{"id":18110,"date":"2024-11-21T21:35:27","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T21:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18110"},"modified":"2024-11-21T21:35:27","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T21:35:27","slug":"livestream-president-biden-hosts-nba-champion-celtics-at-the-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18110","title":{"rendered":"Livestream: President Biden hosts NBA champion Celtics at the White House"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<header class=\"m-article-header m-article-header--standard\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"article-header-primary-term\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"a-term a-term--primary\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.com\/tag\/boston-celtics\/\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCeltics\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"m-article-header__sub-headline\">President Joe Biden is set to welcome the Boston Celtics to the White House to celebrate the franchise&#8217;s 18th title.<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"a-photo m-article-header__photo \"><figcaption class=\"a-photo__caption\">\n\t<em> <\/em>\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/header>\n<p>The Boston Celtics traveled to the White House Thursday to meet with President Joe Biden and celebrate the franchise\u2019s 18th NBA championship.<\/p>\n<p>The Celtics flew to Washington, D.C., on Wednesday and will stay in town for a game against the Washington Wizards on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>It is a longstanding tradition for American sports teams to meet with the president after winning a championship. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehousehistory.org\/baseball-and-the-white-house-in-the-nineteenth-century\">first visit<\/a> from an organized sports team occurred in 1865, when President Andrew Johnson met with the Brooklyn Atlantics and Washington Nationals amateur clubs. President Ulysses S. Grant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grantcottage.org\/blog\/2024\/2\/6\/play-ball#:~:text=from%20their%20play.-,Ulysses%20S.,0%20record%20on%20the%20season.\">hosted <\/a>the first professional team, the Cincinnati Red Stockings, in 1869.<\/p>\n<p>John F. Kennedy was the first president to host an NBA champion, when the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jfklibrary.org\/asset-viewer\/archives\/jfkwhp-1963-01-31-d#?image_identifier=JFKWHP-ST-64-1-63\">Celtics visited in 1963<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch the ceremony below:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6OtqkKqszb8?si=0G2jM2Kr_QjIAOpI\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"o-author-single no-avatar\">\n<header class=\"m-author-card\">\n<div class=\"m-author-card__text\">\n<h3 class=\"m-author-card__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.boston.com\/author\/ross.cristantiello\">Ross Cristantiello<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"m-author-card__subtitle\">Staff Writer<\/span>\t<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"author-info\">\n<hr class=\"m-author__section--hr\"\/>\n<div class=\"m-author__section\">\n<p>Ross Cristantiello, a general assignment news reporter for Boston.com since 2022, covers local politics, crime, the environment, and more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"m-author__section--hr\"\/>\t<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"m-block m-generic-cta&#10;&#9; m-generic-cta--post-content&#9; m-generic-cta--dark&#9; m-generic-cta--homepage&#9; m-generic-cta--email-signup&#9;&#9; m-generic-cta-block-style--default &#10;&#9;t-amp__generic-cta\">\n<div class=\"m-generic-cta__wrap\">\n<div class=\"m-generic-cta__content\">\n<h3 class=\"m-generic-cta__title\">Boston.com Today<\/h3>\n<p class=\"m-generic-cta__subtitle\">Sign up to receive the latest headlines in your inbox each morning.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><script>\n\t\tvar consent = 'grant';\n\t\t\/* The above code is parsing the JSON data from the local storage and storing it in a variable. *\/\n\t\t\t\t\tconst onetrustStorageConsent = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem( 'consent_one_trust_bdc' ) );\n\t\t\tif ( ( onetrustStorageConsent !== null ) ) {\n\t\t\t\t\/* Checking to see if the user has consented to the use of cookies.\n\t\t\t\t* If they have not, it is deleting the cookie.\n\t\t\t\t* This will comment for now, until further notice.\n\t\t\t\t*\/\n\t\t\t\t\/\/if ( onetrustStorageConsent.C0002 === false ) {\n\t\t\t\t\/\/\tdocument.cookie = '_fbp=;expires=Thu, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 UTC; path=\/; domain=.boston.com';\n\t\t\t\t\/\/}\n\t\t\t\t\/* Checking if the user has given consent for the cookie C0002.\n\t\t\t\t* If the user has given consent, the variable consent will be set to 'grant'.\n\t\t\t\t* If the user has not given consent,the variable consent will be set to 'revoke'.\n\t\t\t\t* Documentation https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/docs\/meta-pixel\/implementation\/gdpr\n\t\t\t\t*\/\n\t\t\t\tif ( onetrustStorageConsent.C0002 !== true ) {\n\t\t\t\t\tconsent = 'revoke';\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n\t\t{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n\t\tn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n\t\tif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n\t\tn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n\t\tt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n\t\ts.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n\t\t'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\t\tfbq('consent', consent);\n\t\tfbq('init', '989222871864976');\n\t\tfbq('track', 'PageView');\n\t<\/script><script type=\"module\">\n\t\tvar consent = 'grant';\n\t\t\/* The above code is parsing the JSON data from the local storage and storing it in a variable. *\/<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tconst onetrustStorageConsent = JSON.parse(localStorage.getItem( 'consent_one_trust_bdc' ) );\n\t\t\t\/* Checking to see if the user has consented to the use of cookies.\n\t\t\t* If they have not, it is deleting the cookie.\n\t\t\t* This will comment for now, until further notice.\n\t\t\t*\/\n\t\t\t\/\/if ( onetrustStorageConsent.C0002 === false ) {\n\t\t\t\/\/\tdocument.cookie = '_fbp=;expires=Thu, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 UTC; path=\/; domain=.boston.com';\n\t\t\t\/\/}\n\t\t\t\/* Checking if the user has given consent for the cookie C0002.\n\t\t\t* If the user has given consent, the variable consent will be set to 'grant'.\n\t\t\t* If the user has not given consent,the variable consent will be set to 'revoke'.\n\t\t\t* Documentation https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/docs\/meta-pixel\/implementation\/gdpr\n\t\t\t*\/\n\t\t\tif ( ( onetrustStorageConsent !== null ) && (onetrustStorageConsent.C0002 !== true ) ) {\n\t\t\t\tconsent = 'revoke';\n\t\t\t}<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function()\n\t\t{n.callMethod? 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The Boston Celtics traveled to the White House Thursday to meet with President Joe Biden and celebrate the franchise\u2019s 18th NBA championship. 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