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.
Note: NFL SUNDAY TICKET is available for customers in U.S. territories only. A directv.com account and DIRECTV NFL SUNDAY TICKET, DIRECTV NFL SUNDAY TICKET MAX, or NFLSUNDAYTICKET.TV subscription are required to watch live video. NFL blackout rules and conditions apply. Streaming is available only for out-of-market regular season games (1pm ET and 4pm ET games broadcast on CBS or FOX).