We promise that this will be the last Super Bowl mention before, well, the next one, but we know how breathlessly you've been awaiting the local ratings. She will receive her designation at the ESPY award ceremonies Feb. In receiving the Ashe award, Claiborne succeeds such notables as the late Jim Valvano, former umpire Steve Palermo and last year's recipient, the late Howard Cosell. She was named the Special Olympics International Athlete of the Year. Loretta Claiborne, a York, Pa., native, has been named winner of this year's Arthur Ashe Award for Courage by ESPN.Ĭlaiborne, 42, was born with mental retardation, legally blind and unable to walk, but regained her sight through an operation, has graduated from high school and has competed in 25 marathons, winning the gold medal in the half-marathon in the 1991 Special Olympics World Games.
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