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News Articles: Sports

A demonstrator holds a placard during an anti-Olympics demonstration in Tokyo on Monday. A prominent doctors association has joined calls to cancel the Summer Games in Tokyo.

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  • Sports

Cancel The Olympics, Says Tokyo Doctors Association

Tokyo-area hospitals "have their hands full," the Tokyo Medical Practitioners Association says in an open letter to Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga. The group represents some 6,000 primary care doctors.

May 18, 2021
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By:
  • Anthony Kuhn and
  • Mark Katkov
v\Nearly 41,000 attended the first full-capacity Atlanta United game on Saturday – a record number since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  • Sports

More Than 40K Attend Atlanta United Game In Record COVID-19 Attendance

More than 40,000 attended the first full-capacity Atlanta United game on Saturday — a record number since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

May 18, 2021
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By:
  • Sarah Rose
Cyclists cycle past the main entrance of the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, India, a venue where cricket matches were taking place during the 2021 Indian Premier League — until it was suspended.

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  • Global Health

India's Major Cricket Tournament Got Suspended. Should It Have Even Happened?

The Indian Premier League was suspended in May, but critics weigh in on whether the event should have been held at all amid the country's deadly COVID-19 crisis.

May 18, 2021
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By:
  • Sushmita Pathak
Jockey Flavien Prat, #6, riding Rombauer, celebrates as he wins the 146th running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday in Baltimore.

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  • Sports

Rombauer Pulls Surprise Win At Preakness Stakes

Against long odds, Rombauer won the second leg of the Triple Crown in Baltimore on Saturday at the 146th running of the Preakness Stakes.

May 15, 2021
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By:
  • Emma Bowman
Jockey Flavien Prat, #6, riding Rombauer, celebrates as he wins the 146th running of the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course on Saturday in Baltimore.

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  • Sports

Rombauer Pulls Surprise Win At Preakness Stakes

Against long odds, Rombauer won the second leg of the Triple Crown in Baltimore on Saturday at the 146th running of the Preakness Stakes.

May 15, 2021
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By:
  • Emma Bowman
The New York Yankees, including manager Aaron Boone, are back to wearing masks after the team reported eight "breakthrough" COVID-19 cases this week.

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  • Sports

What To Make Of The Yankees Outbreak? Scientists Say: Don't Panic, We Expected This

The New York Yankees have reported eight "breakthrough" cases among vaccinated staff and a player. Scientists say the outbreak is in line with what's already known about the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

May 15, 2021
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By:
  • Becky Sullivan
A crowd demonstrates against the Tokyo Olympics earlier this month in Tokyo. With less than three months remaining until the Olympics, concern lingers in Japan over the feasibility of hosting such a huge event during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

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  • World

Opposition To Tokyo Games Grows Heated Amid COVID Concerns

The Japanese government remains adamant that the games will proceed as planned, even as local governments and protesters express rising concern about hosting the event during the pandemic.

May 14, 2021
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By:
  • Anthony Kuhn
Breanna Stewart of the Seattle Storm announced a deal for a signature shoe with sports brand Puma.

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  • Sports

Stewie Gets Her Own Sneaks: WNBA Star Pens First Deal In A Decade

Breanna Stewart's new sneaker deal with Puma includes the first signature shoe for a WNBA player in a decade. ESPN's Nick DePaula tells NPR's Mary Louise Kelly what it means for the industry.

May 12, 2021
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By:
  • Mary Louise Kelly and
  • Jason Fuller
Senior night at Rutgers, where graduating seniors received framed jerseys and applause at the last home game of their careers. Though graduation rates have improved over time, Black basketball players in the NCAA's top division graduate at a rate about 13 percentage points lower than their white teammates.

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  • Sports

Knight Commission Urges NCAA And Schools To Tackle Racial Inequity

Although Black athletes make up about half of D1 football and basketball players, they graduate and get coaching jobs at lower rates than their white peers. The commission says it's time that changes.

May 12, 2021
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By:
  • Becky Sullivan
Tanitoluwa Adewumi, pictured in 2019, just became the newest national chess master in the U.S. at age 10.

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  • Arts & Life

Meet America's Newest Chess Master, 10-Year-Old Tanitoluwa Adewumi

At 10 years old, Tanitoluwa Adewumi just became one of the youngest chess masters in the United States — and he's not done yet. He says he hopes to become the world's youngest grandmaster.

May 12, 2021
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By:
  • Mary Louise Kelly,
  • Karen Zamora,
  • and 1 more
GPB  NPR

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  • Race

Knight Commission Task Force Examines Racial Equity In College Sports

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Shanteona Keys of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics about the organization's new report on achieving racial equity in college sports.

May 12, 2021
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  • GPB Newsroom
Kentucky Derby winner — for now — Medina Spirit, left, walks the track at Pimlico in Baltimore ahead of Saturday's Preakness Stakes.

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  • Sports

Medina Spirit Allowed To Run In The Preakness Amid Controversy Over Failed Drug Test

After previously accusing critics of "cancel culture," trainer Bob Baffert admitted Tuesday that the horse had been given an ointment containing the offending drug in the days leading up to the Derby.

May 11, 2021
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By:
  • Becky Sullivan
Medina Spirit, ridden by jockey John Velazquez, leads the field  during the Kentucky Derby in Louisville on May 1. On Sunday, trainer Bob Baffert revealed the Derby winner had failed a drug test.

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  • Sports

Kentucky Derby Winner Fails Drug Test, Renewing Scrutiny For Trainer Bob Baffert

Medina Spirit, the horse that won the Kentucky Derby earlier this month, has failed a drug test. It's the latest drug test failure for trainer Bob Baffert's horses. He denies any wrongdoing.

May 09, 2021
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By:
  • Eric McDaniel
The last Olympic torch relay runner for the Osaka leg concludes the event in Suita, north of Osaka, western Japan, last month.

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  • Sports

Pfizer To Vaccinate Olympic Athletes As Japan Mulls Extending Pandemic Restrictions

With the Tokyo Games weeks away, the pharmaceutical company and its German partner, BioNTech, have agreed to donate the necessary doses.

May 06, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
Madison Kenyon (left), who is cisgender, runs track and cross-country at Idaho State University. She supports Idaho's transgender sports ban. Lindsay Hecox (right) is transgender and hopes to make the women's track and cross-country teams at Boise State University.

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  • Law

Idaho's Transgender Sports Ban Faces A Major Legal Hurdle

Do transgender women and girls have a constitutional right to play on women's sports teams? That question was argued before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday.

May 03, 2021
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  • Melissa Block
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