Samuel L. Jackson will host the 17th annual ESPYs later this year.
Fans will determine the winners in all categories by voting online at www.espys.tv starting June 25 through July 11.
The 2009 ESPY Awards, celebrating 2009’s best sports stories, will be taped at the Nokia Theatre at L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles Wednesday, July 15 and will air Sunday, July 19 at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN/ESPN HD.
Samuel L. Jackson and Scarlett Johansson stopped by The TODAY Show’s Rockefeller Center NYC studio to talk to the show’s hosts about their new movie, The Spirit, which opens in theaters this weekend.