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Jennifer Aniston, who played Rachel

The American sitcom Friends has earned many awards and nominations. The show aired on NBC from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004. During its run, it won six Primetime Emmy Awards from sixty-two nominations, including the Outstanding Comedy Series award in 2002 and acting wins for cast members Jennifer Aniston (pictured) and Lisa Kudrow. Friends was also nominated five times for the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy; Aniston won a Golden Globe in 2003 for her performance. In industry awards, it won two Screen Actors Guild Awards and earned nominations for awards from the Directors, Producers, and Writers Guilds of America. The show was a major popular success and received eleven People's Choice Awards and twelve Teen Choice Awards from audiences. After the show ended, it received the TCA Heritage Award in 2018 and four Emmy nominations for its 2021 reunion special. (Full list...)

Pat Riley

The 1970 NBA expansion draft was the fifth expansion draft of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on May 11, 1970, so that the newly founded Buffalo Braves, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Portland Trail Blazers could acquire players for the 1970–71 season. Buffalo, Cleveland, and Portland were awarded the expansion teams on February 6, 1970. The Braves' selections included six-time All-Star Bailey Howell, the Cavaliers' selections included All-Stars Don Ohl and Len Chappell, and the Blazers' selections included former first overall pick Fred Hetzel and former third pick Larry Siegfried. The Blazers also selected Pat Riley (pictured), who never played for the team, but went on to have a Hall of Fame coaching career, enshrined in 2008. (Full list...)