WNBA's Elena Della Donne Thrives In Chicago
Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: All right. In this country, women's pro basketball playoffs begin tonight. The contenders seeking a win of intergalactic proportions, as you said a moment ago, Renee,...
View ArticleNFL Fans Weigh Impact Of Players' Head Injuries
The NFL season is in high gear — a fact that pleases the roughly 64 percent of Americans who watch football. The season rolls on despite the now constant news about concussions in the sport.The recent...
View ArticleNBA Preview: On Valuable Knees And Building Legacies
Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: The NBA begins a new regular season today with three games. Among the match-ups, the two-time defending champion Miami Heat play the Chicago Bulls. That game features...
View ArticleFla. Prosecutor: No Sexual Assault Charges For FSU Football Star
Transcript MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: A Florida prosecutor says he will not charge Florida State University football star Jameis Winston with sexual assault. The 19-year-old quarterback was being...
View ArticleFSU Quarterback Jameis Winston Won't Be Charged With Rape
Transcript RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: Tomorrow night, star quarterback Jameis Winston will lead the Florida State Seminoles against Duke in the Atlantic Coast Conference title game. It's a big deal, mainly...
View ArticleRape Accusation Still Shadows Heisman Finalist
On Saturday night, there's a very good chance Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston will win the Heisman Trophy, awarded each year to the best college football player in the country.For Winston,...
View ArticleNBA Trailblazers Continue Their Surprising Season
With the NBA season a third of the way through, the Portland Trailblazers are having a very good year. But they'll be tested when they meet defending champions the Miami Heat on Saturday.
View ArticleKiwi Gardner Gets A Break, Told To 'Go At The Rim'
Transcript DAVID GREENE, HOST: We have an update now on a hoop dream. In October, NPR's listeners heard from Kiwi Gardner, a 20-year-old, five-foot-seven inch basketball wiz from Oakland, California....
View ArticleMany Fans Not Sad To See End Of Bowl Championship Series
On Monday night, Florida State and Auburn battle for the national college football title. It will be the last championship under the much maligned Bowl Championship Series, or BCS. A new playoff system...
View ArticleFlorida State Beat Auburn To Become College Football Champs
Transcript RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: The Florida State Seminoles completed their undefeated run a college football championship last night. In Pasadena, here in southern California, the Seminoles won the...
View ArticleU.S. Olympic Skier Finds Team Spirit, Minus The Team
The U.S. Olympic team is taking shape in the run-up to next month's Winter Games in Russia.
View ArticleRidge Of High Pressure Blocks Snow From Oregon Ski Resort
Throughout the West, bone dry conditions are exacting a toll on places that rely on water to thrive. In southern Oregon, recreation plays an important role in the region's economy. The ongoing drought...
View ArticleYoung Athletes Risk Back Injury By Playing Too Much
Jack Everett sat on his living room couch wearing a back brace, eyes glued to a massive TV set playing his favorite video game, "NHL 2013.""I'm the Boston Bruins," the 10-year-old said as he deftly...
View ArticleNBA Teams Take A Break For The All-Star Game
Transcript RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: There have actually been some sports going on in the world that don't require a triple axel or a backside air 1080 - although sometimes it seems like Lebron James nails...
View ArticleJason Collins Joins Nets, Is NBA's First Openly Gay Player
Jason Collins signed with the NBA's Brooklyn Nets on Sunday. With the deal, he becomes, not only the NBA's first gay player, but the first openly gay athlete active in U.S. major professional sports.
View ArticleDrought Closes Oregon Resort Before The Season Even Opens
Transcript JACKI LYDEN, HOST: This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Jacki Lyden. This was supposed to be a special year for the Mount Ashland ski area in Southern Oregon as it celebrated its 50th...
View ArticleKentucky Ends Wichita State's Unbeaten Season
Transcript DAVID GREENE, HOST: OK. Time for an update on March Madness and first condolences are in order for the state of Kansas. Two of its highly regarded men's college basketball teams are out of...
View ArticleFreshmen Wildcats Step Easily Into Storied Tradition
Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: It is the last day of March, but there's still another weekend of March Madness to come. Four teams gather in Dallas this weekend for the Final Four. If you go strictly...
View ArticleLabor Ruling May Be Tipping Point For College Sports
Last week, a National Labor Relations Board ruling gave football players at Northwestern University the right to unionize. Northwestern is challenging the decision. The NCAA supports the appeal.
View ArticleUConn To Face Kentucky In NCAA Final
The matchup is set for Monday's men's NCAA basketball championship. The Connecticut Huskies will take on the Kentucky Wildcats.
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