Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam was honored for his commitment to diversity by the Cleveland Chapter of the NAACP at its Freedom Fund Dinner at the Cleveland Renaissance Hotel.
The NAACP cited his accomplishments in a press release, courtesy of The Plain Dealer’s Mark Naymik:
“Jimmy Haslam, owner of the Cleveland Browns who has hired more African Americans at the highest level of management and leadership in professional sports than any other sports franchise and who through the Cleveland Browns Foundation has renovated or built football fields for Cleveland area high schools while at the same time providing scholarship support to hundreds of high school students.