One American who grieved for the fallen president was the poet Walt Whitman. Whitman had lived in Washington for most of the war and was a great admirer of Lincoln, whom he felt embodied the American virtues of plain-spokenness, courage, and horse-sense..
DirecTV and the NFL have reached an agreement on Sunday Ticket, giving DirecTV the exclusive right to show every NFL game each week. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. According to Reuters, citing a source familiar with the agreement, DirecTV will pay the NFL an average of $1.5 billion per year for Sunday Ticket over 8 years.
DirecTV puts a higher price on its NFL Sunday Ticket package. By Jim O'Neill on Jan 20 2015 at 8:00 AM @JimONeillMedia. DirecTV is bumping up the price of its NFL Sunday Ticket plans, according to published reports, putting the price of the basic package to $252, a 5% increase, and it Sunday Ticket Max plan to $354, a jump of more than 7%.