Dallas Cowboys' Ezekiel Elliott Loses Latest Attempt To Block Suspension
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Dallas Cowboys star running back Ezekiel Elliott has lost his latest attempt to block a six-game suspension related to domestic violence...
View ArticleTeam Russia Waiting To Learn Fate For 2018 Winter Olympics
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: The Winter Olympics in South Korea are coming, and tomorrow we will find out if Russia is going. The International Olympic Committee is set...
View ArticleU.S. Figure Skaters Preparing For PyeongChang Winter Olympics
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Figure skating is always a fan favorite at the Olympic Games, a combination of athleticism, sequined costumes and often melodrama. U.S....
View ArticleRepeated Head Hits, Not Just Concussions, May Lead To A Type Of Chronic Brain...
We live in an age of heightened awareness about concussions. From battlefields around the world to football fields in the U.S., we've heard about the dangers caused when the brain rattles around inside...
View ArticleUncertainty Over Russian Athletes' Participation Clouds Olympics
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit DAVID GREENE, HOST: So we're just days away from the beginning of the Winter Olympics. And we still have no idea how many Russian athletes are going to be there....
View ArticleHow Olympians Cope With The Terror Of Downhill Alpine Skiing
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: The Winter Olympics are officially underway, and as always, one of the most anticipated events is the downhill in alpine skiing. The...
View ArticleDownhill Skiers Gear Up To Face Their Fears — And 'Snow Snakes' — In Winter...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwLblaZxRtg Updated at 11:50 p.m. ET: The men's downhill event was previously scheduled for Sunday morning at 11 a.m. local time, (9 p.m. ET Saturday) in South Korea, at...
View ArticleWhat's Missing From Hockey In The Pyeongchang Winter Olympics
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The men's hockey tournament at the Olympics didn't start well for the Americans. The U.S. lost to Slovenia in overtime. National Hockey League...
View ArticleOlympics: U.S. Falls Behind In Skiing, Figure Skating
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit DAVID GREENE, HOST: Today, at the Winter Olympics, Team USA did not get the results it was hoping for, in skiing or in men's figure skating. We have two reports...
View ArticleAfter Dramatic Downfall, Tiger Woods Might Finally Be Making A Comeback
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: It wasn't long ago that Tiger Woods was golf's greatest player and a global sports icon. His dramatic downfall is well-known as a sex...
View ArticleAs College Basketball Prepares To Crown Men's Champion, Scandal Looms Over...
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Tonight in San Antonio, the Men's Division One College Basketball Final will decide the next champion. This game has been framed as the...
View ArticleBaseball Player Shohei Ohtani Is The Talk Of Fans As MLB Season Gets Started
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: To baseball news now and Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels, who is the talk of this young baseball season. The 23-year-old Japanese...
View ArticleGolden State Warriors Take A 2-0 Lead Over Cleveland Cavaliers
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: So Game 2 of the NBA Finals was last night. And it didn't match the drama and all-out craziness of the first game between the Golden State...
View ArticleGame 3 Of The NBA Finals A Sort Of Homecoming For Golden State Warrior Quinn...
With a few minutes left in game two of the NBA Finals between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Golden State Warriors, this past Sunday, something unremarkable happened: Quinn Cook scored. It was a...
View ArticleCroatia Beats England In Semifinal Match, Will Face France For The World Cup
Croatia has advanced to its first-ever World Cup final in men's soccer. The Croatian National team came from behind and upset favored England 2-to-1 in a semifinal match decided in extra time on...
View ArticleScientists Hunt For A Test To Diagnose Chronic Brain Injury In Living People
CTE has been part of the national lexicon in the U.S. since the 2015 movie Concussion dramatized the discovery of this degenerative brain disease among football players. Chronic traumatic...
View ArticleOhio State Suspends Head Coach Urban Meyer For 3 Games
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit DAVID GREENE, HOST: Ohio State is going to be kicking off its new college football season next week without its famous head coach pacing the sidelines. Coach...
View ArticleUSA Gymnastics President Kerry Perry Forced To Resign After Leadership Missteps
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The organization that oversees gymnastics in the U.S. has been trying to right itself after the sexual abuse scandal involving former national...
View ArticleSerena Williams Loses To Naomi Osaka In U.S. Open
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Let's go to New York now for the U.S. Open women's finals. Twenty-year-old Naomi Osaka beat Serena Williams for the title, but the big story...
View ArticleAfter 4 Back Surgeries, Tiger Woods Wins His First Golf Tournament
Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: It has been more than five years since we've said these words. Tiger Woods has won. Yesterday in Atlanta, that's exactly what happened. The...
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