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Carlos Alcaraz of Spain plays a forehand against Taro Daniel of Japan during a Second Round Match at the 2023 French Open at Roland Garros on May 31, 2023 in Paris, France.

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The Spanish tennis pipeline that's produced Carlos Alcaraz and Rafael Nadal

One of the greatest tennis players, Spaniard Rafael Nadal, isn't at this year's French Open. But world #1 Carlos Alcaraz, also of Spain, is dominating. What is it about the Spanish tennis pipeline?

May 31, 2023
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  • Rob Schmitz
"It's about fairness, plain and simple," said Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey about the new law.

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Alabama's law limiting transgender athletes in sports now includes college students

In 2021, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed a law that said K-12 students must participate in sports that coincide with the gender they were assigned at birth. Now, the same applies to college athletes.

May 31, 2023
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  • Ayana Archie
The car driven by Kyle Kirkwood, top, flips over after a crash in the second turn during the Indianapolis 500 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday.

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A crash at the Indy 500 sent a tire careening past the fan-packed grandstand

The tire narrowly missed seats filled with spectators, and landed on a parked car.

May 28, 2023
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  • Joe Hernandez
President Jimmy Carter holds a basketball presented to him by members of the University of Louisville basketball team at the White House in Washington on April 3, 1980. From left: President Carter; Darrel Griffith; Rep. Romana Mazzoli, D-Ky.; Derrick Smith; Wylie Brown and Darryl Cleveland. The NCAA Champs paid a visit to the White House after attending luncheon in their honor at Capitol Hill which was hosted by the Kentucky Congressional Delegation.

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Sports no sure respite from politics when title-winning athletes visit the White House

What started as a nonpartisan rite of passage, the tradition of victorious athletes visiting the president has become increasingly tangled up in politics. It's a shift that some peg to Bill Clinton's presidency, and it'll continue on Friday when Joe Biden hosts the championship men’s and women’s college basketball teams.

May 26, 2023
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  • Associated Press
First baseman Matt Olson plays in a game against the Red Sox, May 10, 2023.

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Braves aim to avoid series sweep against Dodgers tonight; plan OutKast tribute Thursday

The Atlanta Braves hope to avoid a series sweep as they take on the Los Angeles Dodgers tonight at Truist Park.

May 24, 2023
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  • Peter Biello
GPB News NPR

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NBA star Carmelo Anthony retires after 19 seasons

After 19 seasons in the NBA, Carmelo Anthony retires as the 9th top scorer in the league's history, and holds 3 Olympic gold medals.

May 24, 2023
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  • Juana Summers,
  • Ari Shapiro,
  • and 2 more
GPB News NPR

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Rick Hoyt, a fixture at the Boston Marathon with his dad, dies at 61

Rick Hoyt, the man known for competing in the Boston Marathon from his wheelchair while his father pushed, has died from respiratory complications.

May 23, 2023
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  • Sacha Pfeiffer
Denver Nuggets forward Carmelo Anthony looks up from the floor after getting called for a foul in the fourth quarter of game 3 of the NBA Western Conference playoff series against the San Antonio Spurs in Denver on April 28, 2007. Anthony, who led Syracuse to an NCAA championship in his lone college season and went on to spend 19 years in the NBA, announced his retirement on Monday, May 22, 2023.

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Carmelo Anthony announces he is retiring from the NBA after 19 seasons

Anthony was selected third overall in the 2003 NBA draft, months after winning a national championship during his only season at Syracuse University. Anthony is also the NBA's No. 9 all-time scorer.

May 23, 2023
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  • Ayana Archie
National Treasure, with jockey John Velazquez, front right, edges out Blazing Sevens, with jockey Irad Ortiz Jr., second from left, to win the148th running of the Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course, on Saturday in Baltimore.

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National Treasure wins the Preakness in a Triple Crown clouded by horse deaths

The Bob Baffert-trained horse won the second leg of the Triple Crown at the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, while a string of recent horse deaths have clouded this year's races.

May 20, 2023
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  • Emma Bowman
This is an undated photo of Cleveland Browns running back Jim Brown. Brown was an All-American at Syracuse in 1956 and NFL Rookie of Year in 1957. He also led the NFL in rushing 8 times, 8-time All-Pro in 1957 to 1961 and 1963 to 1965, 3-time MVP in 1958,1963 and 1965 with Cleveland, ran for 12,312 yards and scored 126 touchdowns in just 9 seasons.

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Jim Brown, one of the NFL's all-time great running backs, has died at age 87

During his nine-year Hall of Fame career with the Cleveland Browns, Jim Brown averaged more than a hundred yards rushing in every regular season game. He's the only player in NFL history to do that.

May 19, 2023
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  • Tom Goldman
Football player Myles Hinton used the NCAA's college transfer portal to transfer from Stanford University to the University of Michigan in his effort to seek a path from college to the NFL.

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  • Education

Welcome to the portal — where college athletes can risk it all for a shot at glory

Since the inception of the transfer portal in 2018, the number of student athletes seeking to move colleges in the hope of finding a better path to the pros has exploded. But not everyone makes it.

May 19, 2023
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  • Jason Fuller
Spain's Rafael Nadal plays a shot in the fourth round match of the French Open tennis tournament against Jack Sock of the U.S. to win in four sets 6-3, 6-1, 5-7, 6-2, at the Roland Garros stadium, in Paris, France, Monday, June 1, 2015.

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Rafael Nadal has pulled out of this year's French Open

Nadal, who has won 14 French Opens, injured his hip in January during the Australian Open. He has pulled out of other matches earlier in the year, but has not said if he will retire.

May 19, 2023
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  • Ayana Archie
Victor Wembanyama has played far above his competition in France. At 19, he's now heading to the NBA.

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  • Sports

4 things to know about Victor Wembanyama, the top NBA prospect since LeBron

Victor Wembanyama is seen as a lock for the NBA's San Antonio Spurs to select in the draft. He hopes to reproduce the championship success of other French players, like Tony Parker.

May 17, 2023
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  • Bill Chappell
Cambodia's Bou Samnang runs in the women's 5,000-meter final despite heavy rain, during the Southeast Asian Games in Phnom Penh. A video of her finish, minutes after the race was decided, has won over fans around the sporting world.

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She finished last, but this runner won fans for not giving up in a pounding rain

"I wanted to show people that in life, even though we go a bit slow or fast, we will reach our destination all the same," Cambodia's Bou Samnang said of her rain-soaked, Southeast Asian Games run.

May 17, 2023
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  • Bill Chappell
Doyle Brunson is pictured prior to play at the final table of the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas on Nov. 8, 2011.

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  • Sports

Doyle Brunson, the 'Godfather of Poker,' has died at 89

Also known as "Texas Dolly," Brunson won ten bracelets at the World Series of Poker tournament and was also known for writing Super System, his popular book about the game.

May 15, 2023
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  • Joe Hernandez
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