Padres P CRAIG STAMMEN has been named winner of the Bob Feller Act of Valor Award for his "continued support of the military" during a virtual broadcast on Thursday. Stammen became a sports ambassador for the United Heroes League, which "provides sports equipment and camps, subsidizes fees and offers tickets and experiences to military children." He also has become the "jet fuel behind opportunities for military families through the Padres" (SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE, 11/20).
ACCESS DENIED: The USOPC ethics panel has declared former U.S. swimmer ANNE WARNER CRIBBS "ineligible to hold office with the U.S. Olympian and Paralympian Association, an influential alumni group." The ethics panel found Cribbs, who is former USA Table Tennis Chair and San Francisco Bay Area Sports Organizing Committee President & CEO, "is not eligible to be a USOPA officer based on the representations she made about her medal status." Cribbs has referred to herself for decades as an Olympic Gold medalist. She swam in the preliminary round of the 4x100 meter medley relay at the '60 Olympic Games but "did not compete in the final where the U.S. team was victorious" (ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, 11/20).
LIKE FINE WINE: Saints and Pelicans Owner GAYLE BENSON's Twelfth Labor Wine Company has "been in the works for years," and now she is "bringing [it] to fruition." It was a project that her late husband TOM BENSON began before his death in '18. The first wines from Twelfth Labor are "slated to start appearing in stores and restaurant wine lists" next month. Initially, they will be available "only in the New Orleans area" (New Orleans ADVOCATE, 11/20).
NAMES: Prairie View A&M University, an HBCU in Prairie View, Texas, announced a $400,000 donation from golfer CAMERON CHAMP's Cameron Champ Foundation and Chevron Corporation to "establish two scholarship funds for student-athletes on its men's and women's golf teams" (GOLFWEEK.com, 11/19)....NHL Kings LW TREVOR MOORE and D MATT ROY were "on hand as the NHL squad teamed up with Wells Fargo to 'Team Up For Tech,' a new effort to help meet the education needs of underserved young people, most of whom are engaged in distance learning during the pandemic" (PASADENA STAR NEWS, 11/20)....Sporting KC MF ROGER ESPINOZA is "leading a group" of other Honduran MLS players to "help raise awareness and provide aid to Honduras in the wake of Hurricanes Eta and Iota." Hurricane Eta hit land in Central America on Nov. 3, "causing approximately $5 billion worth of damage to Honduras." Just two weeks later Hurricane Iota hit across the same area (K.C. STAR, 11/20).
