2025 ESPY Awards: Time, how to watch and more for annual award show

2025 ESPY Awards: Time, how to watch and more for annual award show

USA TODAY and Yahoo may earn commission from links in this article. Pricing and availability subject to change. LOS ANGELES — For one night, the entire sports world will unite to celebrate all of the remarkable moments and athletes who captivated the world in the past year at the 2025 ESPY Awards. Hosted by comedian Shane Gillis, the annual awards show brings people all across the sports world and celebrities to the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. From the best baseball player to the craziest play to most dominating teams, plenty of awards will be given out to those that were undeniable. Plus, people that have made significant contributions to their sport and community will be honored with the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage, the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance, the Pat Tillman Award for Service and the Muhammad Ali Sports Humanitarian Award. While it's bound to be a special and emotional night, there also will be some fun and comedy sprinkled in. USA TODAY Sportswill have the top moments and winners from the 2025 ESPY Awards. Here's what to know ahead of the show: Attendees will hit the red carpet at 5:30 p.m. ET and the show begins at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Wednesday, July 16. Date:Wednesday, July 16 Time:8 p.m. ET (airs at 8 p.m. PT) Location:The Dolby Theatre (Los Angeles) TV:ABC Stream:ESPN+ Watch the 2025 ESPY Awards on ESPN+ Shohei Ohtani, Simone Biles, Caitlin Clark, Rory McIlroy and thePhiladelphia Eaglesare just some of the high-profile names up for awards. The full list of awards and nominees can be foundhere. Arthur Ashe Award for Courage:Oscar Robertson Jimmy V Award for Perseverance:Katie Schumacher-Cawley Pat Tillman Award for Service:Greater Los Angeles first responders, David Walters and Erin Regan Icon Award:Diana Taurasi and Alex Morgan Celebrities who will present awards include Billie Jean King, Angela Bassett, Leslie Jones, Druski and Anthony Ramos. Russell Wilson, Lindsey Vonn, Matthew Stafford, Trinity Rodman and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone are among the athletes who will also present awards. In attendance will be athletes such as Simone Biles, Ilona Maher, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Lamar Jackson, with several other notable sports figures also at the show. There will also be musical performances from Busta Rhymes, Clipse and Gelo. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:2025 ESPYs: Start time, how to watch, honorees and more

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2025 ESPY Awards: Time, how to watch and more for annual award show

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Familiar faces, new places: 10 biggest non-QB transfers to know ahead of the 2025 college football season

Familiar faces, new places: 10 biggest non-QB transfers to know ahead of the 2025 college football season

