honor former heavyweight boxing champion and mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, with the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage; retired Army Command Sergeant Major Gretchen Evans with the Pat Tillman Award for Service and legendary college basketball broadcaster and Hall of Fame inductee Dick Vitale with the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance. “I think those are going to be really powerful moments,” King said of the honorees’ ceremonies.Regarding the show’s host, NBA champion Curry, King added, “Right off the bat, you’ll find that Steph — he’s got a great sense of humor, yes, but he’s also got a really great sense of humility. … I think people will get right away a sense that he is a perfect host choice for this year.”ESPYs presenters include Odell Beckham Jr., John Boyega, Alison Brie, Ciara, Billie Jean King, Dwayne Johnson, Jon Hamm, Simu Liu, Megan Rapinoe, Trevante Rhodes, Lindsey Vonn, Hannah Waddingham and more.

Country star Mickey Guyton is set to perform and some of the ESPYs nominees include Katie Ledecky, Aaron Rogers, Nathan Chen and Eileen Gu, in addition to Curry, Felix, Kim, Brady and others.Since its inception in 1993, the ESPYs have helped raise awareness and funds for the V Foundation for Cancer Research founded by ESPN and the late basketball coach Jim Valvano.

To date, the organization has raised $165 million for the foundation over the past 29 years. “The show means a lot from the standpoint of ESPN’s ability to celebrate the greatest athletes and stories around sports in the past year, and we consider that a real important responsibility to take that moment of reflection and celebration and to share a little joy and share a little hope,” King said.In the works for a week, with ongoing rehearsals up until the.

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