The biggest stars from the sports and entertainment world will gather for the ESPYs Award Show at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
Candace Parker of the LA Sparks, Todd Gurley of the Rams and Pittsburgh Steelers receiver Antonio Brown will be among the athletes in attendance for the event. Celebrities will include Jennifer Garner, Chadwick Boseman and Jon Stewart.
Fans can vote for 34 award categories including the best moment, team and play in sports.
There are four other categories already determined:
The Arthur Ashe Award for Courage will honor the ‘sister survivors’ who spoke out against sexual abuse by their former team doctor.
Former Buffalo Bills quarterback Jim Kelly will receive the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance. The Pro Football Hall of Famer was diagnosed with cancer three times in the past five years.
The Pat Tillman Award for Service will be presented to U.S. Marines Sgt. Jake Wood for his service and his work as the co-founder and CEO of Team Rubicon.
Wood’s nonprofit organization is dedicated to transitioning veterans from military service to disaster response and relief efforts.
The Best Coach Award is presented posthumously to high school coaches Aaron Feis, Scott Beigel, and Chris Hixon, who died shielding students from gunfire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida.
Elliott Bonner, a former head football coach at Stoneman Douglas, will accept on the trio’s behalf.
While most of the past award recipients were coaches of professional teams, Bob Hurley of St. Anthony High School in New Jersey was the recipient in 2017. Past recipients include New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick and former Lakers coach Phil Jackson.
James Harden of the Houston Rockets and Jose Altuve of the Houston Astros are two of the four nominees for Best Male Athlete.
Harden, a product of Artesia High School, was named the 2017-18 NBA MVP after leading the Rockets to the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference and the best record in the regular season (65-17).
Altuve was the 2017 American League MVP and led the Astros to the 2017 World Series victory over the Dodgers.
Tom Brady led the Patriots to its second consecutive Super Bowl appearance and the Washington Capitals’ Alexander Ovechkin was named the NHL playoff MVP after his team won their first Stanley Cup.
All four athletes are also nominees for the best player award in their respective sports.
Rams’ defensive tackle Aaron Donald is nominated for Best NFL Player and shares the category with Gurley, Brown and Brady.
While LeBron James is now a member of the Los Angeles Lakers, his last season with the Cleveland Cavaliers earned him a nomination for Best NBA Player alongside Harden, Anthony Davis of the New Orleans Pelicans and Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks.
James’ buzzer beater 3-pointer to defeat the Indiana Pacers in Game 5 of the first-round playoff series is also nominated for Best Play.
Olympic snowboarder Chloe Kim, a native of Long Beach, is nominated for three ESPYs including Best Female Athlete. Kim became the youngest woman to win an Olympic snowboarding medal when she captured the gold in the half-pipe event at age 17.
Julie Ertz of the Chicago Red Stars and Sylvia Fowles of the Minnesota Lynx round out the field for the Best Female Athlete award.
Ertz is a member of the United States Women’s National Soccer Team and was named the 2017 U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year. Fowles won the WNBA’s 2017 MVP and league championship.
Fowles and Parker are nominated for the Best WNBA Player Award. Maya Moore of the Lynx and Dallas Wings’ Skylar Diggins-Smith are also nominees.
Danica Patrick, a former professional race car driver, will host the show as it is broadcast live Wednesday, July 18, at 5 p.m. PT on ABC.
Other categories:
BEST OLYMPIC MOMENT
Shaun White, Snowboard
Jessie Diggins & Kikkan Randall, U.S. Cross Country Ski
U.S. Men’s Curling
USA Women’s Hockey defeats Canada, 2018 Winter Olympics
BEST CHAMPIONSHIP PERFORMANCE
George Springer, Houston Astros – MLB World Series
Nick Foles, Philadelphia Eagles – Super Bowl LII
Kevin Durant, Golden State Warriors, NBA Finals
Donte DiVincenzo, Villanova Men’s Basketball – CBB National Championship
BEST BREAKTHROUGH ATHLETE
Alvin Kamara, New Orleans Saints
Ben Simmons, Philadelphia 76ers
Donovan Mitchell, Utah Jazz
Sloane Stephens, Tennis
BEST GAME
Houston Astros defeat Los Angeles Dodgers, World Series Game 5
Georgia Bulldogs defeat Oklahoma Sooners, Rose Bowl
USA Women’s Hockey defeats Canada, 2018 Winter Olympics
BEST MOMENT
Minnesota Vikings defeat the New Orleans Saints in the NFC Championship Game
Las Vegas Golden Knights defeat Winnipeg Jets to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals
#16 University of Maryland-Baltimore County upsets No. 1 Virginia
BEST TEAM
Houston Astros, MLB
Philadelphia Eagles, NFL
