"Saturday Night Live" star and comedian Marcello Hernández will host the 2026 ESPY Awards.

The ESPN-produced awards show, which celebrates outstanding achievements in sports, airs Wednesday, July 15, in New York City.

"I started doing comedy 10 years ago, in Cleveland, Ohio, and I would take the train 12 hours to New York to sell comedy tickets on the street in Greenwich Village in exchange for stage time," Hernández said in a statement. "It is an honor, and frankly feels crazy to be hosting the ESPYS this year in New York. I'm sure the energy is going to be great."

Previous ESPYS hosts include Jimmy Kimmel, LeBron James and Serena Williams.

"Marcello is one of the most electric young comedians today. His genuine enthusiasm for sports and his ties to New York City make him a natural fit to host this year's ESPYS," ESPN Vice President Craig Lazarus said in a statement. "We are excited to partner with him to celebrate the best moments in sports and look forward to the fresh take he'll bring to the show."

How to watch the 2026 ESPYs

The 2026 ESPYs air at 8 p.m. ET on ABC and will stream live on the ESPN App. The ceremony will also be available to stream on Disney+, Hulu, the ESPN App and ABC Video on-demand Thursday, July 16.

How to watch the red carpet

The ESPYS red carpet show, hosted by Samantha Rivera, Harry Lyles Jr., Monica McNutt and Kimberley Martin, is at 7 p.m. ET. Fans can watch live on ESPN's YouTube and Facebook page and the ESPN App. Expect appearances from some of the biggest names in sports and entertainment.

ESPYs will bring a star-studded roster of presenters

• Simone Biles
• Allyson Felix
• Eileen Gu
• Tiffany Haddish
• Kevin Hart
•  DJ Khaled
• Chloe Kim
• Billie Jean King
• Pat McAfee
• Ilona Maher
• French Montana
• Tracy Morgan
• Kevin Negandhi
• Jake Paul
• Oz Pearlman
• Robin Roberts
• Jayson Tatum
• Mike Tyson
• Lindsey Vonn

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Simone Biles revealed she was recently mistaken for two different Black athletes multiple times in a single day.

In a now-deleted July 12 Instagram Stories post, the Olympian offered up a few more details about her experience, saying that she'd been misidentified as fellow Olympic athletes Dominique Dawes, a retired artistic gymnast, and track star Sha'Carri Richardson.

"It’s not even 6am and I’ve already gotten called Dominique Dawes 2x and Sha’Carri once," she wrote for the post's caption, as reported by People and Us Weekly.

The 29-year-old appeared to have taken the confusion in stride, adding a couple of laughing emojis to the end of her caption. A photograph that appears to have been taken from a balcony at sunrise served as the backdrop for Biles' post.

Biles has been publicly misidentified before. She called out the Wall Street Journal in an October 2023 X post after the newspaper published an article about her featuring a photo of Shilese Jones, another prominent Black gymnast.

"This picture isn’t even me…….. try again," Biles wrote in response to the publication's original X post, which has since been deleted. The outlet said it corrected the photo in the story and on social media.

Simone Biles: 'I didn’t really notice racism until 2013'

In previous conversations, Biles has opened up about her first encounters with racism in her sport.

"I didn't really experience it whenever I was younger, obviously, I went to a predominantly white school. But I didn't really notice racism until 2013," Biles told then-"Today" co-anchor Hoda Kotb in 2020. "I was on a world scene, and what made the news was another gymnast saying that if we painted our skin black, maybe we would all win because I had beaten her out of the beam medal, and she got upset."

Biles made history when she competed at the 2013 World Championships, becoming the first Black woman to win the all-around title. Italian gymnast Carlotta Ferlito made the comment referenced by Biles after failing to medal at the event.

"And that (was) really the news, rather than me winning worlds. So, other than that, it happens every day and I feel like every Black athlete or colored athlete could say that they've experienced it through their career," she said to "Today" in 2020.

Biles added: "But you just have to keep going for those little ones looking up to us. It doesn’t matter what you look like. You can strive for greatness, and you can be great."

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