{"id":2287117,"date":"2024-07-01T11:21:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T15:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pat-tillmans-mother-livid-after-prince-harry-wins-her-dead-sons-award-i-am-shocked\/"},"modified":"2024-07-01T11:24:23","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T15:24:23","slug":"pat-tillmans-mother-livid-after-prince-harry-wins-her-dead-sons-award-i-am-shocked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pat-tillmans-mother-livid-after-prince-harry-wins-her-dead-sons-award-i-am-shocked\/","title":{"rendered":"Pat Tillman&#8217;s Mother Livid After Prince Harry Wins Her Dead Son&#8217;s Award &#8211; &#8216;I Am Shocked&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/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%2Fpat-tillmans-mother-livid-after-prince-harry-wins-her-dead-sons-award-i-am-shocked%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=2287117&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>Former NFL legend Pat Tillman and Prince Harry, Duke \u2062of Sussex, have both served their countries in the West\u2019s war on terror, but their paths and legacies couldn&#8217;t be more different. Tillman famously walked away from his football career\u200d after 9\/11 to serve in Afghanistan and ultimately gave\u2062 his \u200dlife during a mission. On the \u200dother \u2064hand, Prince \u2063Harry returned to his\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prince-philip-dies-at-99-after-an-exemplary-life-of-duty-and-service-to-both-his-country-and-his-wife-queen-elizabeth-ii\/\" title=\"Prince Philip Dies At 99, After An Exemplary Life Of Duty And Service To Both His Country And His Wife, Queen Elizabeth II\">royal duties<\/a> and then moved to California\u2062 with his\u2064 wife, Meghan, to pursue various <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-rushes-appeal-against-court-ruling-in-effort-to-keep-censorship-regime-intact\/\" title=\"Biden admin swiftly appeals court ruling to maintain censorship regime.\">business\u200b ventures<\/a> and charity work. Despite \u2062his efforts, many have criticized Harry for his controversial decisions and lack of humility. Now, he is set to receive the prestigious Pat Tillman Award \u2064for \u2064Service at the ESPY Awards, which has sparked outrage among many, including Tillman\u2019s mother, who believes there are more deserving recipients. While Harry has been praised\u200d for his charity work, some argue that he has failed to uphold the values of \u2063honor,\u200b duty, and sacrifice that Tillman embodied. The decision to honor Harry at the ESPYs has been met with criticism and skepticism, with many questioning the integrity of\u2063 the \u2063award. Whether Harry will accept\u200c the award or face\u2064 backlash remains to\u2062 be seen, but the controversy surrounding his nomination has cast a shadow over the upcoming\u2062 ceremony. <br \/> <br \/>\n    Read more&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>  Commentary           \u00a0By C. Douglas Golden   \u00a0July 1, 2024 at 6:00am      Former NFL legend Pat Tillman and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, served as troops in the West\u2019s war on terror. Beyond that, they couldn\u2019t be more divergent as people or personalities. Tillman, you may remember, walked away from the Arizona Cardinals and millions in contract money after 9\/11 to serve his country, eventually dying during a mission in Afghanistan. Harry has survived, obviously, returned to his role as a royal, then decamped to California to become a \u201cworking royal\u201d with his wife, Megan, Duchess of Sussex.  That \u201cworking\u201d has involved, um,\u00a0interesting stints with streaming giants Spotify and Netflix, an Oprah interview that went about as well as interviews that controversial figures with Oprah tend to go, and a salacious memoir called \u201cSpare\u201d \u2014 of which the best thing that can be said, on Harry\u2019s part, is that the title is wittier than anything in the book and that one suspects the Duke of Sussex didn\u2019t even read very much of it, much less write a single page of the dross. His charity, announced with much fanfare, could not legally raise money due to its various delinquencies as of May. He is now competing for the black sheep of the Windsors with a former close associate of the late Jeffrey Epstein.   And he is now \u2014 get this \u2014 the coming recipient of the Pat Tillman Award for Service awarded by ESPN at this month\u2019s ESPY Awards. Tillman\u2019s mother, as you might imagine, wants to have a word with ESPN.  Just in case you missed it, the Duke of Sussex will be receiving one of the two most solemn honors at the ceremony on July 11. The Arthur Ashe Award for Courage \u2014 first awarded in 1993 to the dying former North Carolina State basketball coach Jim Valvano, who gave a memorable speech that still brings tears to the eyes of any sports fan who remembers even a moment of it \u2014 will be given to Steve Gleason, the former New Orleans Saints player. Gleason, you may recall, is considered by many to have sparked the \u201crebirth\u201d of New Orleans (and at least of the Saints) in the months after Hurricane Katrina when \u2014 in the opening minutes of the first game the Saints played back in the Superdome in 2006 since the damage caused by the storm forced them to play in San Antonio for all of 2005 \u2014 blocked a punt that was returned for a touchdown. He has since waged a brave battle against amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, more colloquially known as Lou Gehrig\u2019s disease, and has been involved in spreading awareness of and fundraising for those with the terminal condition.  