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New York Yankees' Jasson Domínguez (24) scores during the third inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers, Saturday, March 29, 2025, in New York.

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Nine home runs for the Yankees lead to questions about their new bats

Some Yankees players used a new bat during the second game in the Major League Baseball series against the Milwaukee Brewers. 

March 31, 2025
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  • Mansee Khurana
Savannah Banana Alex Ziegler balances a "torpedo bat" on his chin at Truist Park in Atlanta on March 31, 2025.

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WATCH: Savannah Bananas take over Truist Park for two nights of 'Banana Ball'

Over the weekend, the Savannah Bananas brought their touring baseball show to the home of the Atlanta Braves for the very first time.

March 31, 2025
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  • Chase McGee
Players for the Jersey Shore Wave inside Hinchliffe Stadium in Paterson, New Jersey where the team will play its home games this season.

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Jersey Shore Wave to kick off season as one of the newest teams in women's football

The Women's National Football Conference kicks off its sixth season this weekend. The Jersey Shore Wave is one of the new teams joining the league this year.

March 29, 2025
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  • Buffy Gorrilla
Alysa Liu, of the United States, performs during the women's free skating program at the figure skating world championships in Boston on Friday.

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  • Sports

Alysa Liu ends long U.S. drought at women's figure skating world championships

"I don't know how to process this," the 19-year-old from Clovis, Calif., said after becoming the first American women's figure skating world champion in nearly two decades.

March 29, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Michigan State beat Ole Miss in the Sweet 16 round of March Madness on Friday in Atlanta. The sheer number of games to bet on in a short time makes the NCAA tournament popular with legal sportsbook games.

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March Madness is a season for betting, but help for problem gambling is hard to find

For people with gambling disorder, the proliferation of gambling opportunities makes it difficult to fight their addiction. Investment in treatment lags behind other addiction disorders.

March 29, 2025
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  • Katia Riddle
Cooper Flagg, right, and Kon Knueppel of the Duke Blue Devils react after Flagg scored a three-point basket to end the first half against the Arizona Wildcats in the East Regional Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Prudential Center on March 27, 2025 in Newark, New Jersey.

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  • Sports

Cooper Flagg sends Duke into Elite Eight while Texas Tech wins an overtime thriller

The Sweet 16 weekend began Thursday night with dramatic late-night games as both men and women roll into action on Friday.

March 28, 2025
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  • Greg Echlin
Babies have small ear canals, so sounds that are loud for adults can seem even louder to infants and toddlers.

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  • Children's Health

March Madness and babies: Are the sounds of the game too big for little ears?

What's the right age to take kids to a loud sporting event? A Johns Hopkins noise expert on protecting babies' ears and when game day noise might be too much for them.

March 27, 2025
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  • Barry Gordemer
Shohei Ohtani, center, smiles before he and his Los Angeles Dodgers teammates play the Los Angeles Angels during a spring training game on March 24, 2025, in Anaheim, California.

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Déjà vu all over again? Dodgers are favorites as 2025 MLB season begins

Major League Baseball's 2025 season gets fully underway Thursday. The scary news for the league: the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers, favorites to repeat, may be even better this season.

March 27, 2025
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  • Steve Futterman
JuJu Watkins #12 of the USC Trojans after an injury against the Mississippi State Bulldogs in the first half during the second round of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament at Galen Center on March 24, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.

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  • Sports

Why women athletes face higher ACL injury risk than men, according to a sports physician

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Dr. Christina Allen, the chief of Yale Sports Medicine and an ACL surgery specialist, about the reasons women tend to have more ACL injuries than men.

March 26, 2025
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  • Michel Martin and
  • Mansee Khurana
Susan Burke is trying to sell her extra Beyoncé tickets on StubHub, but they are not showing up for most users. In this photo, Burke is posing with her cat, Peaches.

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  • Business

Buying or selling on StubHub? It's probably not showing you all the available tickets

StubHub has a "Recommended Tickets" filter that only displays some tickets but not others. It's automatically turned on — and it's upsetting users.

March 26, 2025
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  • Rafael Nam
USA's Lindsey Vonn poses with her second-place medal on the podium for the women's Super-G event at the Audi FIS Ski World Cup Sun Valley Finals in Sun Valley, Idaho on March 23.

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Lindsey Vonn sets a record straight out of retirement

The decorated skier returned to the sport after six years away due to an injury and has already made a splash.

March 25, 2025
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  • Manuela López Restrepo
JuJu Watkins of the USC Trojans lies on the court after an injury against the Mississippi State Bulldogs in the first half during the second round of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament at Galen Center on March 24, 2025, in Los Angeles.

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  • Sports

USC star JuJu Watkins carried off the court as NCAA tournament reaches the Sweet 16

Southern California All-American star JuJu Watkins crashed to the floor Monday night against Mississippi State and grabbed her knee. She had to be carried off the floor at the USC Galen Center.

March 25, 2025
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  • Greg Echlin
Head coach Dan Hurley of the Connecticut Huskies walks off the court with Hassan Diarra,left, and Samson Johnson after losing to the Florida Gators 77-75 in the second round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Lenovo Center on March 23, 2025 in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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Dreams of a three-peat come crashing at the NCAA basketball tournament

Florida ends UConn's bid to repeat — again — in Sunday action that saw a memorable buzzer-beater. Meanwhile, South Carolina advances in the women's tournament, which rounds out its Sweet 16 on Monday.

March 24, 2025
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  • Greg Echlin
Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals celebrates after scoring against the Philadelphia Flyers on April 16, 2024, in Philadelphia. He's now in his 20th season in the NHL.

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  • Sports

As Ovechkin nears the NHL goals record, the hockey world leans in to savor the moment

For years, Wayne Gretzky's record of 894 career regular-season goals was widely thought to be untouchable. Now, the Washington Capitals star has just a handful to go to claim the record as his own.

March 23, 2025
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  • Becky Sullivan
Liam McNeeley #30 of the Connecticut Huskies shoots the ball while defended by Mohamed Wague #5 of the Oklahoma Sooners during the first half in the first round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Lenovo Center on March 21, 2025 in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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  • Sports

Where is the NCAA basketball tournament game-winning buzzer-beater?

A wider disparity between major conferences and lesser-known conferences has lent itself to fewer close games in the early rounds of both the men's and women's NCAA tournaments.

March 22, 2025
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  • Greg Echlin
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