Overview

• Simone Biles took home Best Championship Performance for her Paris Olympic feats before winning Best Female Athlete.
• The ESPYs kicked off at 8 p.m. ET live from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles with coverage on ABC and streaming on ESPN+.
• Saquon Barkley is in the running for three awards as a nominee for Best Male Athlete, Best NFL Player and Best Play.
• Oscar Robertson received the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage and coach Katie Schumacher-Cawley accepted the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance.
• First responders David Walters and Erin Regan were honored with the Pat Tillman Award for Service and Diana Taurasi alongside Alex Morgan were named Icons.