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{{short description|Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Awards Event}}
{{About|the sports award|other uses|Espy (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox award
| name = ESPY Awards
| image = ESPY Award (The Espys) logo.svg
| image_upright = 0.8
| caption =
| current_awards = 2024 ESPY Awards
| awarded_for = Excellence in sports performance and achievements
| network_list = [[ESPN]] (1993–2014; 2020)<br />[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] (2015–2019; 2021–present){{efn|name=ABC2020|ABC aired a re-broadcast of ESPN's coverage in 2020.}}
| country = United States
| year = 1993
| website = {{URL|https://www.espn.com/espys/}}
}}
The '''ESPY Awards''' (short for '''Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Awards''', and often referred to as the '''ESPYs''') is an annual American awards show produced by [[ESPN]] since 1993, recognizing individual and team athletic achievement and other sports-related performance during the calendar year preceding a given annual ceremony. From 2015 to 2019, and since 2021, the ceremony has aired live on sister [[broadcast television]] network [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], while ESPN continues to air them in the form of replays.{{efn|name=ABC2020}} Because of the ceremony's [[ESPY Awards#Ceremonies|rescheduling]] prior to the 2002 iteration thereof, awards presented in 2002 were for achievement and performances during the seventeen-plus previous months. As the similarly styled [[Grammy Award|Grammy]] (for music), [[Emmy Award|Emmy]] (for television), [[Academy Award]] (for film), and [[Tony Award|Tony]] (for theater), the ESPYs are hosted by a contemporary celebrity; the style, though, is lighter, more relaxed and self-referential than many other awards shows, with comedic sketches usually included.

From the show's inception to 2004, ESPY Award winners were chosen only through voting by fans. Since 2004, sportswriters, broadcasters, sports executives, and sportspersons, collectively experts; or [[List of ESPN personalities|ESPN personalities]] also vote.  Award winners have been selected thereafter exclusively through global online fan balloting conducted from amongst candidates selected by the ESPY Select Nominating Committee.