Nov 11 Watch 6:54 New York attorney general calls foul on fantasy sports companies By PBS News Hour The two leading companies of the multi-billion dollar fantasy sports industry are under scrutiny from New York's attorney general, who has declared they should not be able to operate in that state since they constitute illegal gambling. William Brangham learns… Continue watching
Nov 10 Watch 3:05 U.S. Soccer rolls out new rules to prevent kids’ concussions By PBS News Hour The U.S. Soccer Federation has released new rules in hopes of making soccer safer for young players. Tens of thousands of kids get concussions playing soccer every year, and heading the ball is considered a main culprit of the injury. Continue watching
Nov 09 Watch 5:38 How will the Russian sports cheating scandal affect future Olympic games? By PBS News Hour An independent commission of the World Anti-Doping Agency has uncovered systemic cheating by Russian track and field athletes in international sports, much of it at the behest of the Russian government. The report recommended a lifetime ban for five runners. Continue watching
Nov 01 Kenyans Stanley Biwott and Mary Keitany win 2015 New York City Marathon By Andrew Mach Kenyans Stanley Biwott and Mary Keitany pounded the pavement and sprinted to the finish on Sunday to win the men's and women's races at the 2015 New York City Marathon, beating out the more than 50,000 participants at this year's… Continue reading
Oct 31 8 things you didn’t know about the New York City Marathon By Andrew Mach With the running of the 2015 New York City Marathon, tens of thousands of professional and amateur competitors (and their fans) from more than 100 countries will once again descend upon the five boroughs of the Big Apple. Here are… Continue reading
Oct 27 Obama honors U.S. women’s soccer team for World Cup victory By News Desk WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama honored the U. S. women's soccer team for their victory in the 2015 World Cup. Continue reading
Oct 19 Watch 6:58 How a police officer’s snap judgment saved NBA player Caron Butler By PBS News Hour To see Caron Butler on the basketball court today, you'd have little sense of how far this NBA player has come. As a young boy, he had the dream and the skills, but nearly threw it away for a life… Continue watching
Oct 16 Watch 2:15 If you can wager on them, are fantasy sports gambling? By PBS News Hour Regulators in Nevada have become the first to rule that betting on daily fantasy sports sites like FanDuel and DraftKings are gambling. They have ordered the companies to cease operating in the state until they obtain gambling licenses. In our… Continue watching
Oct 12 Watch 7:47 Making it big in the NBA, Bismack Biyombo goes home to Congo to help By PBS News Hour Bismack Biyombo, a 22-year-old basketball center who recently signed with the Toronto Raptors, grew up in the Democratic Republic of Congo, dreaming about playing in the NBA. Contributing editor Soledad O’Brien follows him on a trip back to his home… Continue watching
Oct 12 California bans public schools from using ‘Redskins’ name By Joshua Barajas California became the first U.S. state to ban "Redskins" as a team name or mascot on Sunday, a word many consider to be a slur. Continue reading