Also at the ESPYs: Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex, will receive the Pat Tillman Award for Service, an award given to a person with a strong connection to sports who has served others in a way that echoes the legacy of the former NFL player and U.S. Army Ranger, Pat Tillman. https:\/\/t.co\/3Tn2daJ9CR \u2014 Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) June 27, 2024   Last year\u2019s winner of the Pat Tillman Award for Service, meanwhile, was the training staff of the Buffalo Bills, which quite literally saved the life of Damar Hamlin after he was clinically dead on a football field during an NFL game.  I mention this all because, to the provenance of the rare solemn moments during the ESPYs, we are now adding the name of Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex. You may imagine why, perhaps, this is not exactly sitting well with Tillman\u2019s seemingly livid mother Mary, who publicly called Harry undeserving of the honor this weekend.  \u201cI am shocked as to why they would select such a controversial and divisive individual to receive the award,\u201d Mary Tillman told the U.K.\u2019s Daily Mail in a piece published Sunday. \u201cThere are recipients that are far more fitting. There are individuals working in the veteran community that are doing tremendous things to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/microsofts-linkedin-censors-post-of-peter-schweizers-red-handed-criticizing-big-tech-ties-to-china\/\" title=\"Microsoft&#039;s LinkedIn Censors Post of Peter Schweizer&#039;s &#039;Red-Handed&#039; Criticizing Big Tech Ties to China\">assist veterans<\/a>,\u201d she said.  \u201cThese individuals do not have the money, resources, connections or privilege that Prince Harry has. I feel that those types of individuals should be recognized.\u201d  Do you follow the royal family?     ESPN, for its part, said Harry was receiving the honor because of his \u201ctireless work in making a positive impact for the veteran community through the power of sport\u201d through the Invictus Games, a Paralympics-style event for wounded and injured veterans. Harry did also serve in Iraq and Afghanistan \u2014 something which I suspect involved more courage and commitment on his part than the Invictus Games, although I\u2019ve been known to be wrong.  That said, the aforementioned chief competitor with him for black sheep of the Windsors \u2014 you know, the one that spent plenty of time chilling with Jeff and Ghislaine \u2014 also served his country honorably. Harry also has done plenty of charity work, but this is what one expects the royals to do. Their job, for the most part, is to 1) act as hereditary ambassadors from the United Kingdom to the rest of the world and 2) not embarrass the family or the country. Honoring Prince Harry for doing No. 1, which is more or less obligatory for someone in his position, while ignoring the fact he\u2019s also been pretty busy ignoring No. 2 is a severe abdication of responsibility on ESPN\u2019s part.  Furthermore, no matter how one feels about the war on terror, Pat Tillman represents the best of America during that tumultuous period in our nation\u2019s history. He walked away from fame and fortune to die on the battlefield in Afghanistan. Honor, duty, service, loyalty, patriotism: These are the words that one thinks of when one conjures up memories of Tillman. That\u2019s why the ESPY award bears his name: its talismanic power for all those who follow sports. However, to harness that talismanic power, one too needs to respect those who continue to keep his memory alive \u2014 especially the woman who gave birth to him.  Perhaps in the corners of the corporate media behemoths where decisions about ESPN\u2019s brand are made, the Sussexes\u2019 star power still carries some gravitas. For the rest of us, they\u2019ve become emblematic of the tawdry side of elitist entitlement, practically the diametrical opposite of Tillman-esque sacrifice. So, bottom line, unless the ESPYs wants to hastily create the Terrell Owens Award for Shameless Self-Promotion While Still Performing Reasonably OK in Other Aspects of Your Professional Life in Which You Are Expected to Perform Reasonably OK, I\u2019d maybe give honoring Harry a pass. Since that award\u2019s a bit of a mouthful and this is pretty short notice, I\u2019d propose a more reasonable option: Give Harry the option of bowing out. If he doesn\u2019t want to, tell him corporate execs are bowing him out without his involvement in the process. (The Windsors seem to have done this rather efficiently, if they need advice on how to do this.) If they can\u2019t manage to do that, this might get ugly.  