2021 ESPY Awards
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29th annual ESPY Awards
| 2021 ESPY Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | July 10, 2021 (2021年07月10日) |
| Location | The Rooftop at Pier 17, New York City |
| Country | United States |
| Hosted by | Anthony Mackie |
| Television/radio coverage | |
| Network | ABC |
| Runtime | 180 minutes |
The 2021 ESPY Awards were the 29th annual ceremony of the ESPY Award, held on July 10, 2021 at The Rooftop at Pier 17 in New York City and broadcast on ABC. Actor Anthony Mackie served as the host.[1] The awards aired on ESPN and ESPN2 on July 11, and a two-hour version aired on ESPN July 13.
Format
[edit ]After the COVID-19 pandemic made the 2020 ESPYs a virtual taped event, it was a live in-person show with many of the winners showing up to accept their awards. The ESPYs brought back many of the categories from 2019; however, Best Upset, Best Esports Moment and Best Viral Moment were not awarded.
Several categories were renamed and/or changed in scope:
- Best Male Athlete and Best Female Athlete are now Best Athlete, Men's Sports and Best Athlete, Women's Sports, respectively.
- The Best Male and Female College Athlete awards, last presented in 2017, were reinstated and respectively renamed Best College Athlete, Men's Sports and Best College Athlete, Women's Sports.
- The Best International Soccer Player awards for men and women, previously presented to soccer players who were either born outside the U.S. or were not U.S. citizens, were renamed Best International Athlete, Men's Soccer and Best International Athlete, Women's Soccer. In addition, these awards are now presented to individuals who play at club level in leagues outside of the U.S. soccer pyramid, regardless of the players' nationalities.
Winners and nominees
[edit ]- Naomi Osaka – Women's Tennis, WTA
- Simone Biles – gymnastics
- Amanda Nunes – mixed martial arts, UFC
- Breanna Stewart – Seattle Storm, WNBA
- NCAA men's Final Four Gonzaga defeats UCLA 93-90 in overtime
- NCAA Women's Basketball Championship Stanford defeats Arizona 54–53
- NFL Week 14: Baltimore Ravens 47, Cleveland Browns 42
- NHL Playoffs Game 4: Winnipeg Jets sweep Edmonton Oilers in triple OT
- Kyler Murray 's "Hail Murray" pass to DeAndre Hopkins
Finalists:
- unseeded Marshall scores the game winner in overtime to win NCAA College Cup men's soccer tournament
- DK Metcalf chases down Budda Baker
- Simone Biles becomes the first gymnast to execute a Yurchenko Double Pike vault in competition
- Russell Westbrook surpassing Oscar Robertson's 181 career triple-doubles record
- Stanford's Tara VanDerveer passes Pat Summitt for most wins in NCAA Women's basketball history (1,099)
- Alabama football player DeVonta Smith set records for title game catches (12) and touchdown receptions (three)
- PGA Championship winner Phil Mickelson became the oldest winner of a major tournament with his victory at age 50
- Shohei Ohtani – Los Angeles Angels
- Jose Abreu - Chicago White Sox
- Trevor Bauer - Cincinnati Reds, Los Angeles Dodgers
- Corey Seager - Los Angeles Dodgers
Best International Athlete, Men's Soccer
Best International Athlete, Women's Soccer
- Gabriel Medina – Surfing
- Marcus Kleveland – Snowboarding
- Yūto Totsuka – Snowboarding
- Cooper Webb – Supercross
- Chris Nikic – triathlon
- Evan Austin – Swimming
- Jesse Billauer – Surfing
- Keith Gabel – Snowboarding
- Rebecca Murray – Wheelchair basketball
- Sam Bosco – Cycling
- Oksana Masters – Nordic & Cycle
- Leanne Smith – Swimming
- Sasha Banks and Bianca Belair make history as the first Black women to main-event WrestleMania
- Bad Bunny wrestles at WrestleMania 37
- Bianca Belair wins Women's Royal Rumble match at 2021 Royal Rumble
- Edge wins Men's Royal Rumble
Best Bowler
Honorary Awards
[edit ]- Chris Nikic, triathlon
- Pat Tillman Award for Service
- Tara VanDerveer, Stanford Cardinal women's basketball head coach
- Best Championship Moment
- Los Angeles Dodgers win 2020 World Series
- Best Championship Performance
- Simone Biles - gymnastics
References
[edit ]- ^ "Actor-producer Anthony Mackie named host of the 2021 ESPYS". June 16, 2021. Retrieved July 11, 2021.