ESPYS 2025: ESPN Announces Nominees and Honorees for this Year's Sports Humanitarian Awards
The ceremony is set to take place in Hollywood on July 15th.
Earlier this week ESPN announced this year’s ESPYS nominees and special award recipients. Prior to the big night, ESPN will host the Sports Humanitarian Awards, honoring athletes, teams, leagues, and members of the sports community who use their influence to make change in the world.
What’s Happening:
- ESPN has announced the nominees for this year’s Sports Humanitarian Awards.
- Part of 2025’s ESPYS Week, the award ceremony celebrates the positive impacts in the world made by those in the sports community.
- Set to take place on Tuesday, July 15th, at the Ray Dolby Ballroom in Hollywood, highlights from the ceremony will air during The 2025 ESPYS on July 16th and other ESPN studio programming.
- This year’s nominees and honorees include:
Muhammad Ali Sports Humanitarian Award Finalists
CJ McCollum
Alex Overchkin
Sloan Stephens
Sports Humanitarian Team of the Year Finalists
Indianapolis Colts
Los Angeles Clippers
Los Angeles Kings
New York Yankees
Sports Philanthropist of the Year Award Honoree
Michele Kang
Corporate Community Impact Award Finalists
Buffalo Wild Wings
Cheez-It
Fanatics
Monumental Sports & Entertainment
Stuart Scott ENSPIRE Award Honoree
Billy Bean
Billie Jean King Youth Leadership Award Honorees
Maegha Ramanathan
Rishin Tandon
Ian Waite
- The 2025 ESPYS air live on ABC from Los Angeles’ Dolby Theatre on July 16th at 8PM ET/ PT.
ESPYS Fight Against Cancer:
- The ESPYS began back in 1993, and have held a long commitment to raising awareness and money for the V Foundation for Cancer Research.
- The organization was founded by Jim Valvano and the sports network and has since raised over $250 million dollars from ESPN alone.
- While sports are one of the biggest forms of entertainment in the world, it's incredible to see the community come together to make a difference beyond the field, court, pool, etc.
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