So, grab a seat, pull up social media on July 11, watch whatever this royal failson has to say while accepting an award in the name of Mr. Tillman and, in the words of the aforementioned Mr. Owens, \u201cGet your popcorn ready.\u201d  A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:  \u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d Those 12 words have been stuck in my head since I first read them.\u00a0  Former Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn recently made that comment to Floyd Brown, founder of The Western Journal.\u00a0  And if the leftists and the elites get their way, that\u2019s exactly what will happen \u2014 no real election, no real choice for the Electoral College, and no real say for the American people.\u00a0  The Western Journal is fighting to keep that from happening, but we can\u2019t do it alone.  We work tirelessly to expose the lying leftist media and the corrupt America-hating elites.  But Big Tech\u2019s stranglehold is now so tight that without help from you, we will not be able to continue the fight.\u00a0  The 2024 election is literally the most important election for every living American. We have to unite and fight for our country, otherwise we will lose it. And if we lose the America we love in 2024, we\u2019ll lose it for good. Can we count on you to help?\u00a0  With you we will be able to field journalists, do more investigative work, expose more corruption, and get desperately needed truth to millions of Americans.\u00a0  We can do this only with your help. Please don\u2019t wait one minute. Donate right now.  Thank you for reading, Josh Manning Deputy Managing Editor  P.S. Please stand with us today.     Tags: Afghanistan, Arizona Cardinals, Arizona State Sun Devils, ESPN, Meghan Duchess of Sussex, Military, NFL, Prince Harry, Royal family, Sports, Sports media, U.S. Army, U.S. News, United Kingdom, Veterans         SummaryMore Biographical InformationRecent PostsContact C. Douglas Golden is a writer who splits his time between the United States and Southeast Asia. Specializing in political commentary and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americans-have-lower-opinion-of-joe-biden-than-any-other-nation-global-poll\/\" title=\"Americans Have Lower Opinion of Joe Biden Than Any Other Nation: Global Poll\">world affairs<\/a>, he&#8217;s written for Conservative Tribune and The Western Journal since 2014.   C. Douglas Golden is a writer who splits his time between the United States and Southeast Asia. Specializing in political commentary and world affairs, he&#8217;s written for Conservative Tribune and The Western Journal since 2014. Aside from politics, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-leaves-for-delaware-as-russians-prepare-to-take-kyiv\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Leaves for Delaware as Russians Prepare to Take Kyiv\">enjoys spending time<\/a> with his wife, literature (especially British comic novels and modern Japanese lit), indie rock, coffee, Formula One and football (of both American and world varieties).  Birthplace  Morristown, New Jersey  Education  Catholic University of America  Languages Spoken  English, Spanish  Topics of Expertise  American Politics, World Politics, Culture           <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former NFL star Pat Tillman and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, both served in the West&#8217;s war on terror, but have very different backgrounds and personalities. Tillman left his football career to serve in the military and tragically died in Afghanistan, while Harry has returned to his royal duties and pursued various ventures in California. Despite his charity work, Harry&#8217;s controversial past and privileged status have raised questions about his worthiness for awards like the Pat Tillman Award for Service, which he is set to receive at the ESPY Awards. Tillman&#8217;s mother has expressed her disapproval of this decision, highlighting the sacrifices and values her son embodied. The decision to honor Harry at the ESPYs has sparked debate about the criteria for such awards and the importance of respecting the legacies of those like Tillman who made ultimate sacrifices for their country<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":663,"featured_media":2287118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Harry-Pat.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[6631,33496,33095],"class_list":["post-2287117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily","tag-award","tag-pat-tillman","tag-prince-harry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Harry-Pat.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2287117","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\/663"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2287117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2287117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2287118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2287117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2287117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2287117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}