Mar 10 Muslim female athletes wear hijabs. Until now, no major athletic company made them. By Dayana Morales Gomez The Nike Pro Hijab was designed using feedback from Muslim athletes who wear the headscarf. Continue reading
Feb 06 Watch 4:21 With Super Bowl win, New England Patriots score an amazing comeback By PBS News Hour Football fans who went to bed early on Super Bowl Sunday probably assumed the Atlanta Falcons had it wrapped up. But the New England Patriots made a historic comeback, forcing the game into overtime and scoring the winning touchdown. Jeffrey… Continue watching
Jan 16 Watch full video: Chicago Cubs visit President Obama at the White House By Darlene Superville, Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama welcomed the Chicago Cubs to the White House on Monday to celebrate their World Series win and speak to the power of sports to unite a divided nation. Continue reading
Jan 10 Relive Clemson's historic win in photos By Laura Santhanam The Crimson Tide held the lead for three quarters, but the Tigers turned it all around in the game's final few minutes. Continue reading
Jan 02 Watch 2:42 How sports gave way to singing for this rising star By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, J’Nai Bridges dreamed of playing professional basketball, but when she chose choir as her senior year elective, her teachers immediately recognized her gift. Now she’s a rising opera star. Continue watching
Dec 21 UK soccer pedophilia scandal widens to 429 victims By Joshua Barajas More potential victims have reported past cases of sexual abuse from the U.K. soccer world. Survivors were invited to come forward by an ex-professional player who told a British newspaper recently that a youth coach abused him as a child. Continue reading
Dec 09 More than 1,000 Russian athletes involved in state-run doping, report finds By Nana Adwoa Antwi-Boasiako Olympic medalists and athletes from at least 30 different sports benefited from a state sponsored doping coverup in Russia, according to a new report from the World Anti-Doping Agency. Continue reading
Dec 07 Watch This baseball writer is in a league of her own By PBS News Hour Clare Smith has been reporting on baseball for over four decades, and she was the first African-American female reporter to cover the game for a newspaper. On Tuesday night, Smith was awarded the top honor in her field. Judy Woodruff… Continue watching
Dec 02 Watch 2:53 Three reasons little kids shouldn't play football By PBS News Hour Keith Strudler wants to see the end of football played by very young children -- and not just because of the danger of concussions. He argues that the sport teaches kids to act rough and selfish, as well as that… Continue watching
Nov 29 Watch 2:58 For kids too sick to play, a chance to join the team By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, a program that enables critically and chronically ill children to be part of a sports team. Seven-year-old Ava loves to play soccer. When she was diagnosed with leukemia, she was sidelined from… Continue watching