Notre Dame Fighting Irish, NCAA Women’s Basketball
Villanova Wildcats, NCAA Men’s Basketball
Golden State Warriors, NBA
Washington Capitals, NHL
BEST COLLEGE ATHLETE
Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma Football
Jalen Brunson, Villanova Basketball
Katie Ledecky, Stanford Swimming
A’ja Wilson, South Carolina Basketball
BEST PLAY (Bracket-style voting)
- ND’s Arike Ogunbowale hits 2nd buzzer beater to win NCAA women’s national title
- Minnesota Miracle: Stefon Diggs makes last-second TD Catch to send Vikings to NFC championship
- Philly Special: Eagles fool Patriots with fourth-down TD toss to Foles
- Alabama wins national title on 41-yard OT TD pass from Tua Tagovailoa to Devonta Smith
- FSU’s Jessie Warren makes diving double play in WCWS
- LeBron James nails buzzer beater 3-pointer to beat the Pacers in Game 5 of Round 1
- Evanston Township High school freshman Blake Peters hits 80-foot buzzer beater
- Gareth Bale scores go-ahead bicycle kick goal in Champions League Final 1022
- Cristiano Ronaldo scores bicycle kick goal against Juventus
- Julian McGarvey makes last-second steal & heave to secure Ardsley High School’s 1st Section 1 title in 60 years
- LeBron floats a glass-kissing buzzer beater to beat Raptors in game 3 of round 2
- Team USA’s Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson scores the shootout winner to secure gold medal in women’s hockey
- Giannis Antetokounmpo leapfrog dunks on Tim Hardaway Jr
- Acrobatic volleyball play from Autumn Finney out of Decatur High School
- Golden Knights’ William Karlsson goes through legs for ‘goal of the year’ contender
- Jordan Poole hits buzzer-beater to send Michigan to the Sweet 16s
BEST RECORD-BREAKING PERFORMANCE
Roger Federer, Tennis
Aaron Judge, New York Yankees
Tom Brady, New England Patriots
Diana Taurasi, Phoenix Mercury
BEST INTERNATIONAL MEN’S SOCCER PLAYER
Lionel Messi, FC Barcelona/Argentina National Team
Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid/Portuguese National Team
Mohamed Salah, Liverpool/Egyptian National Team
Neymar Jr., PSG/Brazilian National Team
BEST INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S SOCCER PLAYER
Lieke Martens, FC Barcelona/Netherlands National Team
Sam Kerr, Chicago Red Stars/Australian National Team
Jodie Taylor, Seattle Reign/English National Team
BEST NFL PLAYER
Tom Brady, New England Patriots
Todd Gurley, Los Angeles Rams
Antonio Brown, Pittsburgh Steelers
Aaron Donald, Los Angeles Rams
BEST MLB PLAYER
Aaron Judge, New York Yankees
Jose Altuve, Houston Astros
Mike Trout, LA Angels
Max Scherzer, Washington Nationals
BEST NHL PLAYER
Alexander Ovechkin, Washington Capitals
Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins
Connor McDavid, Edmonton Oilers
Marc-Andre Fleury, Las Vegas Golden Knights
BEST DRIVER
Josef Newgarden, IndyCar
Martin Truex Jr, NASCAR
Lewis Hamilton, Formula One
Brittany Force, NHRA
BEST NBA PLAYER
James Harden, Houston Rockets
LeBron James, Cleveland Cavaliers
Anthony Davis, New Orleans Pelicans
Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks
BEST WNBA PLAYER
Maya Moore, Minnesota Lynx
Candace Parker, Los Angeles Sparks
Sylvia Fowles, Minnesota Lynx
Skylar Diggins-Smith, Dallas Wings
BEST FIGHTER
Terence Crawford, Boxing
Vasiliy (Vasyl) Lomachenko, Boxing
Rose Namajunas, UFC
Georges St-Pierre, UFC
BEST MALE GOLFER
Jordan Spieth
Justin Thomas
Dustin Johnson
Patrick Reed
BEST FEMALE GOLFER
Shanshan Feng
Inbee Park
Ariya Jutanugarn
Sung-Hyun Park
BEST MALE OLYMPIAN
Shaun White, Snowboarding
Red Gerard, Snowboarding
David Wise, Halfpipe Skiing
John Shuster, Curling
BEST FEMALE OLYMPIAN
Chloe Kim, Snowboarding
Mikaela Shiffrin, Skiing
Jamie Anderson, Snowboarding
Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson, US Women’s Hockey
BEST MALE TENNIS PLAYER
Roger Federer
Rafael Nadal
Marin Cilic
BEST FEMALE TENNIS PLAYER
Sloane Stephens
Caroline Wozniacki
Simona Halep
Garbine Muguruza
BEST MALE ACTION SPORTS ATHLETE
Henrik Harlaut (SWE), Ski
Kelvin Hoefler (BRA), Skateboard
David Wise (USA), Ski
Marcus Kleveland (NOR), Snowboard
BEST FEMALE ACTION SPORTS ATHLETE
Chloe Kim (USA), Snowboard
Jamie Anderson (USA), Snowboard
Brighton Zeuner (USA), Skateboard
Stephanie Gilmore (AUS), Surf
BEST JOCKEY
Mike Smith
Jose Ortiz
Florent Geroux
Flavien Prat
BEST MALE ATHLETE WITH A DISABILITY
Dan Cnossen, Nordic Skiing
Andrew Kurka, Alpine Skiing
Declan Farmer, Sled Hockey
Mike Schultz, Snowboarding
BEST FEMALE ATHLETE WITH A DISABILITY
Oksana Masters, Nordic Skiing
Brenna Huckaby, Snowboarding
Kendall Gretsch, Nordic Skiing
Tatyana McFadden, Track and Field
BEST BOWLER
Jason Belmonte
Rhino Page
Tom Smallwood
Jesper Svensson
BEST MLS PLAYER
Nemanja Nikolić, Chicago Fire
Diego Valeri, Portland Timbers
Ike Opara, Sporting Kansas City
Tim Melia, Sporting Kansas City
BEST NWSL PLAYER
Sam Kerr, Chicago Red Stars
Megan Rapinoe, Seattle Reign
Sam Mewis, North Carolina Courage
Adrianna Franch, Portland Thorns
