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News Articles: Sports

The Olympic rings displayed outside the National Stadium, a venue for the 2020 Olympic Games, in Tokyo last year. The Games have been delayed until 2021 because of the coronavirus.

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  • Sports

'No Cheering': Tokyo Olympic Organizers Release Guidelines For Torch Relay

The Tokyo Organizing Committee are urging spectators to only clap, not cheer, when the Olympic torchbearers make their way through Japan starting March 25.

February 25, 2021
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By:
  • Brakkton Booker
Tiger Woods, pictured at the Genesis Invitational golf tournament in Pacific Palisades, Calif., just two days before the accident on Feb. 23. The golfer was injured in a vehicle rollover in Los Angeles County and had to be extricated from the vehicle.

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  • National

Tiger Woods Will Not Face Charges In Rollover Crash, Is Recovering After Surgery

"This is purely an accident," the Los Angeles County sheriff said, adding there's no evidence Woods was intoxicated. The golfer is awake and responsive after a "long surgical procedure."

February 24, 2021
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
A vehicle rests on its side after a rollover accident involving golfer Tiger Woods along a road in the Rancho Palos Verdes section of Los Angeles County on Tuesday. Woods suffered leg injuries in the one-car accident and underwent surgery, authorities and his agent said.

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  • National

Tiger Woods 'Awake, Responsive' After Undergoing Surgery For Rollover Crash

The legendary golfer suffered "multiple leg injuries," according to his agent. The sheriff's department said Woods was driving the only car involved in the collision.

February 24, 2021
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By:
  • Merrit Kennedy,
  • Vanessa Romo,
  • and 1 more
The "Holy Grail" of baseball cards, a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle, is put on display as part of a baseball memorabilia exhibit at the History Colorado Center on July 16, 2018, in Denver.

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  • Opinion

OPINION: When Baseball Cards Sell For Millions, They Lose Their Real Value

NPR's Scott Simon offers his thoughts on why the value of baseball cards shouldn't be measured in dollars.

February 20, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Simon
Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Organizing Committee, speaks during the Tokyo 2020 Executive Board meeting Thursday.

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  • Sports

Female Olympic Veteran Chosen As Tokyo Games Organizing Chief

Seiko Hashimoto competed as a speed skater in four Winter Games and as a cyclist in three Summer Games. She replaces Yoshiro Mori, who resigned under pressure after complaining women talk too much.

February 18, 2021
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By:
  • Anthony Kuhn
Tokyo 2020 President Yoshiro Mori speaks during a news conference in Tokyo last week.

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  • Sports

Chief Of Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee Resigns Over Sexist Remarks

Yoshiro Mori, the 83-year-old president of the Tokyo Olympics organizing committee, bows to pressure following his sexist remarks and resigns.

February 12, 2021
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  • Anthony Kuhn
The stands at the Australian Open will be looking quite empty for the next five days after officials in the state of Victoria called for a five-day lockdown of the region. Spectators won't be allowed at Melbourne Park during that time.

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  • Sports

Australian Open Bans Spectators As State Enters 5-Day Lockdown

Officials in Victoria imposed a snap lockdown after several new cases of the highly contagious U.K. variant of the coronavirus were discovered.

February 12, 2021
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Japan's Olympic organizing committee president, Yoshiro Mori, speaks during a news conference in Tokyo on Feb. 4.

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  • World

Yoshiro Mori Reportedly Plans To Quit As Japan's Olympic Chief Over Sexist Remarks

The Tokyo Olympic committee head plans to resign Friday amid a firestorm of criticism about his comments disparaging women's participation in organizing the Tokyo Games, say Japanese outlets.

February 11, 2021
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  • Anthony Kuhn
Kamaiu Johnson practices ahead of his PGA Tour debut on Thursday at legendary Pebble Beach. Johnson, 27, was discovered by a golf pro at age 13 after he had dropped out of school.

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  • Sports

A Golfer's Dream Delayed, But Finally Realized At The Game's Highest Level

When 27-year-old Kamaiu Johnson tees off in the first round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, it'll mark the culmination of an improbable journey.

February 11, 2021
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By:
  • Tom Goldman
The Dallas Mavericks will resume playing "The Star-Spangled Banner" before their games at American Airlines Center, after an initial decision that reportedly came directly from owner Mark Cuban.

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  • Sports

Dallas Mavericks To Resume Playing National Anthem Following Pushback From The NBA

The team had stopped playing the anthem at the request of owner Mark Cuban, leading the NBA to reiterate that playing "The Star-Spangled Banner" is required under "longstanding league policy."

February 10, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Yoshiro Mori, the president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, listens to a question from a journalist during a news conference in Tokyo last Thursday.

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  • World

Tokyo Olympic Organizers Face Mounting Pressure Over Sexist Remarks

Despite the efforts of Japanese and Olympic officials to quash the debate, pressure on the Games' organizing chief is mounting over his recent comments that women talk too much in board meetings.

February 09, 2021
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By:
  • Anthony Kuhn
Former Los Angeles Laker Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna, shown here in 2018, were killed in a helicopter crash last year.

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  • National

NTSB Says Pilot Had 'Spatial Disorientation' In Kobe Bryant Helicopter Crash

Also contributing to the accident, the safety board said Tuesday, was the pilot's likely "self-induced pressure" to please a high-profile client and a bias toward continuing with the established plan.

February 09, 2021
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley

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  • Television

Flat Matt, Falling Lemons And Digital Dolly: The 2021 Super Bowl Ads

Super Bowl LV was Sunday, and as always, a lot of viewers tuned in for the over-the-top ads. Bud Light and Robinhood were standouts, but Dolly Parton fell flat with a rework of her hit "9 to 5."

February 08, 2021
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By:
  • Eric Deggans
Quarterback Tom Brady celebrates with the Vince Lombardi Trophy after leading the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to Super Bowl victory against the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday.

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  • Sports

Tom Brady Leads Tampa Bay Buccaneers To Super Bowl Win Over Kansas City Chiefs 31-9

The Tampa Bay quarterback won his record seventh Super Bowl in his first season with the Buccaneers. Brady set a number of records including being the oldest ever to play in the championship.

February 08, 2021
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By:
  • Russell Lewis
Leon Spinks lands a punch on Muhammad Ali in the title fight in Las Vegas on Feb. 15, 1978. Spinks beat Ali to claim the heavyweight championship and shock the boxing world.

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  • Obituaries

Boxer Leon Spinks, Who Toppled Muhammad Ali, Dies At 67

Spinks shocked the boxing world in 1978 when he defeated the reigning heavyweight champion in a bruising 15-round match. "He's still the greatest," Spinks said, "I'm just the latest."

February 07, 2021
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  • Jason Breslow
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