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Blair Braverman is a contributing editor to <em>Outside Magazine. </em>She's also appeared on the Discovery reality show <em>Naked and Afraid</em>, in which she and a partner were left in a remote area of South Africa without clothes, food or water for three weeks.

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Don't get dragged! Iditarod musher shares tales from the trail

Blair Braverman says if she lets go of the sled, the dogs will race on without her. The question, she says, is not how to get sled dogs to go. Rather, it's how do you get them to stop?

November 16, 2021
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  • Dave Davies
Jon Gruden, pictured in 2018, is suing the NFL and Commissioner Roger Goodell.

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Jon Gruden sues NFL for allegedly leaking emails that led to his resignation

Former Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden filed a lawsuit against the NFL, accusing the league and its commissioner of trying to destroy his career using a "malicious and orchestrated campaign."

November 13, 2021
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  • Catherine Whelan
Buford Wolves

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High school football playoffs begin. But school reclassification is the contest off the field

Georgia high school football teams are heading into the first weekend of the postseason playoffs. But things are different this year. GPB Sports' Jon Nelson joins All Things Considered host Rickey Bevington to preview.

 

 

November 12, 2021
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  • Rickey Bevington
A screenshot of Julia "Hurricane" Hawkins running the 100-meter dash at the 2021 Louisiana Senior Games.

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A 105-year-old runner created a new age bracket for the 100m — and set the record

Julia "Hurricane" Hawkins crossed the finish line in 1:02:95. "It was wonderful to see so many family members and friends. But I wanted to do it in less than a minute," she said.

November 12, 2021
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  • Joe Hernandez
Former Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III makes an initial appearance in Las Vegas Justice Court in Las Vegas, Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021. Ruggs is facing charges relating to a fiery vehicle crash in Las Vegas that left a woman dead and Ruggs and his female passenger injured.

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Former Raiders receiver Henry Ruggs III is charged after fatal Las Vegas car crash

Prosecutors say Ruggs was driving under the influence of alcohol at 156 mph when he slammed into a Toyota Rav4, killing a 23-year-old woman. If convicted, he could face as much as 50 years in prison.

November 12, 2021
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  • Tien Le
Paul George of the Los Angeles Clippers says the new Wilson ball doesn't feel the same as the old Spalding one.

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  • Sports

NBA stars are missing 3-pointers this season. Is a new ball really to blame?

There are a bunch of theories about why players are missing the 3-point shot this season. Is it because of a new ball, or are they just making excuses?

November 11, 2021
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  • Mano Sundaresan
Aminata Diallo, pictured here while she was on loan to the National Women's Soccer League's Utah Royals, warms up prior to a match in July 2020 in Herriman, Utah.

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Soccer player Aminata Diallo has been arrested after an attack on her teammate

In an incident that's drawing comparisons to Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan, the Paris Saint-Germain player allegedly arranged for two men to attack rival Kheira Hamraoui, injuring her legs.

November 10, 2021
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  • Sharon Pruitt-Young
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers acknowledged Tuesday that he had misled some people about his vaccination status, but added, "I stand behind the things that I said."

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  • Sports

NFL fines Green Bay Packers, Aaron Rodgers for violating COVID protocols

With Rodgers sidelined by the diagnosis and league protocols on Sunday, the Packers lost 13-7 to the Kansas City Chiefs. He remains at home as part of a league-imposed 10-day quarantine.

November 10, 2021
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  • Dave Mistich
Photographers take photos of Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius as he appears at a bail hearing for the shooting death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, in Pretoria, South Africa, Feb 20, 2013. Eight years after he shot dead his girlfriend, Pistorius is up for parole, but first he must meet with her parents as part of the parole procedure.

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8 years after he killed his girlfriend, Olympic runner Pistorius is up for parole

Oscar Pistorius, a double-amputee who competed at the 2012 Olympics, has been eligible for parole since July after serving half his sentence. He was convicted of murdering model Reva Steenkamp.

November 09, 2021
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  • The Associated Press
President Biden welcomed the Milwaukee Bucks to the White House, the first NBA champions to visit there in five years.

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The Milwaukee Bucks are the first NBA champions to visit the White House since 2016

Members of the Golden State Warriors and Toronto Raptors, who won recent championships, had declined to visit President Donald Trump, while the Lakers' visit was canceled because of COVID protocols.

November 08, 2021
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  • James Doubek
Aaron Rodgers walks off the field following in Glendale, Arizona on Oct. 28. Rodgers missed the Packers' 13-7 loss to the Chiefs on Sunday after being placed on the league's reserve/COVID-19 list.

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  • Sports

NFL denies telling Aaron Rodgers vaccinated people couldn't get or spread COVID-19

The Green Bay Packers quarterback is not vaccinated, but previously said he was "immunized." An NFL spokesman said no doctor for the league ever communicated with Rodgers about the vaccine.

November 08, 2021
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  • Joe Hernandez
Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman admires The Commissioner's Trophy during the team’s victory celebration at Truist Park on Nov. 5.

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  • Sports

Can't get enough! Here's a photo gallery of the Atlanta Braves World Series Parade

Atlanta Braves players and fans descended on the city of Atlanta and Cobb County on Nov. 5 to celebrate the first World Series championship for the team since 1995. 

November 08, 2021
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  • Riley Bunch
Women's division winner Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya crosses the finish line during the 2021 TCS New York City Marathon in New York on November 7, 2021.

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Kenya's Albert Korir and Peres Jepchirchir have won the New York City Marathon

The iconic 26.2-mile trek through all five of the city's boroughs returned in person on Sunday after it was cancelled last year due to the pandemic.

November 07, 2021
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  • Joe Hernandez
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers Rodgers has strongly questioned the NFL's COVID-19 protocols, along with any organization forcing health requirements on individuals.

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  • Sports

Health care company cuts ties with Aaron Rodgers after COVID-19 vaccine comments

Prevea Health said the company and the Green Bay Packers star mutually agreed to end a nine-year partnership after Rodgers explained why he's avoided getting a COVID-19 vaccine endorsed by the NFL.

November 06, 2021
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  • The Associated Press
Buford Wolves

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  • Sports

Who's going to the playoffs? It's high school football Decision Day — or maybe weekend

The final weekend of the regular season determines what teams enter the postseason. Sometimes the process of elimination gets pretty wild. All Things Considered host Rickey Bevington asks GPB Sports' Jon Nelson about it.

November 05, 2021
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  • Rickey Bevington
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