From 1970-1976, the Kentucky Colonels (an American Basketball Association club) and the Louisville Cardinals both played in Freedom Hall.

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The museum portion of the complex draws visitors immediately past a restaurant and gift shop into a Cordoba-like, multicolumned lobby and the sky-high Freedom Hall where an LED installation is programmable for any occasion.

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Along the way, Shriver earned worldwide accolades and awards, including the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom, the World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame's Founder's Award and nine honorary degrees.

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However, Bob Satchwell, executive director of the Society of Editors, a group which campaigns for media freedom, argued that in the case of Hall "publication after arrest led to people coming forward".

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And many American comedians, including Dave Fulton and Rich Hall, have settled in London where they have more freedom to develop material, and are paid better.

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The campaign was, in essence, a marketing and lobbying effort on behalf of Cardinals legend and MLB hall-of-famer Stan Musial to land him the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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