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Los Angeles Clippers sign No. 1 overall draft pick Blake Griffin

Jul. 9, 2009
The Clippers have signed Blake Griffin, the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA draft.
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Blake Griffin No. 1 pick at NBA Draft

NEW YORK, June 25 (UPI) -- Forward Blake Griffin of the Oklahoma Sooners was made the first pick in the NBA Draft Thursday by the Los Angeles Clippers.

49 early entry candidates in NBA draft

NEW YORK, June 16 (UPI) -- North Carolina's Ty Lawson and Wayne Ellington are among 49 early entry players who are eligible for next week's NBA draft, the league said Tuesday.

Griffin, Moore earn Wooden Awards

LOS ANGELES, April 11 (UPI) -- Oklahoma's Blake Griffin and Connecticut's Maya Moore have been named winners of the Wooden Award as the top players in men's and women's college basketball.

Blake Griffin to enter NBA draft

NORMAN, Okla., April 7 (UPI) -- Oklahoma sophomore forward Blake Griffin, the consensus collegiate player of the year, said Tuesday he was submitting his name for the NBA draft.

COL BKB: Oklahoma 82, Oklahoma St. 78

NORMAN, Okla., March 7 (UPI) -- Blake Griffin had 33 points and 14 rebounds Saturday night to pace the fifth-ranked Oklahoma Sooners to an 82-78 win over Oklahoma State.

COL BKB: Oklahoma 78, Texas Tech 63

LUBBOCK, Texas, Feb. 28 (UPI) -- Blake Griffin, playing in his first game in a week, had 20 points and 19 rebounds Saturday to lead No. 3 Oklahoma to a 78-63 win over Texas Tech.

Report: Blake Griffin has MRI

NORMAN, Okla., Feb. 22 (UPI) -- Results of a magnetic resonance imaging test done Sunday on star Oklahoma center Blake Griffin were "clear," team officials told The Oklahoman.

COL BKB: Oklahoma 77, Texas A&M 71

NORFOLK, Okla., Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Brothers Blake and Taylor Griffin led a late Oklahoma rally Wednesday that lifted the second-ranked Sooners to a 77-71 victory over Texas A&M.

Police confirm Eddie Griffin's death

HOUSTON, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- Former NBA player Eddie Griffin was the unidentified driver of the SUV killed near Houston last Friday when the vehicle collided with a freight train.

Rockets suspend Griffin indefinitely

HOUSTON, Oct. 16 (UPI) -- The NBA's Houston Rockets have suspended forward Eddie Griffin, who failed to come to practice Thursday prior to a preseason contest against Sacramento.
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President Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom in Washington
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President Barack Obama awards the the Presidential Medal of Freedom to singer/songwriter Bob Dylan during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 29, 2012. The Medal of Freedom is our NationÕs highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made especially 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. UPI/Kevin Dietsch