GMA's Robin Roberts receives ESPY Award

NEW YORK -- ESPN gave its Arthur Ashe Courage Award to Robin Roberts at its annual ESPY awards Wednesday night.

The "Good Morning America" anchor was saluted for how she kept viewers involved in her treatments for two serious illnesses.

She had breast cancer in 2007 and last year had to undergo a bone marrow transplant to treat a rare blood disorder.

Roberts returned to "Good Morning America" last month.

Roberts came to sister company ABC from ESPN, where she was the network's first black female sportscaster.

Most past awards recipients have sports connections, like former Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summit last year.

But the ESPYs also have honored Nelson Mandela and the four men who tried to stop one of the Sept. 11 hijackings.

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