players from owning stock in their clubs. Turner appealed to Commissioner of Baseball Bowie Kuhn, and showed up to manage the Braves when they returned home. However, Kuhn turned down the appeal, citing Turner's "lack of familiarity with game operations." In the mid-1980s Turner began leaving day-to-day operations to the baseball operations staff, and the team (still under Turner's ownership) won the 1995 World Series. The Atlanta Braves were sold by Time Warner (which had assumed control after the merger with Turner Broadcasting) to Liberty Media in 2007. Awards and honors Media 1984: Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement 1989: Paul White Award, Radio Television Digital News Association 1990: Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism. 1991: Time magazine's Man of the Year. 1997: Peabody Award winner 1999: Edison Achievement Award for his commitment to innovation throughout his career 2000: Edward R. Murrow Award for Lifetime Achievement in Communication Two-time Emmy Award winner Lifetime Achievement - Sports (2014) Lifetime Achievement - News & Documentary (2015) Sports 1995: World Series champion (as owner of the Atlanta Braves) 1996: Atlanta Braves home ballpark (1996-2016) named Turner Field 2004: Commemorative banner at State Farm Arena honoring his tenure as owner of the Atlanta Hawks Halls of Fame 1991: Television Hall of Fame inductee 2004: Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Organizational 1991: Audubon medal from the National Audubon Society 2001: Albert Schweitzer Gold Medal for Humanitarianism 2010: Georgia Trustee, an honor given by the Georgia Historical Society, in conjunction with the Governor of Georgia 2013: Lone Sailor Award, which recognizes Navy, Marine and Coast Guard veterans who have distinguished themselves in their civilian careers (Turner is a Coast Guard veteran). Politics On September 19, 2006, in a Reuters Newsmaker conference, Turner said of Iran's nuclear position: "They're a sovereign state. We have 28,000. Why can't they have 10? We don't say anything about Israelthey've got 100 of them approximatelyor India or Pakistan or Russia." A proponent of healthcare reform bills, Turner has said: "We’re the only first-world country that doesn't have universal healthcare and it's a disgrace." In 2010, during the wake of both the devastating Deepwater Horizon environmental disaster and the Upper Big Branch Mine disaster that killed 29 miners in West Virginia, Turner stated on CNN that "I'm just wondering if God is telling us He doesn't want to drill offshore. And right before that, we had