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Megan Rapinoe, Simone Biles Receive Presidential Medal of Freedom

Fifteen other individuals were honored at Thursday’s ceremony.

Sports Illustrated

Simone Biles becomes youngest living person to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom

‘Today, she adds to her medal count of 32 – I don’t know if you’re going to find room,’ President Biden said as he honoured the Olympian

The Independent UK

Biden medal picks push partisan issues, and bipartisanship - Roll Call

Medal of Freedom recipients include advocates for gun control and civil rights, plus former Republican senators who worked across the aisle.

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From Simone Biles to Steve Jobs, meet all the Americans being awarded a Presidential Medal Of Freedom this week

Seventeen people will be awarded America's "highest civilian honour" this week. Here's who, and why they were chosen to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

ABC News

Megan Rapinoe's presidential honor highlights role as team player

Megan Rapinoe was having lunch with the rest of the women's national soccer team when her cellphone buzzed. It was the White House, the caller ID said.

Los Angeles Times

Biles, Denzel Washington, Rapinoe among Winners of Top US Honor

Gymnastics star Simone Biles, actor Denzel Washington and the late tech visionary Steve Jobs have been named as recipients of America's highest civilian honor, the White House said Friday. President Joe Biden designated 17 Americans to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, three of them posthumous, The Associated Press said.…

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Biden to award Medal of Freedom to Denzel Washington, Simone Biles, John McCain, among others

Biden’s honors list includes both living and deceased honorees from the worlds of Hollywood, sports, politics, the military, academia, and civil rights and social justice advocacy.

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From Gabby Giffords to Steve Jobs: Who’s on Biden’s presidential medal of freedom list?

White House says recipients ‘have overcome significant obstacles to achieve impressive accomplishments in the arts and sciences’

The Independent UK

Simone Biles and nurse who received first Covid vaccine to get top US honor

World Cup winner Megan Rapinoe also among 17 recipients of Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest US civilian honor

The Guardian - US

Rapinoe, Biles to Receive Presidential Medal of Freedom

The sports stars are among the 17 recipients of the prestigious award this month.

Sports Illustrated

Simone Biles, Steve Jobs to receive highest US civilian honour

Denzel Washington, Khizr Khan among 17 people, some deceased, who will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Al Jazeera

Biden will award the Medal of Freedom to Biles, McCain, Giffords and others

The president will present the nation's highest civilian honor to 17 people, who also include Oscar-winning Denzel Washington, the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and soccer Olympian Megan Rapinoe.

WEKU

Simone Biles and Megan Rapinoe named as recipients of Presidential Medal of Freedom

Presidential Medal of Freedom is country’s highest civilian honour

The Independent UK

What we learned from the USWNT’s last games before World Cup and Olympics qualifying

SANDY, Utah — The U.S. women’s soccer team finished its preparations for next month’s Concacaf World Cup and Olympic qualifying tournament late Tuesday with a 2-0 win over Colombia at Rio Tinto Stadium.

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Sophia Smith, Rose Lavelle lead U.S. women’s soccer team to 3-0 win over Colombia

COMMERCE CITY, Colo. — The U.S. women’s soccer team beat Colombia, 3-0, on Saturday night in the first of a two-game series that serves as the final tuneups for next month’s World Cup and Olympic qualifying tournament.

Daily Mirror

Lewis Hamilton left "disgusted" by US Supreme Court ruling on abortion

F1 driver Lewis Hamilton has reacted after the US Supreme Court ruled there is no constitutional right to abortion in America, overturning the Roe v Wade case

ABC News

WNBA, NWSL, athletes react after United States Supreme Court overturns Roe v Wade

Sports leagues and high-profile athletes are speaking out against the US Supreme Court's decision to overturn the 50-year-old abortion law decision.

Sports Illustrated

NBA, WNBA Commissioners Release Joint Statement on Roe v. Wade

Adam Silver and Cathy Engelbert issued comments in response to Friday’s shocking Supreme Court ruling.

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The Independent UK

Tearful Megan Rapinoe calls on men to ‘stand up’ after reversal of Roe v Wade

The US women’s national team captain implored men to examine their role

Sports Illustrated

ESPN’s Malika Andrews Comments on SCOTUS Overturning Roe v. Wade

The 27-year-old anchor shared her thoughts on Friday’s shocking news.

The Independent UK

Athletes react to the Supreme Court's abortion decision

U.S. national soccer team star Megan Rapinoe is among a group of leading sports figures who have expressed anger over the Supreme Court’s decision to strip the nation’s constitutional protections for abortion, decrying an erosion of rights that women have had for a generation

The Philadelphia Inquirer

U.S. women’s soccer star Megan Rapinoe says overturning Roe v. Wade ‘is not pro-life’

DENVER — Megan Rapinoe would have liked to talk about soccer on Friday. But when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade a few hours before the U.S. women’s soccer team went off to practice, that became impossible.

Sports Illustrated

Rapinoe Gives Emotional Remarks Following Roe v. Wade Decision

The soccer star explained the ramifications that this decision will create throughout the country.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Megan Rapinoe answers the call to be a player-coach with the U.S. women’s soccer team’s young stars

DENVER — Whenever a national soccer team unveils its roster for a major tournament, you can usually tell who the last player to make it was.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Megan Rapinoe salutes Sue Bird on the basketball legend’s upcoming retirement

DENVER — A household with Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird in it is always going to be in the news. But women’s sports’ most famous power couple has been especially atop the headlines lately.

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