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A scoreboard shows a message of support for Damar Hamlin at a January Bills-Patriots game in New York. The Bills' general manager says Hamlin has been cleared to play.

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Damar Hamlin is cleared to play football, 4 months after his on-field cardiac arrest

The general manager of the Buffalo Bills said Tuesday that Hamlin is back to working out with the team. It's the next step in his remarkable recovery after collapsing on the field in January.

April 18, 2023
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  • Rachel Treisman
E-40, middle, watches during an NBA basketball game between the Golden State Warriors and the Portland Trail Blazers in San Francisco, Dec. 30, 2022. The Sacramento Kings are investigating allegations from the rapper E-40 that "racial bias" led to him being kicked out of his seat during a playoff game against the Golden State Warriors.

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Rapper E-40 says 'racial bias' is to blame for ejection from Warriors-Kings playoff

The Sacramento Kings say the team is currently investigating the incident and the exact reason why the rapper was removed from the arena.

April 18, 2023
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  • Jonathan Franklin
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts speaks during an NFL football Super Bowl team availability, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2023, in Phoenix. Jalen Hurts is set to sign one of the richest deals in NFL history, agreeing to a five-year, $255 million extension with the Philadelphia Eagles, including $179.3 million guaranteed, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press.

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Jalen Hurts signs a record 5-year, $255 million contract with the Philadelphia Eagles

Hurts' contract makes him the player with the highest annual earnings in NFL history. In three seasons, he has made two playoff appearances, was a league MVP finalist and led the team to a Super Bowl.

April 18, 2023
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  • Ayana Archie
Eliud Kipchoge crosses the finish line and takes sixth place in the professional Men's Division during the 127th Boston Marathon.

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The world's fastest marathoner wanted Boston under his belt. The day had other plans

Turns out, Mondays can suck for everyone.

April 18, 2023
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  • Manuela López Restrepo
Beatriz Flamini leaves a cave in Los Gauchos, near the Spanish town of Motril on Friday.

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A Spanish athlete spent 500 days alone in a cave — for science

Beatriz Flamini was 48 when she entered the Granada cave in November 2021, and 50 when she emerged on Friday. Her experiment aims to shed light on the physical and mental effects of isolation.

April 17, 2023
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  • Rachel Treisman
Former Seattle SuperSonics forward Shawn Kemp, center, attends a WNBA basketball game between the Seattle Storm and the Chicago Sky on May 18, 2022, in Seattle. Prosecutors in Washington state charged Kemp on Friday, April 14, 2023, with first-degree assault in a parking lot shooting last month over a stolen cell phone.

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Former NBA star Shawn Kemp is charged with 1st-degree assault in a March shooting

Kemp said he was shot at first after he tracked down his stolen cell phone and confronted the person he presumed had it. Kemp was released from jail and not initially charged after the incident.

April 17, 2023
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  • Ayana Archie
GPB News NPR

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Kenya's Eliud Kipchoge hopes to be first to ever run a marathon in under 2 hours

One runner in next week's Boston Marathon has run some of the fastest races ever - and Eliud Kipchoge is angling to do something never done before: run a competitive marathon in under two hours. He's already done it in a special event.

April 14, 2023
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  • Esteban Bustillios
DeMar DeRozan embraces his daughter Diar before the game against the Toronto Raptors at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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This 9-year-old girl helped lead the Bulls to a screaming comeback win. Literally

Diar DeRozan is the daughter of Chicago Bulls player DeMar DeRozan, and while she isn't officially on the team, she had an outsized impact on the stunning victory.

April 14, 2023
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  • Manuela López Restrepo
Michael Jordan's game-worn sneakers from the 1998 NBA finals are displayed at Sotheby's on April 5 in New York. On Tuesday, they sold for a record $2.2 million.

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  • Sports

Michael Jordan's 'Last Dance' sneakers sell for a record-breaking $2.2 million

Jordan wore the Air Jordans during the second half of Game 2 of the NBA Finals in 1998, a historic season widely known as Jordan's "Last Dance."

April 12, 2023
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  • Kaitlyn Radde
A new study finds that climate change is causing more home runs.

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  • Science

Global warming could be juicing baseball home runs, study finds

Baseball home runs appear to be getting a little extra help from climate change, a new study finds. That's because baseballs can fly farther through air that's made thinner by warmer conditions.

April 12, 2023
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  • Ari Daniel
South Carolina forward Victaria Saxton (5) blocks Vanderbilt guard Ryanne Allen (24) shot from behind during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. South Carolina won 96-48. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski)

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Indiana Fever picks Rome's Victaria Saxton in WNBA draft

The University of South Carolina basketball forward heads for the pros, joining teammate Aliyah Boston in Indianapolis.

April 11, 2023
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  • GPB News Staff
GPB News NPR

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Brittney Griner is working on a memoir about her captivity in Russia

Saying she is ready to share the "unfathomable" experience of being arrested and incarcerated in Russia, basketball star Brittney Griner is working on a memoir that is scheduled for spring 2024.

April 11, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
A view of the stands before a preseason friendly match between FC Barcelona and the New York Red Bulls at Red Bull Arena on July 30, 2022 in Harrison, New Jersey.

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  • Sports

A pro soccer player has apologized after an opponent said he made a racist remark

"While I did not intend to cause any harm or offense with my language, I know that I did and for that I am deeply sorry," New York Red Bulls forward Dante Vanzeir said.

April 11, 2023
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  • Joe Hernandez
LSU guard Flau'jae Johnson plays in a home game against the University of Georgia on Feb. 2, 2023.

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  • Arts & Life

College basketball star and rapper Flau'jae Johnson to have Savannah intersection named after her

A Georgia House resolution authorized Flau'jae Johnson Intersection on the city's south side.

April 11, 2023
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  • Benjamin Payne
Jon Rahm, of Spain, celebrates holding the Masters trophy winning the Masters golf tournament at Augusta National Golf Club on Sunday, April 9, 2023, in Augusta, Ga.

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  • Sports

Memorable Masters ends with Rahm slipping into green jacket

Jon Rahm slipped into the green jacket on Sunday to wrap up a memorable Masters. It began with questions about how LIV Golf players and their PGA Tour counterparts would get along and was played through searing heat and humidity early, driving rain and frigid temperatures later.

April 10, 2023
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