Aug 05 Usain Bolt, beloved star of track and field, runs final race By Omar Etman Usain Bolt, the global track superstar from Jamaica, ran the last race of his career on Saturday at the 2017 World Championships in London, placing third. Continue reading
Jul 26 What a new study teaches us about football and brain disease By Amber Partida Weeks before the NFL season begins, new research reminds us of the physical cost of America’s most popular sport. Continue reading
Jul 10 Watch 4:29 Baseball's star rookies specialize in the art of the home run By PBS News Hour Halfway through a compelling year for professional baseball, several of the game’s best players are in Miami for the All-Star Game, starting with Monday’s Home Run Derby. Jeffrey Brown speaks with Tom Verducci of Sports Illustrated about what to expect… Continue watching
Jul 04 Watch 2:45 Can cricket go mainstream in the U.S.? By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, the second most popular sport in the world is starting to catch on in the United States -- with a little help from some devotees who grew up playing it in other… Continue watching
Jun 16 What the first black woman's NCAA Division I singles win means for tennis By Amber Partida That victory made Minor, who was unseeded, the first black tennis player -- man or woman -- to win a Division I singles title since 1965. Continue reading
Jun 12 Watch 3:14 Dad pitches Major League Baseball teams on wooing their newest fan By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, a Virginia man decided to let the nation's major league baseball franchises make their own pitch for his baby son's affection. Continue watching
May 29 Frank Deford, who has died at 78, changed the way we see sports By Erica R. Hendry Longtime Sports Illustrated writer and NPR commentator Frank Deford, an esteemed sports journalist known for his colorful commentary, died Monday in Florida. Continue reading
Apr 19 WATCH LIVE: New England Patriots, minus Tom Brady, visit Trump at the White House By Catherine Lucey, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Super Bowl champion New England Patriots made a traditional celebratory visit to the White House Wednesday, a normally joyous ritual marred by the prison suicide hours earlier of former teammate Aaron Hernandez. Continue reading
Apr 14 Watch 6:07 How NBA's Russell Westbrook achieved a rare triple-double By PBS News Hour Oklahoma City Thunder point guard Russell Westbrook has done something no player has done in 55 years: average double-digits in points, assists and rebounds, known as a "triple-double." The last person to do that was Oscar Robertson for the old… Continue watching
Apr 05 U.S. women's soccer scores higher pay, better conditions in new labor agreement By Dave Berndtson The U.S. women’s national soccer team ratified a new five-year collective bargaining agreement Tuesday following a bitter yearlong dispute over demands for equal pay. Continue reading