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News Articles: Sports

Anita Alvarez of Team United States competes in the Women's Solo Free Final on day six of the Budapest 2022 FINA World Championships at Alfred Hajos National Aquatics Complex on June 22, 2022 in Budapest, Hungary.

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She blacked out at World Championships. Now swimmer Anita Alvarez makes a comeback

The two-time Olympian artistic swimmer from N.Y. will compete for the first time this week since passing out at the Budapest 2022 FINA World Championships last June.

March 15, 2023
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  • Aimee Berg
Fans react to the game at the Kennesaw State University Convocation Center.

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  • Sports

Kennesaw State brings rags-to-riches story to 1st NCAA party

Kennesaw State is officially accepting bandwagon fans as the latest NCAA Tournament Cinderella team. Few teams have landed in March Madness with more compelling rags-to-riches credentials.

March 14, 2023
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  • Associated Press
An external investigation has concluded that a domestic violence incident in the 1990s does not preclude U.S. Soccer from hiring coach Gregg Berhalter, who led the U.S. men's national team in last year's World Cup.

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A new U.S. Soccer report details the tensions between coach Berhalter and the Reynas

After Gio Reyna had limited minutes in last year's World Cup, his parents raised a decades-old domestic violence allegation involving head coach Gregg Berhalter, which roiled the soccer world.

March 13, 2023
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By:
  • Becky Sullivan
Mikaela Shiffrin of Team United States reacts during the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Women's Slalom on Saturday in Are, Sweden.

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  • Sports

Mikaela Shiffrin breaks the record for most alpine skiing World Cup race wins

American alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin has broken the career record for most World Cup race wins. She has now won more races than any other skier in history, of any gender.

March 13, 2023
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  • Simone Popperl,
  • A Martínez,
  • and 1 more
Soccer broadcaster Gary Lineker arrives ahead of the English Premier League soccer match between Leicester City and Chelsea in Leicester, England on  Saturday.

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  • Europe

BBC crisis escalates as players and stars rally behind soccer host Gary Lineker

The BBC was forced to scrap much of its weekend sports programming as it scrambled to stem a crisis over its suspension of Lineker for comments criticizing the British government's asylum policy.

March 11, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Mikaela Shiffrin of Team United States takes 1st place during the Alpine Ski World Cup Women's Giant Slalom on Friday in Are, Sweden.

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  • Sports

Mikaela Shiffrin ties the record for most alpine skiing World Cup race wins

American alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin, 27, has tied Ingemar Stenmark's record for career race wins on the alpine skiing World Cup. Stenmark set the record at age 32 in 1989.

March 10, 2023
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  • Simone Popperl,
  • Nina Kravinsky,
  • and 1 more
Arema FC Organizing Committee chair Abdul Haris, left, the club's security chief Suko Sutrisno, center, walk to the courtroom to attend their sentencing hearing at a district court in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Thursday, March 9, 2023.

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2 Indonesian soccer officials found guilty in one of the deadliest stadium stampedes

The match organizer and the security chief were handed down prison sentences Thursday in connection with a 2022 stampede that killed more than 130 people following a match in East Java.

March 10, 2023
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  • Ashley Westerman
Former Seattle SuperSonics forward Shawn Kemp (center) was booked into jail Wednesday, on a felony charge stemming from a shooting. He's seen here last year, at a WNBA game between the Seattle Storm and the Chicago Sky.

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  • National

Former NBA star Shawn Kemp is released from jail after arrest in a drive-by shooting

People close to Kemp say the case is one of self-defense, after the former Seattle SuperSonics star allegedly tracked down a stolen iPhone.

March 09, 2023
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  • Bill Chappell and
  • Jonathan Franklin
Texas Tech head coach Mark Adams calls instructions to his team against Kansas during a game in Lawrence, Kan., on Feb. 28.

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  • Sports

Texas Tech men's basketball coach resigns after making racially insensitive comments

The school said head coach Mark Adams had encouraged a player "to be more receptive to coaching and referenced Bible verses about workers, teachers, parents, and slaves serving their masters."

March 09, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Olympic Gold medalists Kelsey Robinson and Justine Wong-Orantes, Washington will join LOVB as it prepares to launch its pre-season following the Paris Olympics in 2024. ​​​​​​​

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Olympians sign on for women's pro volleyball league set for 2024 launch in Atlanta and Houston

League One Volleyball announced the addition of superstar athlete Haleigh Washington to its pro league roster featuring Olympic Gold medalists Kelsey Robinson and Justine Wong-Orantes, Washington will join LOVB as it prepares to launch its pre-season following the Paris Olympics in 2024. 

March 09, 2023
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  • GPB News Staff
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Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick on his new coming-of-age graphic novel

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Colin Kaepernick on his book Change The Game, detailing his pivot from baseball to football and how he found himself in the process.

March 08, 2023
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  • Jason Fuller,
  • Patrick Jarenwattananon,
  • and 1 more
The new graphic novel is an intimate look at Kaepernick's teen years.

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  • Sports

Colin Kaepernick describes how he embraced his blackness as a teenager

Kaepernick's upbringing and teen crucibles are the source of his new graphic novel, titled Change the Game.

March 08, 2023
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By:
  • Jason Fuller,
  • Juana Summers,
  • and 1 more
Serbia's Novak Djokovic returns the ball to Daniil Medvedev during their semi final match of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on March 2.

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  • Sports

Djokovic withdraws from U.S. tournament after his bid for a COVID vaccine waiver fails

The world's top-ranked player Novak Djokovic won't play at the upcoming BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells after losing his bid to enter the U.S. unvaccinated to play in the Southern California event.

March 06, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Washington Spirit players celebrate after defeating Chicago Red Stars in the NWSL Championship soccer match Nov. 20, 2021, in Louisville, Kentucky.

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  • Sports

The youngest person ever has joined the National Women's Soccer League at age 15

Teenager Chloe Ricketts was first invited to to play with the Washington Spirit for preseason training in January. She surpasses the previous record holder by three days.

March 06, 2023
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  • Ayana Archie
Attentive sled dogs await the start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race's ceremonial start in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, on Saturday, March 4, 2023. The smallest field ever of only 33 mushers will start the competitive portion of the Iditarod Sunday, March 5, 2023, in Willow, Alaska.

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  • National

The smallest field ever of competing sled dog teams takes off in the Iditarod race

The race to Nome began Sunday for 33 mushers in this year's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska. Competitors will travel travel nearly 1,000 miles and the winner is expected to take about 10 days.

March 06, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
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