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#Breaking Soccer Star Megan Rapinoe's 'One Life' Is Mostly A Call To Action Rapinoe's book traces her own political awakening in the hopes that other people will follow in her footsteps and understand that they have an imperative to speak out about injustice in the world. Read more on NPR

#Breaking 84th Masters Will Have No Spectators Because Of Coronavirus Protocols It's opening day of the Masters Golf tournament in Augusta, Ga. It was moved from the spring to November because of the pandemic. Tiger Woods is defending champion. Read more on NPR

#Breaking 'One Life': Soccer Player Megan Rapinoe On Sports, Being Gay And Taking A Stand NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with American soccer superstar Megan Rapinoe about her new memoir, One Life. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Emily Harrington Is 1st Woman to Free-Climb El Capitan Route In 1 Day She made her way into the record books last week after becoming the first woman to climb the Golden Gate route of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park in a little over 21 hours. Read more on NPR

#Breaking NFL Fans Donate Money In Honor Of Buffalo QB Josh Allen's Grandmother Before the Bills-Seahawks game on Sunday, Josh Allen had learned that his grandmother had died. In her honor, fans made donations to a children's hospital in increments of $17 — Allen's number. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Soccer Star Megan Rapinoe On Equal Pay, And What The U.S. Flag Means To Her Rapinoe has also been an outspoken advocate for pay equity and the Black Lives Matter movement. "I see patriotism as constantly demanding better of ourselves," she says. Her new book is One Life. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Women Of Afghanistan Won't Give Up Their Soccer Dreams At the championship of the Afghan women's soccer league, players sprint across the field. Hoodie-style hijabs cover their hair. The scene was once unthinkable. But now the players face new obstacles. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Saturday Sports: Basketball Prepares For Life After COVID-19 NPR's Scott Simon speaks with ESPN's Howard Bryant about a second life for two Houston Astros, and the NBA's hopes for a post-pandemic season. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Not My Job: We Quiz A'ja Wilson, The WNBA's MVP, On The DMV We've invited the 2020 WNBA MVP to play a game called "Please take a number and stand in line." Three questions for a basketball MVP about the DMV. Read more on NPR

#Breaking After Suspension For Sign-Stealing Scandal, Red Sox Rehire Alex Cora Cora, who as a first-year manager helped lead the Red Sox to a World Series championship in 2018, had been suspended by Major League Baseball for the duration of the shortened 2020 season. Read more on NPR

#Breaking NBA Players Union Approves Plan To Tip Off 2020-21 Season Before Christmas While some details remain, the new season will start on Dec. 22. It will be a 72-game season that will allow for the league's traditional slate of games on Christmas Day. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Pandemic Expedites ESPN Employee Purge, Hundreds Laid Off ESPN informs employees that 300 individuals will be let go and another 200 positions will remain unfilled, shedding 10% of its workforce. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Saturday Sports: The Los Angeles Dodgers' World Series Win and Coronavirus Scare NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Howard Bryant of ESPN about the sports of the week. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Sports Arenas Turn Into Voting Sites Across The U.S. Sports teams around the U.S. have turned over their stadiums and arenas to be used as pandemic-safe voting sites. And it's possible these polling places could become the future of Election Day. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Dodgers 3rd Baseman Tests Positive For COVID-19 — Then Celebrates With Teammates Justin Turner was pulled from Game 6 of the World Series when his COVID-19 test came back positive. But when the Dodgers won, he joined in the gaiety — and now faces a "full investigation." Read more on NPR

#Breaking The Dodgers' Justin Turner Celebrates With Teammates After Testing Positive For Virus The Los Angeles Dodgers have won the World Series. Afterward, a Dodger player who was removed from the game after testing positive for the coronavirus celebrated the victory with teammates. Read more on NPR

#Breaking LA Dodgers Are World Series Champions In Pandemic-Shorted Season The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 in Game 6 of the World Series, ending a 32-year championship drought for the organization. They've played in three of the last four series. Read more on NPR

#Breaking LA Dodgers Win World Series In Game 6, Defeating Tampa Bay 3-1 It was the end of a pandemic-shortened season of only 60 games. Los Angeles won for the first time in 32 years. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Basketball Star Sue Bird Says WNBA Players' Activism Is 'Nonnegotiable' Even as the league weathered a busy, unpredictable season in the "wubble," the Seattle Storm superstar carried on her colleagues' commitment to social justice activism. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Saturday Sports: Big 10 Football Takes The Field During The Pandemic The World Series is underway and so is major league soccer. And The Big 10 becomes the latest major college football league to resume play during the pandemic. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Hockey Broadcaster Mike 'Doc' Emrick Signs Off NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Mike "Doc" Emrick, longtime hockey broadcaster, about his retirement and the future of sports broadcasting. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Women Of Afghanistan Won't Give Up Their Soccer Dreams At the championship of the Afghan women's soccer league, players sprint across the field. Hoodie-style hijabs cover their hair. The scene was once unthinkable. But now the players face new obstacles. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Saturday Sports: Basketball Prepares For Life After COVID-19 NPR's Scott Simon speaks with ESPN's Howard Bryant about a second life for two Houston Astros, and the NBA's hopes for a post-pandemic season. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Not My Job: We Quiz A'ja Wilson, The WNBA's MVP, On The DMV We've invited the 2020 WNBA MVP to play a game called "Please take a number and stand in line." Three questions for a basketball MVP about the DMV. Read more on NPR