See all the athletes and celebrities who posed in PEOPLE's exclusive portrait studio at the 2025 ESPY Awards on Wednesday, July 16. From Simone Biles to Ciara to Suni Lee, the stars shared big smiles on sports' biggest night.

During his roughly 10-minute opening, Gillis poked fun at just about everyone from popular sports figures to President Donald Trump.

Shane Gillis hosts the annual sports awards show for ESPN, which will feature musical performances from Busta Rhymes, Clipse and GELO

Sports' annual award show takes place with the 2025 ESPY Awards celebrating the past year in athletics around the world.

Gillis, a standup comedian and the co-creator and star of Netflix’s Tires, is probably best known for lasting like four hours at Saturday Night Live — Lorne Michaels felt compelled to fire Gillis after some non-PC clips of a 2018 episode of Matt and Shane’s Secret Podcast were resurfaced — though he has gone on to host the show, twice.

The ESPYS celebrated the biggest names in sports with professional athletes and humanitarians recognized for their achievements on and off the field.

NBA Finals MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Olympic champion gymnast Simone Biles won as best male and female athletes at the ESPYS on Wednesday night. Gilgeou

ESPN announced in June that Gillis would host the 33rd ESPY Awards. He previously appeared on “College GameDay” — even rubbing analyst Nick Saban the wrong way with a comment by calling him Alabama Jones — and is an avid Eagles and Notre Dame fan.

Athlon Sports. Kansas City Chiefs star quarterback Patrick Mahomes’ mom, Randi Mahomes, made a stylish entrance at the 2025 ESPY Awards. She also shared the story behind her outfit choice, giving fans a peek at how she picked her now-talked-about look.

A 22-year-old man has been charged with murder in the shooting deaths of a longtime music supervisor for “American Idol” and her husband at their home in Los Angeles.

Simone Biles and Jonathan Owens made a stylish and affectionate appearance at the 2025 ESPY Awards, turning heads as they walked the red carpet together at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Wednesday, July 16.