY awards. Cooper Flagg, Wednesday's No. 1 NBA draft pick, is up for the Best Breakthrough Athlete honor. The Arthur Ashe Award for Courage, Jimmy V Award for Perseverance and Pat Tillman Award for Service recipients will be shared over the next few weeks, a press release states. The ESPY Awards (Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Awards), aka the ESPYs, are presented by ESPN to acknowledge extraordinary athletes and achievements in sports. Comedian and actor Shane Gillis will host the event, which will broadcast on ABC and ESPN+ from Los Angeles' Dolby Theatre at 8 p.m. EDT July 16.
USA Today
23-03-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Why does South Carolina's Dawn Staley wear so many bracelets?
Why does South Carolina's Dawn Staley wear so many bracelets? Show Caption Hide Caption Are we underestimating Dawn Staley and South Carolina this year? USA Today's Mackenzie Salmon and Meghan Hall talk about how this women's South Carolina team is slightly overlooked as we approach March Madness. Sports Seriously Dawn Staley wears beaded necklaces and bracelets given to her by young people, many facing serious illnesses. Staley says she wears the jewelry to show empathy and keep perspective on life's challenges. 'I wear them until they break,' she said. COLUMBIA, S.C. — During South Carolina's win in the first round of women's March Madness on Friday, head coach Dawn Staley wore a new diamond-studded, NCAA championship trophy chain given to her by rapper Plies. The chain was not alone around her neck – it hung alongside beaded bracelets and necklaces. These pieces of jewelry aren't new — they've been a part of Staley's routine outfit since the summer of 2023. But every so often, a new one is added to the collection. 'When young people give me the bracelets, I just immediately put them on,' Staley said Saturday, ahead of her team facing No. 9 Indiana in the second round on Sunday. South Carolina senior forward Sania Feagin recently counted 28 bracelets on her coach's right wrist, Staley said. 'I wear them until they break,' she said. Some of Staley's necklaces are gifts from children in the hospital, one from a young man who has sickle cell disease. Staley's cousin died from sickle cell, and she said it gives her a different perspective. 'I do have empathy for what they go through, and if it helps me to stay empathetic, I'm gonna wear them,' Staley said of her handmade necklaces and bracelets. Staley won the 2024 Jimmy V Award for Perseverance at the ESPY Awards. Staley's sister, Tracey Underwood, is recovering from leukemia and her friend and former assistant coach Nikki McCray-Penson died in 2023 after a 10-year battle with breast cancer. Two of the necklaces are from Blakely, a young girl going through cancer treatments. Staley met her while visiting the UVA children's hospital in 2023. 'For us, it's our world, it's our passion, it's what we do,' Staley said of the focus she and her team have on their sport. 'It's really just basketball when you put it in perspective of what other people have to go through.' Olivia Noni is a student in the University of Georgia's Sports Media Certificate program.
