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
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