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ESPY Awards 2019: How to Watch
2019 ESPY Awards: How to watch on TV, nominees for all the awards
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USA TODAY Published 9:38 p.m. ET July 9, 2019
The 2019 ESPY Awards show will be held Wednesday, July 10 as athletes and celebrities assemble at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. The event starts at 5 p.m. local time.
The ESPY Awards show will air at 8 p.m. on ABC, and will stream on ABC.com and the ABC app. The ESPYS red carpet show will air beforehand on ESPN at 7 p.m. ET.
The 27th edition of the ESPY Awards will be hosted by comedian Tracy Morgan.
Some awards have already been announced. Basketball Hall of Famer Bill Russell will receive the Arthur Ashe Courage Award. Marine sergeant Kirstie Ennis has earned the Pat Tillman Award For Service. High school football coach Rob Mendez will receive the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance. Jim Calhoun will receive the Best Coach Award.
The ESPY Awards have been held each year since 1993.
The ESPY Awards have been held each year since 1993. (Photo: Kirby Lee, USA TODAY Sports)
2019 ESPY Award nominees
BEST TEAM
Boston Red Sox, MLB
New England Patriots, NFL
Clemson Tigers, NCAA Division I football
Toronto Raptors, NBA
Baylor Lady Bears, NCAA women's basketball
Virginia Cavaliers, NCAA men's basketball
U.S. Women's National Soccer Team
BEST MALE ATHLETE
Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks
Mookie Betts, Boston Red Sox
Brooks Koepka, Golf
Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs
BEST FEMALE ATHLETE
Simone Biles, Gymnast
Alex Morgan, USWNT
Mikaela Shiffrin, U.S. Skiing
Breanna Stewart, Seattle Storm
BEST BREAKTHROUGH ATHLETE
Saquon Barkley, New York Giants
Naomi Osaka, U.S. Open, Australian Open champ
Christian Yelich, Milwaukee Brewers
Trae Young, Atlanta Hawks
BEST COLLEGE ATHLETE
Rachel Garcia, UCLA softball – USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year
Sabrina Ionescu, Oregon WBB – 2019 Wooden Award winner
Kyler Murray, Oklahoma football – 2018 Heisman Trophy winner
Zion Williamson, Duke MBB – 2019 Wooden Award winner
BEST GAME
NCAA football – LSU vs. Texas A&M: Aggies win seven-overtime 74-72 thriller in highest scoring game in FBS history
NFL Week 11 – LA Rams (54) vs. Kansas City Chiefs (51) – "Monday Night Football"
NCAA Women's Final Four – Notre Dame (81) vs. UConn (76) – 26 lead changes
BEST RECORD-BREAKING PERFORMANCE
Matthew Boling - Became the first-ever high schooler to break 10 seconds in the 100-meter dash, dropping a 9.98
Drew Brees (New Orleans Saints) - Passed Peyton Manning’s 71,940 career passing yards to move into first place on the all-time list; most completions in NFL history, 6,300+ completions passes Brett Favre
Sabrina Ionescu (Oregon basketball) - Recorded her 13th triple-double. She now holds the men’s and women’s NCAA basketball record for triple-doubles. She surpassed Kyle Collinsworth’s mark of 12 in four seasons at BYU. She also broke the Division I men’s and women’s record for triple-doubles in a single season in the Ducks’ 96–78 win over Southern California (7,) breaking Collinsworth's mark
Klay Thompson (Golden State Warriors) - Broke the NBA 3-point record in a game with 14, passing Stephen Curry’s previous mark
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BEST PLAY
Miami Miracle - Miami Dolphins stun the New England Patriots
Kawhi Leonard - Drains game-winner at buzzer in Game 7
Derrick Henry - NFL-record 99-yard run vs. Jaguars
UCLA gymnast Katelyn Ohashi - Scores a perfect 10
BEST VIRAL SPORTS MOMENT
Rudolph "Blaze" Ingram - The 7-year-old running phenom is already faster than you
Texas A&M’s Infinite Tucker - Goes all out for the gold
Katelyn Ohashi, UCLA gymnastics – Scores a perfect 10
Sister Mary Jo - Don't sleep on her curveball
BEST UPSET
NCAA football – Old Dominion defeats No. 10 Virginia Tech, 49-35. Old Dominion only had a 1.8% chance of winning according to ESPN’s FPI, making it the largest upset by an FBS team in the 14 years of Football Power Index projections
2018 U.S. Open – Naomi Osaka defeating Serena Williams
NHL – Columbus Blue Jackets pulled off what many thought impossible, an upset for the ages with a sweep of the win record-tying Tampa Bay Lightning in the first round.
