{"id":2284861,"date":"2024-06-27T19:03:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T23:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prince-harry-to-receive-pat-tillman-award-at-espys-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-06-27T19:04:56","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T23:04:56","slug":"prince-harry-to-receive-pat-tillman-award-at-espys-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prince-harry-to-receive-pat-tillman-award-at-espys-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry to receive Pat Tillman Award at ESPYS &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fprince-harry-to-receive-pat-tillman-award-at-espys-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2284861&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Prince Harry\u200d will receive the Pat Tillman \u2062Award at the upcoming ESPYS for \u200bhis work in founding the Invictus Games Foundation. The Pat Tillman \u2064Award is\u200b named in memory of\u200b the former Arizona Cardinals player, Pat Tillman, who died in Afghanistan \u200din 2004 after\u200c enlisting \u200din the army\u200c instead of continuing his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/he-won-a-super-bowl-and-then-joined-the-101st-airborne-division-the-incredible-true-story-of-jake-bequette\/\" title=\"He Won A Super Bowl And Then Joined The 101st Airborne Division: The Incredible True Story Of Jake Bequette\">football career<\/a>. The award honors individuals\u2063 who show strong commitment and service. Prince Harry, \u2063along with \u200bother honorees Steve Gleason and Dawn Staley, will be recognized at the \u2063event\u2064 scheduled for\u200d July 11.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/prince-harry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Prince Harry<\/a> is set to receive The Pat Tillman Award at next month\u2019s ESPYS, where he\u2019ll be honored for founding the Invictus Games Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>The Pat Tillman Award was named after and created in honor of the former Arizona Cardinals player who was killed in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/afghanistan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Afghanistan<\/a> in 2004. Tillman chose not to sign a contract with the Cardinals <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/football\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>football team<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/pat-tillman-died-20-years-ago-today\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>instead enlisted in the army<\/a>, where he died from friendly fire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s our privilege to recognize three incredible individuals \u2013 Steve Gleason, Dawn Staley, and Prince Harry<em>,\u201d <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/espnpressroom.com\/us\/press-releases\/2024\/06\/espn-reveals-special-honorees-for-the-2024-espys-presented-by-capital-one-airing-july-11-at-8-p-m-et-pt-on-abc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kate Jackson<\/a>, vice president of production at ESPN, said. \u201cThese honorees have used their platforms to change the world and make it more inclusive for marginalized and suffering communities, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fans-livid-with-espn-after-it-announced-prince-harry-will-receive-the-pat-tillman-award\/\" title=\"Fans Livid with ESPN After It Announced Prince Harry will Receive the Pat Tillman Award\">demonstrating incredible resilience<\/a>, positivity, and perseverance, and we\u2019re thrilled to celebrate them at The 2024 ESPYS.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Prince Harry\u2019s work with the Invictus Games Foundation, which is a multi-sports event for wounded, injured, or sick servicemen and servicewomen, began after he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-gives-pardons-to-73-individuals-and-commutes-another-70-sentences-steve-bannon-is-included\/\" title=\"BREAKING: President Trump Gives Pardons to 73 Individuals and Commutes Another 70 Sentences \u2013 Steve Bannon Is Included\">served 10 years<\/a> in the British Armed Forces, including two tours in Afghanistan. He was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.invictusgamesfoundation.org\/aims-and-origins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>inspired to create the games<\/a> to bring attention to the men and women who serve their countries.<\/p>\n<p>Previous recipients of the Pat Tillman Award include English soccer player Marcus Rashford in 2021, U.S. veteran Gretchen Evans in 2022, and the Buffalo Bills training staff in 2023.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The ESPYS award show will air on ABC on July 11, with tennis legend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/tennis\/story\/_\/id\/40147248\/serena-williams-become-fourth-woman-host-espys-july\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Serena Williams serving as host<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Prince Harry\u2019s receiving of the Pat Tillman Award comes after it was revealed in April that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2970609\/prince-harry-lists-residence-united-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>he named the United States his primary residence<\/a>, four years after he moved out of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-kingdom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>United Kingdom<\/a>. King Charles III evicted Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, from Frogmore Cottage in Windsor, England, last year.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prince Harry will be honored with The Pat Tillman Award at the upcoming ESPYS for establishing the Invictus Games Foundation. Named after the former Arizona Cardinals player who died in Afghanistan in 2004, the award recognizes individuals who embody Tillman&#8217;s legacy of service<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2284862,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Prince-Harry-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[33113,33112,33095],"class_list":["post-2284861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-espys","tag-pat-tillman-award","tag-prince-harry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Prince-Harry-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2284861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2284861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2284861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2284862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2284861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2284861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2284861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}