The audience at last night’s ESPY Awards was lukewarm at best toward their host Shane Gillis, just like Norm Macdonald would have wanted.Much like Gillis’ hosting gigs at Saturday Night Live ...

“But it was a Norm Macdonald joke that I loved when he hosted the ESPYs and I’m gonna do it now,” Gillis continued. “Travis Hunter won the Heisman Trophy this year.

Gillis wrapped things up with a tribute to the late comedian and “Saturday Night Live” star Norm Macdonald. Macdonald hosted the ESPYs in 1998 and also did a roasting monologue.

Gillis wrapped things up with a tribute to the late comedian and “Saturday Night Live” star Norm Macdonald. Macdonald hosted the ESPYs in 1998 and also did a roasting monologue.

A generation ago, Norm McDonald toeing the line with an O.J. Simpson joke was as edgy as the ESPYs — or ESPN — ever got. In a world where Shane Gillis can host, that is the punctuation mark at ...

Gillis wrapped things up with a tribute to the late comedian and “Saturday Night Live” star Norm Macdonald. Macdonald hosted the ESPYs in 1998 and also did a roasting monologue.