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Mother of American Hero Pat Tillman Slams ESPN for Giving Award Named in Honor of Her Son to Prince Harry

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American hero Pat Tillman walked away from his NFL career to fight for America after 9/11. He was tragically killed in 2004 in a friendly fire incident.

The Gateway Pundit reported that ESPN is planning to award Prince Harry the Pat Tillman Award for Service at the upcoming ESPYs award ceremony.

Tillman, who played for four seasons in the NFL, felt compelled to serve our nation and stepped away from his promising football career to enlist in the U.S. Army following the September 11th terrorist attacks.

Tillman was sadly killed in combat in 2004 during a friendly fire incident while on a combat mission in Afghanistan at only 27 years old.

On Friday, former NFL punter and current ESPN analyst Pat McAfee blasted the network saying that ESPN is attempting to “piss people off.”

There are plenty of people that award could’ve went to!

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