Boxing – Andy Ruiz Jr.'s upset win over Anthony Joshua
BEST NFL PLAYER
Drew Brees, New Orleans Saints
Aaron Donald, Los Angeles Rams
Todd Gurley, Los Angeles Rams
Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs
BEST NBA PLAYER
Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks
Kevin Durant, Golden State Warriors
Paul George, Oklahoma City Thunder
James Harden, Houston Rockets
BEST WNBA PLAYER
Elena Delle Donne, Washington Mystics
Candace Parker, Los Angeles Sparks
Breanna Stewart, Seattle Storm
Diana Taurasi, Phoenix Mercury
BEST MLB PLAYER
Mookie Betts, Boston Red Sox
Jacob deGrom, New York Mets
Blake Snell, Tampa Bays Rays
Christian Yelich, Milwaukee Brewers
BEST MALE GOLFER
Brooks Koepka
Francesco Molinari
Justin Rose
Tiger Woods
BEST FEMALE GOLFER
Brooke Henderson
Ariya Jutanugarn
Jin-Young Ko
Sung Hyun Park
BEST INTERNATIONAL MEN'S SOCCER PLAYER
Kylian Mbappe, France ( Paris Saint-Germain)
Lionel Messi, Argentina (FC Barcelona)
Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal (Juventus)
Virgil Van Dyke, Netherlands (Liverpool)
BEST INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S SOCCER PLAYER
Lucy Bronze, England (Olympique Lyonnais)
Pernille Harder, Denmark (VfL Wolfsburg)
Ada Hegerberg, Norway (Olympique Lyonnais)
Sam Kerr, Australia (Chicago Red Stars)
BEST MLS PLAYER
Zlatan Ibrahimovic, LA Galaxy
Aaron Long, New York Red Bulls
Josef Martinez, Atlanta United
Wayne Rooney, DC United
BEST NWSL PLAYER
Abby Erceg, North Carolina Courage
Adrianna Franch, Portland Thorns
Lindsey Horan, Portland Thorns
Sam Kerr, Chicago Red Stars
BEST MALE TENNIS PLAYER
Novak Djokovic
Roger Federer
Rafael Nadal
Stefanos Tsitsipas
BEST FEMALE TENNIS PLAYER
Simona Halep
Petra Kvitová
Naomi Osaka
Serena Williams
BEST NHL PLAYER
Nikita Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning
Nathan MacKinnon, Colorado Avalanche
Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers
Alexander Ovechkin, Washington Capitals
BEST DRIVER
Kyle Busch, NASCAR
Scott Dixon, IndyCar
Lewis Hamilton, F1
Steve Torrence, NHRA
BEST MALE ACTION SPORTS ATHLETE
Nyjah Huston (USA), skateboard
Scotty James (Australia), snowboard
Gabriel Medina (Brazil), surf
Tom Pages (France), freestyle motocross
BEST FEMALE ACTION SPORTS ATHLETE
Stephanie Gilmore (Australia), surf
Chloe Kim (USA), snowboard
Kelly Sildaru (Estonia), ski
Zoi Sadowski-Synnott (New Zealand), snowboard
BEST BOXER
Canelo Alvarez
Terence Crawford
Vasily Lomachenko
Oleksandr Usyk
BEST MMA FIGHTER
Israel Adesanya
Henry Cejudo
Daniel Cormier
Amanda Nunes
BEST JOCKEY
Florent Geroux
Irad Ortiz Jr.
Jose Ortiz
Mike Smith
BEST MALE ATHLETE WITH A DISABILITY
Mark Barr, Triathlon
Declan Farmer, Hockey
Daniel Romanchuk, Marathon Racing
Oz Sanchez, Cycling
BEST FEMALE ATHLETE WITH A DISABILITY
Oksana Masters, Nordic skiing
Tatyana McFadden, Marathon racing
Shawn Morelli, Cycling
Allysa Seely, Triathlon
BEST BOWLER
Jason Belmonte
Jakob Butturff
Norm Duke
Anthony Simonsen
BEST WWE MOMENT
Kofi Kingston - Wins his first WWE Heavyweight Championship Title at Wrestlemania 35
Becky Lynch - Wins both WWE Women’s Championship Titles at Wrestlemania 35
Roman Reigns - Returns to WWE Raw, announces his Leukemia is in remission
Ronda Rousey - Defeats Alexa Bliss at Summerslam 2018 to win her first RAW Women’s Championship Title
BEST ESPORTS MOMENT
oLarry’s return to the NBA 2K League after the Jacksonville shooting
Ninja Fortnite win with Marshmello at E3 ProAM