With the2025 college football seasonjust weeks away, it's time to re-familiarize yourself with the myriad transfers that happened during the offseason. After we went through the10 biggest QB transfers of the offseason, here are 10 other players who are in line to make big impacts in 2025. Anderson heads to LSU after he missed nearly all of the 2024 season because of a quad injury. He appeared in just one game for the Sooners last season and didn't have a catch. In 2023, Anderson had 38 grabs for 798 yards and 10 TDs as he averaged over 20 yards a reception. Without Anderson on the field, Oklahoma's offense struggled mightily a season ago. Anderson should be fully recovered from the quad injury and should also be ready for the season after he was in a single-car wreck on Friday. LSU coach Brian Kelly said Monday at SEC media days that Anderson would miss a week of offseason workouts after he was kept overnight in a hospital for observation. Branch can be one of the most dynamic players in college football with the ball in his hands. He averaged 20.8 yards a punt return in 2023 and over 18 yards a kick return as a freshman with the Trojans. As teams realized how good he was returning kicks, they worked to neutralize him in 2024. Branch had 13 punt returns for just 74 yards. Georgia is looking for a game-breaker at wide receiver and Branch has that potential. However, he really never flashed it on offense at USC. He had 78 catches for 823 yards and just three TDs over 23 games with the Trojans. The former West Virginia running back has rushed for 30 TDs over the past three seasons. In 2024, he had 163 carries for 734 yards and 11 scores. Donaldson could play an even bigger role for the Buckeyes in 2025 as Ohio State needs to replace both TreVeyon Henderson and Quinshon Judkins after they were the best running back duo in the country a season ago. Haynes was Alabama's third-leading rusher in 2024 with 79 carries for 448 yards and seven touchdowns. No matter who starts at QB for Michigan in 2025 — whether it's freshman Bryce Underwood or Fresno State transfer Mikey Keene — the Wolverines figure to have a run-heavy offense once again. And with both Kalel Mullings and Donovan Edwards off to the NFL, Haynes could have a big year. Lucas was a four-star recruit in the class of 2024 and signed with the Badgers out of high school. After a season in Madison, he's back in south Florida and also the subject of one of the biggest transfer stories of the offseason. In June,Wisconsin filed a lawsuit against Miamifor tampering over Lucas' transfer. Wisconsin claims that Miami interfered with a binding revenue-share contract that it had signed with Lucas. How the lawsuit plays out in the coming months could have a significant impact on player movement going forward. Robinson had 23 catches for 396 yards and five TDs in 2024 after averaging nearly 22 yards a catch as a freshman in 2023. Florida State desperately needs more offensive firepower after a disastrous 2024 season. The school felt the loss of Keon Coleman on the outside and also had horrendous quarterback play. With Robinson, former Boston College QB Thomas Castellanos and others arriving in Tallahassee, the offense should be much better in 2025. It can't get any worse. Singleton had 104 catches for 1,468 yards and nine touchdowns over two seasons with the Yellow Jackets. He also added 21 rushing attempts for 131 yards and a TD in 2024. If Auburn can get improved quarterback play from Oklahoma transfer Jackson Arnold, Singleton could form a great receiving duo with Cam Coleman. He had 37 grabs for 598 yards and eight scores as a freshman last season. Thieneman was one of the rare bright spots at Purdue over the past two seasons. He had 106 tackles and six interceptions as a freshman in 2023 and had 104 tackles as a sophomore in 2024. He didn't have an interception, though he had seven passes defensed and you can understand why opposing offenses wouldn't want to throw in his direction. He will immediately anchor Oregon's secondary as the Ducks go for back-to-back Big Ten titles. Wilson had six tackles for loss and three sacks in 14 games for the Bulldogs in 2024. Georgia's front seven is exceptionally deep — he should see more playing time at Missouri. The Tigers have boasted a strong defensive front in recent seasons and need to replace the pass rush production of Johnny Walker Jr. He had 9.5 sacks in 2024 and was the only Mizzou player with more than three. World was the best offensive lineman in the transfer portal and will be counted on to keep Oregon's rushing offense humming in 2025. The Ducks added Tulane RB Makhi Hughes in the transfer portal to help replace Jordan James' production. James rushed for 1,267 yards and 15 TDs in 2024 while Hughes had 1,401 yards and 15 scores with the Green Wave. Other notable players:Oregon RB Makhi Hughes (from Tulane), Missouri RB Ahmad Hardy (from Louisiana-Monroe), Texas A&M WR Kevin Concepcion (from NC State), Auburn OT Xavier Chaplin (from Virginia Tech), LSU WR Barion Brown (from LSU), Missouri WR Kevin Coleman (from Mississippi State), Nebraska Edge Williams Nwaneri (from Missouri), Ohio State TE Max Klare (from Purdue), Nebraska WR Dane Key (from Kentucky), Ole Miss Edge Princewill Umanmielen (from Nebraska)

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Familiar faces, new places: 10 biggest non-QB transfers to know ahead of the 2025 college football season

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Arrest after 'American Idol' music supervisor and husband found shot dead in LA home

Arrest after 'American Idol' music supervisor and husband found shot dead in LA home

