Blank, the owner of the Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United FC, will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Atlanta Sports Council. The award will be presented at the 2017 Atlanta Sports Awards at Rialto Center for the Arts. Previous recipients include John Smoltz (2016), Tom Glavine (2015), Tommy Nobis (2014), Chipper Jones (2013), Dominque Wilkins (2012) and Bobby Cox (2011).
The Atlanta Sports Awards honors those who distinguish themselves from among the five million people living in Atlanta. That includes all professional sports teams, universities, junior colleges and more than 250 public and private high schools in Atlanta.