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The award has not been without controversy: in June 2015, ESPN's announcement of Caitlyn Jenner as the recipient of that year's Arthur Ashe Courage Award led to significant criticism among online commenters and some members of the media, [10] with Bob Costas calling the decision to give Jenner the award a "crass exploitation play". [11]
You may have heard of the Arthur Ashe Courage Award lately -- and for a good reason. This year, the prestigious award -- which is presented annually at the ESPY Awards to a notable sports figure ...
Arthur Ashe Courage Award (posthumous) Zaevion William Dobson (June 28, 2000 – December 17, 2015) was a school football player at Fulton High School in Knoxville, Tennessee . He became the recipient of the Arthur Ashe Courage Award , for shielding three girls from gunfire.
Arthur Ashe Courage Award, presented to the sports-related person(s) or team, irrespective of gender or sport contested, adjudged to have made the most significant or compelling humanitarian contribution in transcendence of sports in a given year (presented since 1993)
Retired NFL safety Steve Gleason, who has been fighting ALS since 2011, will receive the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage at The ESPYS on July 11. The 47-year-old Gleason spent eight years in the NFL ...
Vitali Klitschko, the mayor of Kyiv and a former heavyweight boxing champion, will be honored with the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage at the 2022 ESPYs on ABC Wednesday, July 20. The award is given ...
Gleason was presented with the award at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., on January 15, 2020. [30] In 2024, he was awarded the Arthur Ashe Courage Award for his contributions to ALS awareness. [ 31 ]
Briana Scurry, Christen Press and more of the team’s members — both past and present — took to the ESPYs stage on Wednesday, July 12, to accept this year’s Arthur Ashe Award for Courage.