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2024 ESPY Awards live updates: Winners, nominees and how to stream ESPN show

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LOS ANGELES — It’s time to celebrate and honor all the remarkable moments and people in sports from this past year with the 2024 ESPY Awards.

Hosted by tennis legend Serena Williams at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, the show will award athletes and teams across the world, with some fun sprinkled in between. The ESPY Awards will also recognize inspiring and courageous athletes 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.

Here is everything you need to know about the ESPY Awards. Follow along during the show for live updates from USA TODAY Sports of the top moments and a full list of award winners.

Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, received the Pat Tillman Award for Service for creating The Invictus Games, a sporting event for active duty and veteran servicemembers who have been wounded, injured or sick on the job.

Prince Harry was in attendance with wife Duchess Meghan to accept the award and he was emotional going on the stage. He said it is a great honor to highlight all the athletes that participate in The Invictus Games and reminded people of the struggles military personnel face in and after their service.

Add another award for the NBA Finals MVP as the Boston Celtics guard took home the award for best championship performance. In the five-game series win, he averaged 20.8 points, 5.0 assist and 5.4 rebounds per game.

Southern California guard Juju Watkins was named best breakthrough athlete after her explosive freshman basketball season with the Trojans. She averaged 27.1 points per game, second in the nation behind Caitlin Clark, and she led USC to their first Elite Eight since 1994.

The host of the 2024 ESPY Awards took some shots at Drake, siding with Kendrick Lamar in the infamous beef as she danced to his hit diss track “Not Like Us” several times.

Williams congratulated Patrick Mahomes and “Taylor Swift’s boyfriend” for winning a Super Bowl, and said “people finally realized women’s sports is way more exciting.”

This year’s award show began with a performance from Ciara. She sang a melody that featured her hits “Goodies,” “1, 2 Step” and “Level Up.”

Guests begin arriving on the red carpet at 5:30 p.m. ET and the show begins at 8 p.m.

ABC will broadcast the awards ceremony. Watch online via the ESPN streaming hub (local blackout restrictions apply).

Here’s a link to the full list of 2024 ESPY Award nominees. Some of the most recognizable names include Simone Biles, A’ja Wilson, Caitlin Clark, Coco Gauff, Patrick Mahomes, Jaylen Brown, Shohei Ohtani and JuJu Watkins.

  • Arthur Ashe Award for Courage: Steve Gleason, former NFL safety
  • Jimmy V Award for Perseverance: Dawn Staley, South Carolina women’s basketball coach
  • Pat Tillman Award for Service: Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex

Actress and comedian Quinta Brunson, comedian Nikki Glaser and actor Rob Lowe are among the celebrity presenters. Athletes presenting include Paige Bueckers, Draymond Green, Lindsey Vonn, Flau’jae Johnson, GloRilla, Allyson Felix, Damar Hamlin, Candace Parker, Brian Tyree Henry, Ryan Blaney and more.

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