On Tuesday, retired Los Angeles Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully will be among the 21 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The ceremony, led by President Barack Obama, begins at 11:55 a.m. PT, and will be televised by C-Span, streamed through whitehouse.gov and in the video above.
Along with Scully, former Los Angeles Lakers center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Ellen DeGeneres, Robert De Niro, Michael Jordan and Bruce Springsteen are among the distinguished individuals who will receive a Presidential Medal of Freedom.
It’s the highest honor a civilian can receive, and is given to individuals who have made meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.