Colts win 2025 Sports Humanitarian Team of the Year ESPY Award
The Colts on Tuesday were named the 2025 Sports Humanitarian Team of the Year, a prestigious honor presented at the ESPY Awards and given to a sports club or team that demonstrates how teamwork can create a measurable impact on a community or cause.
For the Colts, that cause is mental health awareness, research and treatment, with the team significantly supporting those areas through Kicking The Stigma, which was founded by the club and Irsay family in 2020. In launching Kicking The Stigma, the Colts became the first major professional sports franchise to create an initiative focused on mental health disorders and removing the stigma so often associated with mental health.
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We are kicking the stigma around mental health through the inspiring power of sports.
In 2020, the Jim Irsay family and Indianapolis Colts made a promise to help tackle the mental health crisis in Indiana. Right now, thousands of Hoosiers are struggling with their mental health. But together, we can change the narrative and remove the stigma around asking for help.
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