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News Articles: Sports

LeBron James is on the cusp of overtaking Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's record for most points scored.

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Catching Kareem: How LeBron James chased down the NBA points record

Records are made to be broken, the saying goes. But how did the kid from Akron chase down what seemed like an unbeatable number?

February 04, 2023
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  • Jason Fuller
GPB  NPR

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  • Race

Remembering Wendell Scott, first Black man to compete in NASCAR's highest category

This week's StoryCorps tells the story of Wendell Scott, who drove during the Jim Crow era and was the first African American to win a race at NASCAR's elite major league level.

February 03, 2023
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Mark Emmert is saying goodbye to the NCAA.

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  • Sports

'Who the hell would want this job?' Not NCAA President Mark Emmert, apparently

NCAA President Mark Emmert is stepping down from his position amid a turbulent time for the organization.

February 03, 2023
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  • Manuela López Restrepo
The Olympic flag and Russian flag seen during the Sochi Winter Olympics in 2014.

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  • Europe

With the Paris Olympics 18 months away, the debate over Russian athletes is back

Shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine last February, the International Olympic Committee recommended bans on Russian athletes. Now, the IOC has reversed course, to the protest of Ukrainian officials.

February 02, 2023
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  • Becky Sullivan
Longtime University of California women's swimming coach Teri McKeever (shown here in June 2012 while serving as U.S. Olympic team head coach) was fired on Tuesday following an investigation into alleged harassment, bullying and verbally abusive conduct, the school said in a statement.

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  • Sports

UC Berkeley fires swim coach McKeever over misconduct allegations

Teri McKeever led the school to four NCAA team titles and is the first woman to coach the U.S. Olympic women's swim team. The school cited violations of anti-discrimination policies and verbal abuse.

February 01, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
A grand jury indictment says that Josh Sills of the Philadelphia Eagles football team allegedly engaged in nonconsensual sexual activity with a woman and held her against her will in December 2019.

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  • Sports

A Philadelphia Eagles player is indicted on rape and kidnapping charges

Josh Sills, a reserve offensive lineman for the Super Bowl-headed team, was indicted in Ohio on Tuesday. The charges stem from an alleged 2019 incident, when Sills was still in college.

February 01, 2023
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  • Vanessa Romo
Tom Brady says he's retiring from the NFL, and this time he means it. "I won't be long-winded," the quarterback said. "You only get one super-emotional retirement essay, and I used mine up last year."

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  • Sports

Tom Brady retires from the NFL, 1 year after retiring from the NFL

"I'm retiring. For good," Brady said. The record-shattering quarterback released the message on Feb. 1, the same date he announced his retirement from the NFL in 2022.

February 01, 2023
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  • Bill Chappell
Olympic medalist Noah Lyles will participate in the adidas Atlanta City Games. Credit: Photo provided by Atlanta Track Club

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  • Sports

Centennial Olympic Park to host international track and field event, adidas Atlanta City Games

Centennial Olympic Park will be the home of the first-ever adidas Atlanta City Games on May 6.

January 30, 2023
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  • Rough Draft Atlanta
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes celebrates after the NFL AFC Championship playoff football game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo. The Chiefs won 23-20.

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  • Sports

The Philadelphia Eagles will face the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl

The Eagles and the Chiefs won their respective conference championships Sunday. Super Bowl LVII will be played Feb. 12 in Arizona.

January 30, 2023
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  • Ayana Archie
GPB  NPR

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  • Sports

4 storylines to watch in this weekend's NFL conference championship games

Can the 49ers' seventh-round rookie QB lead them to the Super Bowl? Did the Eagles' Christmas album put them on Santa's nice list? And just how fast is it possible to recover from a high ankle sprain?

January 28, 2023
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  • Becky Sullivan
Brock Purdy, the San Francisco 49ers' rookie quarterback, led his team to a win over the Dallas Cowboys last weekend in the NFL playoffs.

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  • Sports

He was picked last in the 2022 draft. Now he's key to the 49ers' Super Bowl hopes

Brock Purdy outperformed every reasonable expectation as a backup's backup in San Francisco. Now, the 23-year-old is poised to become the first rookie quarterback to lead his team to the Super Bowl.

January 27, 2023
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  • Becky Sullivan
Scott Rolen, pictured in 2012, has been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

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  • Sports

Only one player won the writers' election this year for the Baseball Hall of Fame

Scott Rolen, a seven-time All-Star third baseman, played with the Philadelphia, St. Louis, Toronto and Cincinnati teams over a 17-season career. None of the 27 other players won enough votes.

January 24, 2023
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  • James Doubek
Mikaela Shiffrin seized first place in her first run in the giant slalom in Kronplatz, Italy, bidding to make history in the World Cup.

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  • Sports

Mikaela Shiffrin just became the winningest female skier in World Cup history

Her 83rd victory in Italy on Tuesday leaves only one athlete ahead of Shiffrin: Ingemar Stenmark. The legendary Swedish skier has said he thinks Shiffrin will win more than 100 races.

January 24, 2023
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  • Bill Chappell
Author Scott Neuman's sailboat, Symbiosis, on passage between St. Lucia and Martinique in 2017.

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  • Arts & Life

My wife and I quit our jobs to sail the Caribbean

There's another universe not far from land, devoid of cars, trees and the internet. You don't have to travel a great distance to discover this other cosmos. At 10 miles offshore, you're already there.

January 23, 2023
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  • Scott Neuman
Bruce Reznick, known as "Mr. Whammy" at a Nets game earlier this month.

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  • Sports

Look out, Nets rivals! Octogenarian Mr. Whammy is coming for you

Super fan Bruce Reznick, 86, has been a fixture at Nets games since before the team moved to Brooklyn.

January 21, 2023
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  • Jeff Lunden
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