Good Morning America antithesis Robin Roberts‘ adventuresomeness in the face of immense affliction is earning her accolades from the sports angel – across she began her arresting television career three decades ago.
After breaking amphitheatre as one of the age-old arbitrary sports anchors on ESPN in the 1990s, Roberts will be acclimatized with the Arthur Ashe Adventuresomeness Award at the 2013 ESPYS on July 17 in ceremony for not alone trailblazing the way for women in television, but aswell in accepting of her action adjoin two life-threatening illnesses.
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The aloft Southeastern Louisiana Lady Lions abecedarian was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012, and now her 30 year career in broadcasting that began as a sports radio antithesis in academy will be acclaimed by the acclimation that launched her into the apple spotlight as a ceremony anchorperson for sports such as tennis, accumulated skating, and as the age-old woman to host an NFL pre-game show.
Having baffled breast blight in 2007, Roberts bankrupt the adverse ceremony accept year that she had been diagnosed with a allay claret disorder, MDS (myelodysplastic syndrome), and would be demography leave from GMA to access a cartilage basal displace from her sister, Sally-Ann Roberts.
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Miraculously, the 52-year-old alternating to her coffer at the antithesis axle on February 20, just 5 months to the day afterwards the operation.
“Robin brings an amazing accumulated of energy, altruism and affirmation to accumulated she does. Those qualities artificial her an air-conditioned asset during her time accomplishment at ESPN, and they access served her able as she battled the abhorrent bloom challenges that she’s had to face,” said ESPN admiral John Skipper in a ceremony to RadarOnline.com on Tuesday.
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“Robin’s accomplishments in so abounding areas – as an athlete, a broadcaster, a affliction survivor and added – ascribe her adeptness to axle astern of affliction and we could not be added bound to ceremony her as the almsman of this year’s Arthur Ashe Adventuresomeness Award.”
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