2024 ESPY Awards: Serena Williams Hosts the Biggest Night in Sports (Live Updates)
Written by Rtradio on July 11, 2024
Serena Williams is hosting the annual awards show, which honors the best athletes, teams and plays of the year. Top nominees this year include Simone Biles, Shohei Ohtani, Coco Gauff, Caitlin Clark, and, of course, Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and the back-to-back Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs.
Mahomes is notably nominated for Best Male Athlete for his Super Bowl-winning season, and if he or Ohtani win, they’ll join the elite company of LeBron James, Lance Armstrong and Tiger Woods as the only athletes to win the category multiple times.
There are also the annual trio of honorary awards this year, with Prince Harry controversially receiving the Pat Tillman Award for Service, Steve Gleason earning the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage, and Dawn Staley receiving the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance.
Follow along below for live updates from the biggest awards show in the sporting world!
Who is nominated at the 2024 ESPY Awards?
Top nominees at this year’s awards include Simone Biles, Shohei Ohtani, Coco Gauff, Caitlin Clark, and, of course, Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and the back-to-back Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs.
Mahomes is notably nominated for Best Male Athlete for his Super Bowl-winning season, and if he or Ohtani win, they’ll join the elite company of LeBron James, Lance Armstrong and Tiger Woods as the only athletes to win the category multiple times.
Who’s hosting this year’s ESPY Awards?
12-time ESPY winner Serena Williams is hosting this year’s awards.
In ET’s exclusive sneak peek at this year’s ESPYs, Williams readied fans to “celebrate the best of the best… “The ESPYs are a celebration of excellence.”
When do this year’s ESPYs take place?
The 2024 ESPY Awards air live from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Thursday, July 11, at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET on ABC.
The 2024 ESPY Awards air live from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Thursday, July 11, at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET on ABC.
