The Arthur Ashe Courage Award (sometimes called the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage or Arthur Ashe for Courage Award) is an award that is part of the ESPY Awards. Although it is a sport-oriented award, it is not limited to sports-related people or actions, as it is presented annually to individuals whose contributions "transcend sports". Often these transcendent figures are also athletes who have been at the top of their sport, such as Mohammed Ali, Dean Smith, Cathy Freeman.
List of recipients[edit]
Year Recipients
1993 Jim Valvano (Award Video and Speech)...GREAT PICK
1994 Steve Palermo
1995 Howard Cosell...GREAT PICK
1996 Loretta Claiborne
1997 Muhammad Ali...GREAT PICK
1998 Dean Smith...GREAT PICK
1999 Billie Jean King...LGBT
2000 Dave Sanders (posthumously)
2001 Cathy Freeman
2002 Todd Beamer, Mark Bingham, Tom Burnett, and Jeremy Glick (posthumously)[1]
2003 Pat Tillman and Kevin Tillman[2]
2004 George Weah[3][4]
2005 Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah and Jim MacLaren
2006 Roia Ahmad and Shamila Kohestani
2007 Trevor Ringland and David Cullen from Peace Players International
2008 Tommie Smith and John Carlos
2009 Nelson Mandela
2010 Family of Ed Thomas
2011 Dewey Bozella
2012 Pat Summitt (Award Video and Speech)
2013 Robin Roberts- Politically IN-correct...LGBT
2014 Michael Sam - Politically IN-correct...LGBT
2015 Bruce Jenner - Politically IN-correct...LGBT
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http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity...ming-out-life-with-longtime-girlfriend-201415
What gives? Is ESPN getting a little "la-la"?
List of recipients[edit]
Year Recipients
1993 Jim Valvano (Award Video and Speech)...GREAT PICK
1994 Steve Palermo
1995 Howard Cosell...GREAT PICK
1996 Loretta Claiborne
1997 Muhammad Ali...GREAT PICK
1998 Dean Smith...GREAT PICK
1999 Billie Jean King...LGBT
2000 Dave Sanders (posthumously)
2001 Cathy Freeman
2002 Todd Beamer, Mark Bingham, Tom Burnett, and Jeremy Glick (posthumously)[1]
2003 Pat Tillman and Kevin Tillman[2]
2004 George Weah[3][4]
2005 Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah and Jim MacLaren
2006 Roia Ahmad and Shamila Kohestani
2007 Trevor Ringland and David Cullen from Peace Players International
2008 Tommie Smith and John Carlos
2009 Nelson Mandela
2010 Family of Ed Thomas
2011 Dewey Bozella
2012 Pat Summitt (Award Video and Speech)
2013 Robin Roberts- Politically IN-correct...LGBT
2014 Michael Sam - Politically IN-correct...LGBT
2015 Bruce Jenner - Politically IN-correct...LGBT
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...U_Wymlu4l9ciPttjA=&docid=Dh3_7Um4T6X27M&itg=1
http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity...ming-out-life-with-longtime-girlfriend-201415
What gives? Is ESPN getting a little "la-la"?
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