A suspect has been arrested in the murder of an "American Idol" music supervisor and her songwriter husband, police in Los Angeles said Tuesday, even as many questions about the slayings remain unanswered. The victims -- Robin Kaye and her husband, Thomas Deluca, both 70 -- were found shot to death in their Los Angeles home during a welfare check on Monday, authorities said. The suspect -- 22-year-old Raymond Boodarian -- was arrested at his home on Tuesday, LAPD Lt. Guy Golan told reporters on Tuesday. He said Boodarian had scaled a fence onto the property and was inside when the victims arrived home and then shot and killed them during a "violent struggle." It is believed the couple were killed on July 10, when the Los Angeles Police Department received two calls about a possible burglary at the address in Encino after a person was seen jumping the fence onto the property. Officers responding to the calls that day were unable to go into the home because it is highly fortified, with 8-foot walls with spikes, police sources said earlier. Police flew a helicopter over and saw no signs of a burglary or of any other trouble and left, the official said. However, surveillance footage later reviewed by police showed the suspect scaling the fence and then apparently entering an unlocked door, Golan said. The victims arrived home about 30 minutes later, he said. A friend of the victims called police on Monday for a welfare check, Golan said. Responding officers saw blood on the porch and broke a window to get inside where they found the victims with multiple gunshot wounds. They both had gunshot wounds to the head, police said earlier. The motive remains unclear, Golan said. He said the house did not appear to be ransacked. "We're looking into multiple avenues on what the motive may be," he said. Police do not believe Boodarian knew the victims and said Boodarian is not a suspect in any other burglaries, police sources said earlier. There is no camera footage from inside the house that shows what went on, the lieutenant said. The LAPD will look into how police responded to the initial burglary call last week to make sure it was handled appropriately, he said. MORE: Man accused of murdering and dismembering wife, in-laws found dead in cell Kaye had been with the TV show "American Idol" since 2009, according to a spokesperson for the ABC singing competition series. "We are devastated to hear of Robin and her dear husband, Tom's, passing," the spokesperson said in a statement. "Robin has been a cornerstone of the Idol family since 2009 and was truly loved and respected by all who came in contact with her. Robin will remain in our hearts forever and we share our deepest sympathy with her family and friends during this difficult time."

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Joe Rogan rips DOJ’s handling of Epstein files in scathing rant against Trump admin

Joe Rogan rips DOJ's handling of Epstein files in scathing rant against Trump admin

Joe Rogan used his latest podcast episode to weigh in on the Epstein files controversy amid public uproar over the Department of Justice's probe into the late pedophile and his associates. The podcast giant lambasted the Trump administration'sannouncement that there was never a listor footage revealing clients of the high-flying sex pest. "They've got videotape and all [of] a sudden they don't," Rogan, 57, said on the latest episode of his podcast "The Joe Rogan Experience," released Tuesday. "You had the director of the FBI on this show saying, 'If there was [a videotape], nothing you're looking for is on those tapes,'" Rogan added, referring to Director Kash Patel's appearance on the show in June. "Like, what? Why'd they say there was thousands of hours of tapes of people doing horrible s–t? Why'd they say that? Didn't Pam Bondi say that?" Rogan was referring tocomments Attorney General Pam Bondimade on July 1 — just days before the Department of Justice announced there was no "Epstein list" or incriminating footage of the disgraced financier's associates — in which she told reporters the FBI was reviewing "tens of thousands of videos" of Epstein "with children or child porn." And months earlier, Bondi intimated that the supposed Epstein list was on her desk awaiting review — though she later clarified that there was an Epstein investigation file ready for her review, not the so-called list at the center of countless conspiracy theories. The turnaround comes after President Trump spent months talking about plans to release everything the government had on Epstein and his associates — evenpublishing "The Epstein Files: Phase 1"to great fanfare in February. Next to nothing new was revealed in those files. Rogan didn't seem to buy the Trump administration's new stance, suggesting the president was trying to distract supporters from his campaign promises about Epstein. "Just bomb Iran and everybody forgets. Everybody forgets about it," Rogan said, referring to Trump's late June strikes on Iranian nuclear weapons facilities. It was just the latest bone Rogan had to pick with Trump, whom he endorsed ahead of the election, on his podcast in recent weeks. Earlier in July, hecalled the president's ICE roundups of illegal immigrants"insane," and said authorities should focus on investigating dangerous criminals instead of raiding Home Depot parking lots to make arrests. "There's two things that are insane. One is the targeting of migrant workers. Not cartel members, not gang members, not drug dealers. Just construction workers. Showing up in construction sites, raiding them. Gardeners. Like, really?" Rogan said. He appeared to be referring to the incidents that sparked the Los Angeles protests in June, when ICE agents staked out parking lots where manual laborers gather to find work during mornings. The Department of Homeland Security disputed Rogan's characterization of ICE's arrests, with a spokesperson saying "an overwhelming majority" of ICE arrestees in Trump's crackdown had prior criminal convictions. Rogan, whose podcast commands an audience of about 10 million listeners, has had a mixed stance on Trump. He used to be a virulent critic of the president, but ended up endorsing him ahead of the 2024 election, saying Elon Musk's arguments in favor of Trump convinced him.

