Sports' annual award show takes place with the 2025 ESPY Awards celebrating the past year in athletics around the world.

The ESPY Awards showered kudos on female athletes during Wednesday’s glitzy ceremony at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood. Fortunately, the honorees delivered enough inspiration and muscular prowess — see: rugby star Ilona Maher,

ESPY Awards honored Shai Gilgeous-Alexander as Best Male Athlete, Simone Biles as Best Female Athlete, Liona Maher as Best Breakthrough Athlete, and Suni Lee as Comeback Athlete of the Year, celebrating their perseverance and determination in their respective sports.

Comedian Shane Gillis delivered the opening monologue as the ESPY Awards host last night, filled with edgy, controversial jokes. Here's what he said.

The top athletes from the last year in sports will be honored Wednesday from The Dolby Theater in Los Angeles when Shane Gillis hosts the 2025 ESPY Awards.

Two Los Angeles-area firefighters were honored at the ESPYs Awards on Wednesday night, receiving the Pat Tillman Award for Service for their response to the devastating January wildfires. David Walters,

Some, such as Simone Biles and Andraya Carter, muted their makeup to let their hair do most of the talking. Others, instead, poured their personality into their visage, paring down the theatrics of their hair to highlight their heavy blush,

Biles completed the outfit with a glossy bob worn styled in sleek waves and diamond jewelry by EFFY for an added touch of sparkle. Owens, meanwhile, looked dapper in a suit by Banana Republic — he wore a white blazer from the brand with a black cowl neck shirt and matching black pants, allowing his wife to shine.