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Joel McHale to host the 2015 ESPY Awards ceremony

By Karen Butler
Joel McHale at the 2015 NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Group Upfront at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City on May 14, 2015. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
Joel McHale at the 2015 NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Group Upfront at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City on May 14, 2015. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo

LOS ANGELES, May 24 (UPI) -- Actor, comedian and television personality Joel McHale is to host this summer's 2015 ESPY Awards show in Los Angeles, ABC announced.

The event honoring excellence in sports is to take place July 15 at the Nokia Theatre.

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Best known for his work on the sitcom Community and for hosting the reality-show, recap-analysis program The Soup, McHale also presided over last year's White House Correspondents' Dinner.

"Joel is an extremely talented performer, a unique voice and a huge sports fan," Connor Schell, senior vice president of ESPN Films and Original Content -- who oversees The ESPYS -- said in a statement. "His experience as a comedian and love of sports make Joel the perfect host for The ESPYS' inaugural broadcast on ABC."

"I'm thrilled to be hosting The ESPYS. Just ecstatic," added McHale. "After my stunning victory in the Iditarod this year by only using six Bichon Frises and a lamb, I think the sports world saw me as the logical host."

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