Wednesday Sep 18, 2024
Historic Moments in Sports: Billie Jean King, A’ja Wilson, and Shohei Ohtani
Tennis legend Billie Jean King is set to become the first individual women's athlete to be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. A'ja Wilson of the Las Vegas Aces breaks the single-season rebounding record in the WNBA. Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers is on the brink of making baseball history with 48 home runs and 48 steals. Plus, an unexpected incident involving heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk's detention in Poland.
Sources:
https://www.espn.com/tennis/story/_/id/41306748/billie-jean-king-set-make-history-congressional-gold-medal
https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/41308970/las-vegas-aces-aja-wilson-breaks-angel-reese-wnba-single-season-rebounding-record
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/41307936/dodgers-shohei-ohtani-hits-48th-hr-no-pressure-chasing-50-50
https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/41306512/oleksandr-usyk-detained-poland-zelensky-aids-release
Outline:
(00:00:00) Introduction
(00:00:42) King to make history with Congressional Medal
(00:02:51) Wilson tops Reese's single-season rebound record
(00:05:05) Ohtani hits 48th HR: 'No pressure' chasing 50/50
(00:07:52) Usyk detained in Poland; Zelensky aids in release