Jim Kelly chats with Bills rookie quarterback Josh Allen during rookie minicamp last month. (Jeffrey T. Barnes/Associated Press)Jim Kelly, the Hall of Fame quarterback who has fought several bouts with cancer, will be given the Jimmy V Award for perseverance at next month’s ESPY Awards in Los Angeles, he announced Monday during his annual golf tournament. The Jimmy V Award, part of ESPN’s annual awards show, was created in 2007 by the V Foundation, which raises money for cancer research. Don’t ever give up.” Valvano, who died of cancer that year, was presented with the Arthur Ashe Courage and Humanitarian Award and added: “Cancer can take away all of my physical abilities. It cannot touch my mind, it cannot touch my heart, and it cannot touch my soul.

Source: Washington Post June 04, 2018 17:49 UTC