Present Finals MVP Stephen Curry of the reigning NBA Champion Golden State Warriors will host this 12 months’s ESPYS reside from Los Angeles on Wednesday, July 20. The occasion celebrates the 12 months in sports activities by recognizing main achievements, remembering unforgettable moments and honoring the main performers and performances.
“I’ve had the pleasure of attending The ESPYS however by no means imagined I’d have the privilege of internet hosting this particular occasion,” mentioned the four-time NBA champion. “As somebody who loves the intersection of sports activities and leisure, I look ahead to delivering an thrilling present for the followers whereas we have fun the athletes who created the highest moments of the 12 months.”
Curry could find yourself presenting a variety of trophies to himself. He’s had fairly a 12 months.
The celebrity level guard not solely gained the NBA title this season with the Warriors and was named Finals MVP, he additionally turned the primary participant to hit 100 3-pointers within the Finals, surpassed Ray Allen for many 3-pointers made in NBA historical past, was named to the NBA seventy fifth Anniversary Staff — which honors the 75 best gamers in NBA historical past — and was named the MVP of the All-Star sport.
“Steph has lengthy been one of many brightest stars within the sports activities constellation, and we’re thrilled to have him share his ardour for sports activities, his wit and his boundless expertise with The ESPYS,” mentioned Government Editor-At-Giant of ESPN Content material Rob King in a press release. “Whether or not shining on the courtroom, partaking with followers on social platforms or demonstrating a dedication to communities by means of diverse philanthropic acts, he’s a singular performer who’ll undoubtedly add luster to our celebration of a few of this 12 months’s most compelling moments.”
Past the sport of basketball, Curry co-founded Unanimous Media with a purpose to raise various voices and shine a lightweight on narratives that must be heard with a deal with household, sports activities and faith-based content material. Amongst its rising slate, Unanimous Media executive-produces the ABC sports activities actuality competitors collection Holey Moley, at the moment in its fourth season.
Final 12 months, Comcast NBCUniversal made its first-ever International Expertise Partnerships cope with Unanimous Media. The multi-year pact spans first-look growth offers with Common Studio Group for scripted and unscripted TV tasks and DreamWorks Animation.
Unanimous Media can be producing — with Portal A — Stage Up with Stephen Curry for Snap.
Erick Peyton, co-founder of Unanimous Media, will function a co-executive producer on the ESPYS.
ESPN beforehand introduced that former heavyweight boxing champion and mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, might be honored with the Arthur Ashe Award for Braveness; writer, athlete, and retired Military Command Sergeant Main Gretchen Evans might be honored with the Pat Tillman Award for Service; and broadcaster, corridor of famer and faculty basketball icon Dick Vitale might be honored with the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance.
The ESPYS assist to boost consciousness and funds for the V Basis for Most cancers Analysis, the charity based by ESPN and the late basketball coach Jim Valvano on the first ESPYS again in 1993. ESPN has helped elevate greater than $165 million for the V Basis over the previous 29 years.
The ESPYS are co-produced by ESPN and Full Day Productions.
The present airs reside July 20, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on ABC.
