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The Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor, was awarded to 15 individuals Tuesday, including former President George H.W. Bush, billionaire investor Warren Buffett and poet Maya Angelou. Kwame Holman reports on the ceremony.
... told The Associated Press: "My grandfather would have been thrilled. He would have been absolutely thrilled to see his streak broken by a women's basketball team. ... He thought, especially in the last 10 years, that the best basketball was played at the collegiate level -- and it wasn't by ...
... can search the list of earmarks to see what may have come from your senator. We also talk about the University of Connecticut women's basketball team successes. They are on the verge of tying the longest win streak in college basketball on Sunday and perhaps setting a new record ...
... NewsHour regulars also discussed golf star Tiger Woods' efforts to rehabilitate his image by hiring former presidential spokesman Ari Fleischer and the the cultural importance of on one of their favorite sports -- college basketball -- as the NCAA men's tournament is set to begin. _pap_embed_custom('news01s3cb7qe29',482,304,"");
... absolutely lion-hearted all night long and she came away with her eight championship.GWEN IFILL: You know, people tend to look at women's basketball and put it in a different class than men's basketball. The person whose record it looks like she's about to break, if ...
JIM LEHRER: And finally tonight, memories of basketball legend Red Auerbach, who died this weekend. Jeffrey Brown reports.JEFFREY BROWN: When the game was in hand and the Boston Celtics had another win, Coach Arnold "Red" Auerbach would light a cigar. It was a moment known to fans everywhere, as ...
... a buffer and not allow this type of riotous activity to happen in the future. RAY SUAREZ: Well, Jack McCallum, one difference with the National Basketball Association is that -- and they even market it this way-- is that you're right up close to the action. There isn't that ...
Prediction markets let people wager on just about anything — from basketball games to elections. And among more jarring bets recently, the fate of the U.S. and Israel’s war against Iran. Shortly ahead of a fragile ceasefire agreement earlier this week, a new group of accounts on prediction market ...
... and a culture. “They might be still calling us mercenaries but we’re the hardest-working team,” Lendenborg said. “We’re the best in college basketball and we’ll be one of the greatest ever.” Pretty much everyone in the maize and blue would second that. “Go BLUE. …champions!!! Respect ...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Michigan has been scoring over and swatting down opponents at a record rate during March Madness. For the Wolverines to go down as one of college basketball's best ever, they'll have to do it one more time by taking down a UConn program seeking its third ...
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