‘‘A black skier? Come on. Blacks don’t ski.” Arthur Clay has heard that remark extra occasions than he can depend. “I can’t even come up with a number,” Clay mentioned. “Just about every time I mention skiing outside a group of skiers, I hear it.” At the grand age of 83, the South Shore resident and retired State of Illinois worker, recent from the Black Summit, an annual snowboarding time out he first co-organized in 1973 with Benjamin Finley, nonetheless enjoys a excellent flight downhill. But this possibly will likely be his remaining season on skis. “I’m getting older,” he mentioned. “I think it’s time for me to quit.” Clay may well be growing older, however his phrases nonetheless fizzle with the
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Celtics’ Bill Russell To Receive Arthur Ashe Courage Award At ESPYs
Bill Russell will obtain certainly one of sports activities’ highest honors largely for the work he has performed removed from the basketball court docket. The Boston Celtics legend introduced Thursday by way of Twitter he’ll obtain the Arthur Ashe Courage Award on July 10 on the 2019 ESPYs. “Just found out I will be receiving the Arthur Ashe Courage Award,” Russell wrote. “Arthur was a man of great courage. Tune in July 10, this is a special honor!” Arthur Ashe Courage Award “recipients reflect the spirit of Arthur Ashe, possessing strength in the face of adversity, courage in the face of peril and the willingness to stand up for their beliefs no matter what the cost,” in
Caitlyn Jenner Honored With Arthur Ashe Courage Award At ESPYs (Video)
by Zack Cox on Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 11:26PM 1,101 Moments after Devon Still delivered a tremendously powerful speech at the 2015 ESPY Awards on Wednesday, Caitlyn Jenner followed with one of her own. Jenner, making her first public appearance since coming out as a transgender woman earlier this year, was awarded the Arthur Ashe Courage Award. U.S. women’s national soccer team captain Abby Wambach presented the award. In her acceptance speech, Jenner, who won the gold medal in the decathalon a...