Mar 21 Basketball fans win when underdogs prevail in March By Robert Pursell Raise your hand if you have ever filled out a bracket for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship. Now keep them up if you’ve ever torn it up after watching an unheard-of university (Mercer?) ruin your picks. It’s OK to admit… Continue reading
Mar 07 Ukraine athletes protest, but compete in Paralympics despite Russian occupation By Sarah Corapi Concerns that Ukraine would be boycotting the Sochi Paralympic Games were quelled on Friday when the Ukrainian Paralympic Committee announced that -- despite Russian occupation in Crimea -- its team would still be competing. Valeriy Sushkevich, president of the… Continue reading
Feb 23 Watch For Paralympic players, a hockey game with sleds By PBS News Hour The gear that a sled hockey player puts on for a game is pretty much the same as it is for an able-bodied player. With one key difference. Rather than ice skates, players ride on a sled with blades on… Continue watching
Feb 21 Watch News Wrap: U.S. skier Shiffrin, 18, becomes youngest to win slalom gold By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 21 Va. policy opens doors for transgender student-athletes, but does it go far enough? By Sam Lane A state board in Virginia on Wednesday approved a new policy that will allow transgender high school student-athletes to play a given sport based on the gender with which they identify. According to U.S. News and World Report, at least… Continue reading
Feb 17 NBC post-race interview with skier Bode Miller raises questions of media best practices By Justin Scuiletti After claiming an Olympic bronze medal in Sunday’s super-G event, U.S. skier Bode Miller’s victory was quickly overshadowed by his post-race interview with NBC reporter Christin Cooper. Continue reading
Feb 14 Watch At Sochi Olympics, ‘no big news’ has been good news By PBS News Hour Halfway through Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, the spotlight is shining on the athletes and the games rather than disruptions or security problems. Judy Woodruff talks to Christine Brennan of USA Today and ABC News about some surprising disappointments and… Continue watching
Feb 14 Warm weather in Sochi forces Olympic delays By Chelsea Coatney Unseasonably warm temperatures in Sochi, Russia, continue to disrupt the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. While no events have yet to be canceled due to weather, practice schedules have been disrupted -- men’s freestyle skiing aerials practice was canceled on Thursday… Continue reading
Feb 12 Watch Sochi’s springlike weather puts damper on conditions for Olympic athletes Gwen Ifill gets an update on the Sochi Olympics from Christine Brennan of USA Today and ABC News, who talks about the introduction of women’s ski jumping into the Games, star snowboarder Shaun White’s bad run, plus how temperate weather… Continue watching
Feb 10 Watch How does coming out by openly gay NFL prospect Michael Sam reflect changing attitudes? By PBS News Hour Continue watching