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Local sports advocate to be honored as part of 2024 ESPY Awards
A member of the local sports community will be honored as part of ESPN's annual ESPY Awards and ESPY Week in Hollywood, California in July. Hannah Smith, a wheelchair basketball player and advocate for adaptive sports who works for adaptive sports organization Sportable, will receive an ESPN Sports Humanitarian Award July 10 as a Billie Jean King Youth Leadership Award honoree. The awards will be featured in studio programming and during the 2024 ESPY Awards, which will air live on ABC the following day at 8 p.m. ET. Smith was born with Spina Bifida and was introduced to adaptive sports...