President Trump will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Yankees closer Mariano Rivera. The Panamanian-American relief pitcher will be the seventh professional athlete to whom Trump has presented the medal, the highest civilian honor in the US.
Washington President Donald Trump will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera on Monday.
The Panamanian-American relief pitcher known by many nicknames on the field -- including The Great One, The Sandman, The Hammer of God, and Mo -- will be the seventh professional athlete to whom Trump has presented the medal, the highest civilian honor in the US.After a five-year stint in the minors, Rivera made his Major League Baseball debut in 1995. He played with the Yankees through his retirement in 2013.
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