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ESPN Responds To Backlash Over Prince Harry Being Selected For Pat Tillman Award!

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ESPN is speaking out after their pick for the Pat Tillman Award for Service at the 2024 ESPYs was called into question!

Last week, Prince Harry was selected to receive the award at the July 11 ceremony, which is named after former NFL star and US Army Ranger, Pat Tillman, who died in combat in 2004 just a few years after enlisting following the 9/11 attacks.

Named in his honor, the award goes to an individual with a strong connection to sports and service — which fits Harry and his work through the Invictus Games.

If only more people saw it that way! Critics had THOUGHTS on this year’s choice, especially after Pat’s own mother Mary Tillman slammed the decision, telling DailyMail.com: Despite Harry’s decade serving in the British Army Forces and all the work he’s done through his Invictus Games Foundation, Mary didn’t think he was worthy. Related: Meghan & Harry’s A-Lister Friends ‘Are Dropping Like Flies’ Detailing her specific issues with the selection (which she had no part in), she argued: A Change.org petition was even created to get the Duke of Sussex replaced, with thousands of people agreeing that he wasn’t the right recipient.

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