The annual ESPY Awards ceremony is scheduled for July 11, organized by ESPN to have a good time excellence in international sports.
Held in Los Angeles, California, the occasion shall be hosted by legendary tennis participant Serena Williams.
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Among the many notable nominees for the 2024 awards are Japanese baseball phenomenon Shohei Ohtani, gymnastics star Simone Biles, basketball standout Caitlin Clark, and Patrick Mahomes, who’s trying to defend his title as Finest Male Athlete after profitable in 2023.
If Mahomes or Ohtani secures the award once more this yr, they are going to be a part of a prestigious record that features LeBron James, Lance Armstrong, and Tiger Woods, who’ve every received a number of occasions on this class.
Established in 1993, the ESPY Awards additionally characteristic honorary awards such because the Arthur Ashe Award, the Jimmy V Award, and the Pat Tillman Award.
Here’s a record of a few of this yr’s outstanding ESPY Awards nominees:
Finest Male Athlete
- Patrick Mahomes, Kansas Metropolis Chiefs
- Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Angels / Los Angeles Dodgers
- Scottie Scheffler, Golf
- Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers
Finest Feminine Athlete
- Caitlin Clark, Iowa Girls’s Basketball
- Coco Gauff, Tennis
- Nelly Korda, Golf
- A’ja Wilson, Las Vegas Aces
Breakthrough Athlete
- Haleigh Bryant, LSU Gymnastics
- C.J. Stroud, Houston Texans
- Juju Watkins, USC Girls’s Basketball
- Victor Wembanyama, San Antonio Spurs
Finest Staff
- Varied groups throughout NCAA basketball, NFL, MLB, WNBA, and different leagues
NFL Participant of the 12 months
- Myles Garrett, Cleveland Browns
- Lamar Jackson, Baltimore Ravens
- Patrick Mahomes, Kansas Metropolis Chiefs
- Christian McCaffrey, San Francisco 49ers
MLB Participant of the 12 months
- Ronald Acuna Jr., Atlanta Braves
- Gerrit Cole, New York Yankees
- Shohei Ohtani, Los Angeles Angels
- Corey Seager, Texas Rangers
NBA Participant of the 12 months
- Luka Doncic, Dallas Mavericks
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder
- Nikola Jokic, Denver Nuggets
- Jayson Tatum, Boston Celtics
Finest Racing Driver
- Ryan Blaney, NASCAR
- Matt Hagan, NHRA
- Alex Palou, IndyCar
- Max Verstappen, F1
Finest UFC Fighter
- Islam Makhachev
- Sean O’Malley
- Alex Pereira
- Zhang Weili
Finest Boxer
- Terence Crawford
- Seniesa Estrada
- Naoya Inoue
- Oleksandr Usyk
Finest Soccer Participant
- Aitana Bonmat, Spain
- Naomi Girma, USWNT
- Vinicius Junior, Brazil/Actual Madrid
- Kylian Mbappe, France/Actual Madrid
Finest Tennis Participant
- Carlos Alcaraz
- Novak Djokovic
- Coco Gauff
- Iga Swiatek
