Shane Gillis will host the 2025 ESPYS, ESPN introduced Tuesday.
The comic will take the stage at Los Angeles’ Dolby Theatre to host sports activities’ largest night time on Wednesday, July 16. The 2025 ESPYS, that are introduced by Capital One, will air dwell at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC and can stream dwell on ESPN+.
Gillis’ appointment as host marks a switchup from current ESPYS hosts, which have extra not too long ago seen beloved sports activities stars host the awards ceremony. Serena Williams hosted in 2024 and different hosts from current years embrace Stephen Curry, Russell Wilson, Megan Rapinoe and Sue Fowl, Danica Patrick and Peyton Manning, amongst others.
The “Tires” star and author joins a slew of non-athletes who’ve hosted within the ESPYS, together with Anthony Mackie, Tracy Morgan, Joel McHale, Drake and Jom Hamm.
“I’m excited to be on the ESPYS this 12 months,” Gillis stated. “I like sports activities so this ought to be an excellent time.”
“Shane is just not solely one of many high comedians immediately, but in addition an enormous
sports activities fan, which made him a simple option to host the ESPYS,” ESPN VP and ESPYS EP Craig Lazarus stated in a press release. “We’re thrilled to work with him to create an entertaining present celebrating this 12 months’s finest moments in sports activities and are excited to see what he’ll do on stage.”
Gillis is at the moment within the midst of his standup tour that can carry him to almost 40 cities. He additionally created and stars in Netflix’s “Tires,” which follows “Will (Steve Gerben), an unqualified inheritor, [who] makes an attempt to show his auto restore enterprise round whereas enduring torment from his now-employee cousin Shane (Gillis),” per the official logline.
Gillis performed school soccer on the U.S. Army Academy earlier than transferring to Elon College, the place he additionally performed soccer earlier than transferring to West Chester College.
The ESPYS are co-produced by ESPN and Full Day Manufacturing, with EPs for the exhibits together with Full Day’s Connor Schell and Dave Chamberlin. Along with airing dwell on ABC and ESPN+, the ESPYS may even be accessible to
stream the subsequent day on Disney+, Hulu and ESPN+.
