2024 ESPY Awards: Everything You Need to Know

ESPN’s parent network ABC will air the ESPY Awards live beginning at 8 p.m. ET. 

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ESPN has announced nominees for 22 awards, and fan voting is now open to help determine the winners. With categories spanning team and individual sports, here are some of the major categories and nominees:

Best Athlete, Men’s SportsPatrick Mahomes, Kansas City ChiefsShohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Angels / Los Angeles DodgersScottie Scheffler, GolfConnor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers

Best Athlete, Women’s SportsCaitlin Clark, Iowa Women’s BasketballCoco Gauff, TennisNelly Korda, GolfA’ja Wilson, Las Vegas Aces

Best Comeback AthleteSimone Biles, GymnastPaige Bueckers, UConn Women’s BasketballJoe Flacco, Cleveland BrownsZion Williamson, New Orleans Pelicans

Best TeamSouth Carolina Gamecocks, NCAA Women’s BasketballKansas City Chiefs, NFLMichigan Wolverines, NCAA FootballLas Vegas Aces, WNBAUConn Huskies, NCAA Men’s BasketballOklahoma Sooners, NCAA SoftballBoston Celtics, NBAFlorida Panthers, NHLTexas Rangers, MLB

Serena Williams will host the 2024 ESPYs, joining Megan Rapinoe, Sue Bird and Danica Patrick as one of the only women to ever do so.

“I couldn’t be more excited to host the ESPYs,” Williams said in a statement in May. “This is a dream come true for me, and something I’ve wanted to do for as long as I can remember. It has been a sensational year for sports and an unprecedented one for female athletes. I can’t wait to celebrate everyone on stage in July.”

Past hosts have come from sports, music and entertainment, with comedian Dennis Miller hosting the first ESPYs in 1993.

Stephen Curry was the most recent host, doing the honors in 2022. The ESPYs went on without a host last year due to the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike.

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The Duke of Sussex has earned the Pat Tillman Award for Service as a recognition of his work with the Invictus Games. Harry is a founding patron of the games, which allows wounded or sick servicemen and women from around the world to participate in Olympic-style competition.

Harry has not yet announced whether he will attend the ceremony.

The award is named for Pat Tillman, the former Arizona Cardinals safety who enlisted in the U.S. Army after the 9/11 attacks. He was killed by friendly fire in 2004.

Who Else Earned an Honorary Award?

In addition to Harry, the ESPYs will honor former NFL player Steve Gleason with the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage and South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley with the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance.

“These honorees have used their platforms to change the world and make it more inclusive for marginalized and suffering communities, demonstrating incredible resilience, positivity and perseverance, and we’re thrilled to celebrate them at The 2024 ESPYS,” Kate Jackson, vice president of production at ESPN, said in a statement.