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News Articles: Sports

All men's NCAA Basketball Tournament games are being held in Indiana in a makeshift coronavirus bubble. Purdue's Mackey Arena in West Lafayette is hosting some of the early games.

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From A-To-Z, We Have You Covered For The NCAA March Madness Basketball Tournaments

After the coronavirus led to the cancellation of the NCAA Division 1 basketball tournaments last year, this year's games are on — but with changes including fewer fans, no bands or cheerleaders.

March 19, 2021
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  • Tom Goldman
Roughly 35 bills are being proposed that would limit or prohibit transgender women from competing in women's athletics. Above, athletes run in the Women's 400 meter final during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

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  • Sports

Wave Of Bills To Block Trans Athletes Has No Basis In Science, Researcher Says

Legislation in several states would limit or prohibit transgender women from competing in women's athletics. An expert on sex differences in athletes says the bills aren't rooted in science.

March 19, 2021
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By:
  • Tinbete Ermyas and
  • Kira Wakeam
Rutgers guard Geo Baker, seen here last month, is one of the college basketball players leading a protest against the NCAA's rules preventing players from profiting from their own name, image and likeness.

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  • Sports

Before March Madness, College Athletes Declare They Are #NotNCAAProperty

"Players ISOLATED entire year to help make this tournament happen," tweeted Rutgers senior Geo Baker. "NCAA: rewarded w/ $900 million. Players: rewarded w/ free deodorant and small boxed meals."

March 18, 2021
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley
Hiroshi Sasaki resigned as the director of the opening and closing Olympic ceremonies after it was revealed that he had suggested that a female comedian should appear as an "Olympig."

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  • Sports

Japan Olympics Official Quits After Demeaning Remark About Female Entertainer

Hiroshi Sasaki resigned as the director of the opening and closing Olympic ceremonies after it was revealed that he had suggested that a female comedian should appear as an "Olympig."

March 18, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
GPB  NPR

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  • Sports

March Madness Gears Up

The NCAA men's basketball tournament gets underway on Thursday. Normally, March Madness is a truly wild tournament. This year, because of COVID-19, it's going to have a very different look.

March 18, 2021
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  • Tom Goldman
Connecticut head coach Geno Auriemma talks to his team during a game against Villanova in the Big East tournament on March 7, 2021. Auriemma has tested positive for the coronavirus.

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  • Sports

NCAA Women's Basketball: UConn Again A Top Seed. But Starting Without Its Famed Coach

UConn Head Coach Geno Auerimma has tested positive for the coronavirus and won't be able to join his team until the second round of the NCAA women's basketball tournament.

March 15, 2021
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  • Tom Goldman
Georgia Tech's men's basketball team celebrates its ACC Tournament championship win Saturday, March 13, 2021 in Greensboro, NC.

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  • Sports

Georgia Tech Wins ACC Tournament Championship

The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets men's basketball team secured an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament after winning the ACC Conference tournament Saturday night. 

March 14, 2021
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  • Associated Press and
  • Sandy Malcolm
Marvin Hagler (right) versus John "The Beast" Mugabe on March 10, 1986. Hagler won the fight with an 11th round knockout.

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  • Sports

Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Boxing Great, Is Dead At 66

Hagler, the undisputed middleweight champion between 1980 and 1987, died on Saturday.

March 14, 2021
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  • Chloee Weiner
Birmingham Barons outfielder Luis Basabe moves toward a ball in front of the vintage scoreboard in 2019 at Rickwood Field, America's oldest baseball park, in Birmingham, Ala.

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  • Sports

Minor League Baseball To Experiment With Robotic Umpires

The robot could help rein in different interpretations of the strike zone among umpires. It also limits the ability of catchers to frame a pitch. The machine will appear in select Low-A games.

March 12, 2021
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  • Merrit Kennedy
Before there were masks, there were elbow bumps. Rep. Stephen Lynch, D-Mass., and Dr. Anthony Fauci greet each other before a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on March 11, 2020.

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  • National

March 11, 2020: The Day Everything Changed

The WHO declared a pandemic. The NBA shut down its season. President Trump banned travel from Europe. Tom Hanks tested positive. On one day a year ago, the coronavirus became very real in America.

March 11, 2021
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley
GPB's Jon Nelson interviews Jeff Herron in 2016 when he was the head football coach at Grayson High School.

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  • Sports

Football Fridays in Georgia: Get Back To Where You Once Belonged

On the Football Fridays in Georgia podcast, hosts Hannah Goodin and Jon Nelson catch up with coach Jeff Herron. Camden County welcomes him back to the sidelines in 2021, but he has to first finish his college assignment at Tennessee Tech.

March 10, 2021
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  • Jon Nelson ,
  • Hannah Goodin ,
  • and 1 more
GPB  NPR

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  • Sports

Saturday Sports: Sporting Events Begin Return Toward In-Person Attendance

The NBA All-Star game will be played March 7 in Atlanta with more than a thousand expected attendees. NPR's Scott Simon talks to ESPN's Howard Bryant on what this could mean for the pandemic.

March 08, 2021
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  • GPB Newsroom
Sled dogs of Thomas Waerner's team run in Willow, Alaska, last year, when he placed first.

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  • National

Pandemic Forces Mushers To Adapt To An Already Grueling Iditarod

New COVID-19 precautions call for a shortened course, big tents and a new starting line. But that doesn't mean this year's "Last Great Race" will be any easier.

March 07, 2021
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By:
  • Catherine Whelan
Disneyland, Anaheim, Calif., September 2020. California announced theme parks, sports arenas and stadiums will be allowed to open on April 1 if they meet health requirements at the county level.

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  • Health

California Set To Open Ballparks, Arenas And Theme Parks In April

Attendance for sporting events, live music and theme parks will vary at the county level based on COVID-19 infection rates. Only in-state residents will be allowed to attend.

March 05, 2021
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By:
  • Dustin Jones
Four-year-old Lois Copley-Jones, the photographer's daughter, takes part in a livestreamed broadcast of "PE With Joe" on March 23, 2020, in Newcastle-under-Lyme, England. The popular fitness series ended Friday.

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  • World

As Schools Reopen, Popular 'PE With Joe' Online Exercise Class Goes Bye-Bye

A year ago, as the pandemic began, fitness instructor Joe Wicks started a daily exercise class for kids on YouTube. The videos became popular with kids and their parents. Now the series is ending.

March 05, 2021
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  • Barry Gordemer,
  • Noel King,
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