Dodgers Channel Close To Being A Reality
Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: In recent years, regional cable TV sports networks have been a financial windfall for pro sports and college teams.
View ArticleL.A. Lakers Struggle Through Season
Transcript RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: The Los Angeles Lakers beat the New Orleans Hornets last night, 111-to-106. It was a normally forgettable late January game. But every victory means something to a...
View ArticleConcussion Issue Attracts Pre-Super Bowl Attention
Calls for better equipment and protection for players grew louder in the NFL this year. It follows growing evidence of the damage caused by repeated blows to the head, and some high-profile suicides by...
View ArticleWorld Baseball Classic Heads For Dramatic Finish
NPR's Tom Goldman is covering the World Baseball Classic tournament and sends along this report:It's spring and the game of baseball still is stretching after a long winter sleep. But the national team...
View ArticleWorld Baseball Classic's All-Caribbean Showdown Is A Winner Either Way
NPR's Tom Goldman is covering the World Baseball Classic tournament and sends along this report:Tonight's championship game of the World Baseball Classic is certain to produce a dramatic image after...
View ArticleMarch Madness Report From San Jose, Calif.
Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Whoever first said history repeats itself probably never expected Harvard to win a game in the NCAA men's basketball tournament. It's never happened before. The Ivy...
View ArticleOregon's Arsalan Kazemi: From Iran To NCAA Hoopla
San Jose, Calif., is just a piece of a very big March Madness pie.
View ArticleOld Guard And Fresh Faces Square Off At Women's Final Four
A women's Final Four without Baylor, Stanford or Tennessee? That's happened only one other time in the last dozen years. We've become so used to it being a power party, that it's downright...
View ArticleWomen's NCAA Championship Game Is Set
Transcript TOM GOLDMAN, BYLINE: And this is Tom Goldman in New Orleans where the Louisville women's team continued its surprising run through the tournament. It followed up stunners over Baylor and...
View ArticleGiant-Killing Louisville Women Look To Keep Charmed Run Alive
Tonight, there's a chance for a rare double in NCAA Division I college basketball.As we reported earlier, if the University of Louisville scores a victory in the women's championship game, it will be...
View ArticleUConn Wins 8th National Championship Over Louisville
The University of Connecticut has won the women's NCAA basketball championship, beating Louisville 93-60. Louisville was trying to become just the second school to win both the men's and women's...
View ArticleDown To The Putt: Golf Analytics Gain Traction
Numbers crunching has become a big deal in sports. Analytics have been slower to take hold in the tradition-bound game of golf, but it is happening. NPR's Tom Goldman reports on the phenomenon from the...
View ArticleAustralian Adam Scott Wins Golf's Masters
Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Australia is celebrating its first Masters champion. Hard to believe, but the great Australian golfer Greg Norman never did this. Adam Scott did, yesterday. He's 32 and...
View ArticleNBA Purists Swoon Over Spurs' Style Of Play
The NBA Finals begin Thursday night in Miami. Though they haven't won a championship since 2007, the San Antonio Spurs have remained in the hunt because of their style of team play. The Spurs will face...
View ArticleL.A. Embraces Dodger Rookie Yasiel Puig
Transcript DAVID GREENE, HOST: In baseball, the summer of Yasiel Puig goes on. The breakout star for the Los Angeles Dodgers is a mere five weeks into his major league career. And in that short time he...
View ArticleFor One Seniors Basketball Team, The Game Never Gets Old
As athletes age, participation in team sports seems to fall by the wayside in favor of more low-impact activities like swimming and walking. But that's not for everyone. The National Senior Games...
View ArticleU.S. Men's Soccer Is On A Roll — All The Way To Rio?
At the beginning of 2013 — with only a year before soccer's crown jewel event, the World Cup in Brazil — all was not rosy with the U.S. Men's National Soccer Team. There was that 0-0 tie with Canada,...
View ArticleUSA Swimming To Review Sexual Misconduct Prevention Program
The governing body of U.S. competitive swimming announced an independent review of its program to protect athletes from sexual abuse. There are new questions, some from Congress, about whether swimming...
View ArticleUSA Swimming Faces Lingering Doubts Over Sexual Abuse
There's concern the sport of swimming still may be dealing with a sexual abuse problem in the United States.It's been three years since revelations emerged in the media.
View ArticleConcussion Suits: NFL, Retirees Reach $765 Million Deal
More than 4,500 retired players had been part of the lawsuits. They claimed the league hadn't properly protected them over the years. In the settlement, the NFL does not admit any liability.
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