{"id":2448,"date":"2025-07-17T09:46:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T09:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/2448\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T09:46:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T09:46:09","slug":"espy-awards-2025-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/2448\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPY Awards 2025 Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe 2025 ESPY Awards<\/a> honored the best of the best in sports on Wednesday in Los Angeles with the 33rd edition of ESPN<\/a>\u2018s annual awards show.<\/p>\n

\n\tHosted by Shane Gillis at the Dolby Theatre, Philadelphia Eagles star running back Saquon Barkley led the nominations with three categories, followed by Los Angeles Dodgers\u2019 Shohei Ohtani, NFL MVP Josh Allen, Gilgeous-Alexander of the newly crowned NBA champs Oklahoma City, U.S. Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, and the WNBA\u2019s Caitlin Clark and A\u2019ja Wilson, each with two nods.<\/p>\n

\n\tAlso honored were former WNBA player Diana Taurasi and former USWNT player Alex Morgan with the prestigious Icon Award, as well as former NBA player Oscar Robertson with the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage, Penn State University women\u2019s volleyball head coach Katie Schumacher-Cawley with the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance, and Sloane Stephens with the Muhammad Ali Sports Humanitarian Award.<\/p>\n

\n\tGreater Los Angeles first responders and former athletes David Walters and Erin Regan were presented with the Pat Tillman Award for Service. Additionally, the Sports Humanitarian Awards acknowledged honorees at this year\u2019s show, including the recipient of the Muhammad Ali Sports Humanitarian Award and the Billie Jean King Youth Leadership Award.<\/p>\n

\n\tAfter airing live Wednesday on ABC and ESPN+, the 2025 ESPYS<\/a> will be available to stream the next day on Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+.<\/p>\n

\n\tHere are the winners of the 2025 ESPY Awards.<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Athlete \u2013 Men\u2019s Sports
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander \u2013 Oklahoma City Thunder\u202c
\u202d
Best Athlete \u2013 Women\u2019s Sports
\u202dSimone Biles \u2013 Gymnast\u202c<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Breakthrough Athlete
Ilona Maher \u2013 Rugby\u202c<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Record-Breaking Performance
Alexander Ovechkin \u2013 Washington Capitals<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Championship Performance
\u202dSimone Biles \u2013 2024 Olympics Women\u2019s All-Around\u202c<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Comeback Athlete
Suni Lee \u2013 Gymnast\u202c<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Play
\u202dSaquon Barkley\u2019s backwards hurdle\u202c\u202d \u2013 NFL (11\/3\/24)\u202c
\u202d
Best Team
Philadelphia Eagles \u2013 NFL\u202c<\/p>\n

\n\tBest College Athlete \u2013 Men\u2019s Sports \u202d
Cooper Flagg \u2013 Duke Basketball\u202c<\/p>\n

\n\tBest College Athlete \u2013 Women\u2019s Sports
JuJu Watkins \u2013 USC Basketball\u202c\u202d<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Athlete with a Disability
\u202dNoah Elliott \u2013 Snowboard\u202c<\/p>\n

\n\tBest NFL Player
Saquon Barkley \u2013 Philadelphia Eagles\u202c<\/p>\n

\n\tBest MLB Player
Shohei Ohtani \u2013 Los Angeles Dodgers\u202c<\/p>\n

\n\tBest NHL Player
\u202dLeon Draisaitl \u2013 Edmonton Oilers,\u202c<\/p>\n

\n\tBest NBA Player
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander \u2013 Oklahoma City Thunder\u202c<\/p>\n

\n\tBest WNBA Player
Caitlin Clark \u2013 Indiana Fever\u202c<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Driver
Max Verstappen \u2013 F1\u202c<\/p>\n

\n\tBest UFC Fighter
Merab Dvalishvili<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Boxer
Katie Taylor\u202c<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Soccer Player
Christian Pulisic \u2013 AC Milan, US\u202c<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Golfer
Scottie Scheffler\u202c<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Tennis Player
Coco Gauff\u202c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2025 ESPY Awards honored the best of the best in sports on Wednesday in Los Angeles with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2449,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[49,48,1161,3048,3250,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-2448","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-espn","11":"tag-espy-awards","12":"tag-espys","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}