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MLB honors Hank Aaron with recreation of record 715th homer during All-Star Game

MLB honors Hank Aaron with recreation of record 715th homer during All-Star Game

ATLANTA (AP) — Major League Baseball honoredlate Hall of Famer Hank Aaronby recreating his record-breaking 715th home run through the use of projection mapping and pyrotechnics. The lights went down at Truist Park and fans stood holding their cell phone lights following the sixth inning of Tuesday night's All-Star Game. The scene from April 8, 1974 at old Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium was projected on the infield and also shown on the video board. The high-tech images of Aaron and other players were seen on the Truist Park infield before a blaze of a fireball launched from home plate to signify the homer that pushed Aaron past Babe Ruth's record of 714 homers. Aaron's widow, Billye Aaron, stood and waved as the cheers from the sellout crowd of 41,702 grew louder. NL players warmed up for the game in batting practice jerseys with Aaron's No. 44 on the back One year ago, MLB celebrated the50th anniversaryof Aaron's homer with announcements for a new statue at Baseball's Hall of Fame and a commemorative stamp from the U.S. Postal Service. Also, Commissioner Rob Manfred helped honor Aaron in Atlanta last year by joining the Braves in announcing the $100,000 endowment of a scholarship at Tuskegee University, a historically Black university in Aaron's home state of Alabama. Manfred noted the Henry Louis Aaron Fund, launched by the Braves following Aaron's death in 2021, and the Chasing the Dream Foundation, created by Aaron and his wife were designed to clear paths for minorities in baseball and to encourage educational opportunities. Aaron hit 755 home runs from 1954-76, a mark that stood until Barry Bonds reached 762 in 2007 during baseball's steroid era. Aaron was elected to the Hall in 1982. A 25-time All-Star, he set a record with 2,297 RBIs. He continues to hold the records of 1,477 extra-base hits and 6,856 total bases. ___ AP MLB:https://apnews.com/hub/MLB

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July 16, 2025

MLB honors Hank Aaron with recreation of record 715th homer during All-Star Game

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Commanders WR Terry McLaurin 'frustrated' over contract, uncertain for camp

Commanders WR Terry McLaurin 'frustrated' over contract, uncertain for camp

Washington Commanders receiver Terry McLaurin said he hasn't decided whether he will attend the opening week of training camp next week, telling reporters on Tuesday that he is "pretty frustrated" about the lack of movement on contract talks with the team. The star wideout skipped mandatory minicamp last month and broke his silence on Tuesday, expressing his unhappiness over the lack of a new deal. "I've been pretty frustrated, I'm not gonna lie," McLaurin told reporters. "Everything that has transpired up to this point has been disappointing and frustrating. I've wanted to continue my career here. I've created my life here. My wife and I bought our first home here, so this is somewhere where I've always wanted to be." McLaurin has one year remaining on his three-year, $68 million contract extension. His status for next week's training camp remains unclear. "I'm trying to take things day by day," McLaurin said. "I think that's the disappointing part where I was hoping up until this point that things would clear up a lot more than they have. I haven't made that decision yet. I just want to see how the rest of this week goes and take it day by day and go from there." McLaurin caught 82 passes for 1,096 yards and had a career-high 13 touchdowns last season. He was a critical piece in Washington's playoff run to the NFC Championship Game, catching 14 passes for 227 yards and scoring three touchdowns in three postseason games. --Field Level Media

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Commanders WR Terry McLaurin 'frustrated' over contract, uncertain for camp

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