Richard Lapchick, a champion for human rights, pioneer for racial equality and eminent scholar at the UCF, will be honored by ESPN with one of its signature ESPY Awards. Lapchick will receive the Stuart Scott ENSPIRE Award named in honor of the late ESPN commentator Stuart Scott. He stepped down as leader of the DeVos program two years ago and continues to lead TIDES. In 1976, Lapchick created the American Coordinating Committee for Equality in Sport in alliance with the anti-Apartheid movement. SportBusiness International has named UCF’s DeVos sport business management program as one of the top 10 graduate level degree sport business programs in the world.

Source: Forbes July 07, 2023 16:11 UTC