From Sports Illustrated:
On the 40th anniversary of the Special Olympics, Sports Illustrated presents its first Sportsman of the Year Legacy Award to Eunice Kennedy Shriver. The award recognizes lifetime achievement. In an accompanying editor’s letter, senior editor Greg Kelly calls Mrs. Shriver “a modern-day Jackie Robinson … Like Jackie, she has used sports to change the world.”
Since its first gathering of 1,000 athletes in Chicago in 1968, Special Olympics has grown to include three million athletes in 181 countries. Thanks to Mrs. Shriver’s leadership, the magazine says, people around the world have come to recognize …
On the 40th anniversary of the Special Olympics, Sports Illustrated presents its first Sportsman of the Year Legacy Award to Eunice Kennedy Shriver. The award recognizes lifetime achievement. In an accompanying editor’s letter, senior editor Greg Kelly calls Mrs. Shriver “a modern-day Jackie Robinson … Like Jackie, she has used sports to change the world.”
Since its first gathering of 1,000 athletes in Chicago in 1968, Special Olympics has grown to include three million athletes in 181 countries. Thanks to Mrs. Shriver’s leadership, the magazine says, people around the world have come to recognize …
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