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Chiefs LB Nick Bolton to wear V Foundation-inspired Cleats during V Week

#Chiefs LB Nick Bolton is participating in the NFL’s My Cause My Cleats initiative in Week 13 with custom cleats supporting the V Foundation. | from @EdEastonJr

NFL players are encouraged to reveal their passions beyond the game and wear their hearts on their feet through the league’s My Cause My Cleats campaign. The players can pick an important cause and represent their chosen organization on custom-designed cleats.

Kansas City Chiefs LB Nick Bolton is participating in the NFL’s My Cause My Cleats initiative for Week 13 this weekend vs. the Cincinnati Bengals. ESPN is celebrating V Week across the network’s platforms through December 11th, and Bolton has chosen to support the V Foundation with his cleats. The V Foundation for Cancer Research was founded in 1993 by ESPN and the late Jim Valvano, legendary North Carolina State college basketball coach and ESPN commentator.

Bolton will be wearing one pink & one gray cleat to symbolize breast & brain cancer. His mother, Jalunda, battled breast cancer and was declared cancer free on 12/2/15, and his sister Jaz, battled brain cancer and was declared cancer free on 3/10/10. One cleat represents Bolton’s mother, while the other his sister, with their names and the date they declared victory over cancer.

The Chiefs’ starting linebacker has had a breakout second season leading the team in tackles and becoming a defensive leader this season. The strength and courage he displayed on the field are secondary to the energy he’s given to help his family and bring awareness to many fighting cancer.

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Michigan State Basketball alum Mat Ishbia donates $1 million to V Foundation for Cancer Research

Former Michigan State walk-on Mat Ishbia has donated $1 million to the V Foundation for Cancer Research.

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A month ago, former Michigan State Basketball player Mat Ishbia donated $32-million to Michigan State athletics. On Thursday, Dick Vitale announced during MSU’s game against No. 2 Michigan that Ishbia has also donated $1 million to the V Foundation for Cancer Research.

“I’m on cloud nine,” Vitale said. “Mat said to me, Dickie Vi, I’ve been successful, I love kids, I love helping people that want to help kids, count me in for $1 million dollars.”

Ishbia was a member of the 2000 national championship team and is currently the CEO of United Wholesale Mortgage.

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Watch: Jim Valvano Gives Memorable 1993 ESPYs Speech

As Notre Dame plays No. 22 Ohio State on ESPN2, we’re reminded that we’re in the middle of V Week.

As Notre Dame plays No. 22 Ohio State on ESPN2, we’re reminded that we’re in the middle of V Week. Every year, ESPN takes time to remember Jim Valvano, the legendary college basketball coach and broadcaster who valiantly fought cancer before succumbing to the dreaded disease. A month before he left us, Valvano delivered his finest moment as he accepted the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the 1993 ESPYs. It’s a speech up there with the greatest ever delivered:

There is no reason for anyone not to watch this speech. It captures everything the human spirit strives to be, even as our bodies fail us. Though Valvano no longer is with us, the V Foundation he created along with ESPN has endured. You owe it to yourself to watch this speech and play your part in the fight against cancer so that one day, cancer won’t be a disease that can kill.