The ESPYs producer talks 2019 honorees, highlights and 'points of inspiration'
Before the 27th annual ESPYs air live Wednesday night on ABC from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles , longtime producer Maura Mandt spoke withabout her 25 years with ESPN, the legacy of the awards show and what viewers can expect this year.I went to ESPN out of college.
First and foremost, the majority of people have participated in sports in some way — whether they played sports, they enjoyed watching sports, or they experienced a moment in their own personal history that is connected to sports. In itself, it is about a team. Whether you play or whether you root for someone who plays, it is a point of connection.
Also sports shows us the message of perseverance, belief and being able to accomplish something that you thought was impossible. Those messages are in the every day. Whether there is a political part of that story, I don’t think that has changed. I think that has just evolved as the medium has gotten bigger and the messengers have changed.
It was announced that the women’s soccer World Cup Champions will be at the ESPYs. Do they have anything planned along the lines of equal pay?And continuing on, the victims of Larry Nassar spoke out last year receiving the Arthur Ashe Award, and the moment won ESPN a Peabody Award and was ultimately cited in a congressional hearing about sexual abuse. Do you aim for that kind of impact?
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