{"id":221,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/221","headline":"Trump announces Medal of Freedom for Roger Clemens","dek":"The announcement came at a rally in Clemens' home state of Texas, where the pitcher had just introduced the president.","body":"President Donald Trump said Wednesday night he will award Roger Clemens the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country's highest civilian honor. The announcement came at a Republican campaign rally in San Antonio, where Clemens had introduced Trump before returning to the stage in a blue USA baseball cap.\n\nTrump called Clemens \"one of the greatest athletes and maybe the greatest pitcher of all time.\" He also brought up the seven-time Cy Young Award winner's long absence from the Baseball Hall of Fame, which has kept him out over allegations he used steroids during his playing career.\n\n\"He deserves to be in the Hall of Fame, but this is a big step up from the Hall of Fame,\" Trump said, adding that the Medal of Freedom ranks alongside the Congressional Medal of Honor as the highest award given to any American.\n\nNo date was given for when the medal would actually be presented.","published_at":"2026-10-08T19:17:55.251375+00:00","source_count":4,"written_from":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Trump to give controversial baseball icon Roger Clemens the Medal of Freedom","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/trump-controversial-baseball-icon-roger-012318279.html"},{"outlet":"ESPN","publisher":"ESPN","title":"Trump says he'll award Clemens the Presidential Medal of Freedom","url":"https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/50129668/trump-says-award-clemens-presidential-medal-freedom"},{"outlet":"The Athletic","publisher":"The Athletic","title":"President Trump says Roger Clemens to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7670173/2026/10/07/trump-mlb-roger-clemens-medal-of-freedom/"},{"outlet":"New York Post","publisher":"New York Post","title":"Trump reveals Roger Clemens will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom","url":"https://nypost.com/2026/10/07/sports/roger-clemens-will-recieve-the-presidential-medal-of-freedom/"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Trump awarding former baseball star Clemens the Presidential Medal of Freedom","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/trump-awarding-former-baseball-star-015849398.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Trump to give controversial baseball icon Roger Clemens the Medal of Freedom","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/trump-controversial-baseball-icon-roger-020749529.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"President Trump announces Roger Clemens will receive Presidential Medal of Freedom, calls for him to enter Hall of Fame","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/article/president-trump-announces-roger-clemens-will-receive-presidential-medal-of-freedom-calls-for-him-to-enter-hall-of-fame-061050437.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Trump reveals Roger Clemens will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/trump-reveals-roger-clemens-receive-021431675.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Donald Trump says he'll award Houston star Roger Clemens the Presidential Medal of Freedom","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/donald-trump-says-hell-award-064106064.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Trump says Roger Clemens to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/trump-says-roger-clemens-receive-084457937.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"President Trump tells Roger Clemens he'll receive Presidential Medal of Freedom","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/president-trump-tells-roger-clemens-143814769.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Roger Clemens has ties to President Trump, but it's not enough for Hall","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/roger-clemens-ties-president-trump-143237639.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"‘I am stunned’ – How Roger Clemens reacted to Presidential Medal of Freedom news from Donald Trump","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/am-stunned-roger-clemens-reacted-144500193.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"President Trump Vows to Give Legendary Pitcher Roger Clemens the Medal of Freedom Despite Steroid Scandal","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/president-trump-vows-legendary-pitcher-161003923.html"}],"image":{"url":"https://s.yimg.com/lo/mysterio/api/172618bf0091a98a1d4e3bb5f118dc15c23ed146626efc4e6e8d5ac887dbc0e3/lightyear_networkapi/resizefill_w1200_h675%3Bquality_80%3Bformat_webp/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.zenfs.com%2Fen%2Fusa_today_news_641%2F14bc2fa3026f41a5e0aba222f4dac6f9.jpg","credit":"Yahoo Sports","width":1200},"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. 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