Year: 2010 | Page 4 | Arthur Ashe Legacy

Opening Serve | Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day kicks off US Open

August 3, 2010/in Uncategorized /by Joe

For the 17th consecutive year Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day will start off the US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, NY. The 2010 […]

Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day & the US Open!

August 2, 2010/in Uncategorized /by Joe

With the U.S. Open and Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day, August is an exciting and busy month for all of us at ArthurAshe.org. This year marks the 42nd anniversary of Arthur’s […]

Happy Birthday Arthur! July 10, 1943

July 10, 2010/in Uncategorized /by Joe

We celebrate with appreciation your exemplary life and all of your good works. With love from all of us here at the Arthur Ashe Learning Center and Arthur Ashe.Org.

Ashe Award Winners | ESPY Arthur Ashe Award for Courage Special Video

July 9, 2010/in Arthur Ashe Billie Jean King Cathy Freeman Civil Rights Connie Sanders Dave Cullen Dave Sanders Dean Smith Dustin Hoffman Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah ESPN George Weah Jim McLaren Kabul Girls’ Soccer Kevin Tillman Kiefer Sutherland Lisa Beamer Loretta Claiborne Pat Tillman Samuel L. Jackson Sidney POitier Todd Beamer Trevor Ringland /by Joe

Beginning in 1993, the ESPN ESPY Awards have annually given out the Arthur Ashe Awards for Courage to an athlete or sports-related person or people who have displayed tremendous fortitude […]

Trevor Ringland and Dave Cullen | ESPY Arthur Ashe Award for Courage Special

July 8, 2010/in Uncategorized /by Joe

In 2007 Protestant rugby star Trevor Ringland and Dave Cullen, a Catholic basketball player, were awarded the Ashe Award for using sport to help bridge divides in their native Northern […]

Tommie Smith and John Carlos | ESPY Arthur Ashe Award for Courage Special

July 7, 2010/in Apartheid /by Joe

In 2008 Tommie Smith and John Carlos won the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage for an event that occurred 40 years earlier and remains one of the most overt political […]

Jim MacLaren and Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah | ESPY Arthur Ashe Award for Courage Special

July 6, 2010/in Uncategorized /by Joe

Jim MacLaren and Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah were awarded the 2005 Arthur Ashe Award for Courage for their inspirational examples and bravery in the face of overwhelming odds. Jim MacLaren was […]

Loretta Claiborne | ESPY Arthur Ashe Award for Courage Special

July 5, 2010/in Uncategorized /by Joe

Born partially blind and mildly mentally challenged to a poor single-parent family, Loretta Claiborne became one of the Special Olympics’ most decorated athletes, winning six gold medals, two silver and […]

Apartheid, Exclusion and Ashe | South Africa’s complicated history in international sports

July 4, 2010/in Apartheid /by Joe

The world’s attention is currently focused on South Africa, the host nation for the 2010 World Cup. Hosting an internationally revered tournament is always a privilege, but for South Africa […]

Arthur Ashe Award | Thomas Family to receive 2010 Award for Courage

July 3, 2010/in Uncategorized /by Joe

Given out yearly at the ESPY awards, which were created by ESPN in 1993 to recognize accomplishments in athletics, the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage is unique in recognizing athletes […]