ESPY Award ( short for Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly Award ) is an accolade currently presented by the American broadcast television network ABC , and previously ESPN ( as of the 2017 ESPY Awards the latter still airs them in the form of replays ) , to recognize individual and team athletic achievement and other sports-related performance during the calendar year preceding a given annual ceremony . The first ESPYs were awarded in 1993 . Because of the ceremony 's 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 ( for music ) , Emmy ( for television ) , Academy Award ( for film ) , and 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
2017 ESPY Awards
2017 ESPY Awards
ESPY Award