ESPN has announced that
the Boston Red Sox are among four teams nominated as the
2018 Sports Humanitarian Team Of The Year. The other nominees are: the Anaheim Ducks, the Chicago Fire and the U.S. Women's National Ice Hockey Team. The nomination highlights the team's efforts with three specific programs:
Home Base,
Red Sox Scholars and
RBI (Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities)/ Rookie League. Said the ESPN press release:
"With an engaged ownership group chaired by Tom Werner, the Red Sox Foundation has a robust strategy that finds creative solutions to ongoing challenges for children, families, veterans and communities in need." Other award categories include: the
Muhammad Ali Sports Humanitarian Award, the
Corporate Community Impact Award, the League
Humanitarian Leadership Award and the
Stuart Scott ENSPIRE Award. The awards ceremony will take place in Los Angeles on July 17th—and will be broadcast on ESPN on July 24th at 7PM Eastern.
