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#Breaking What's Your Superstitious Sports Ritual? Tell Us About It Do you wear a special T-shirt or refuse to wash a certain pair of socks to help your favorite team? NPR's Weekend Edition wants to hear from you. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Atlanta Seems Ready For The Super Bowl With Plenty Of Winter Weather Precautions The Super Bowl is set to be held in Atlanta this year, but chilly weather, and an icy history have some leaders on edge about the city's ability to host the big game. Read more on NPR

#Breaking U. Of Maryland President Delays Retirement By One Year After Football Death Wallace Loh, who had previously announced he would retire after the death of Jordan McNair, says he will stay on an extra year while the University of Maryland conducts a search for a new leader. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Athletes Kick Off Ultramarathon In Minnesota Despite Extreme Cold Endurance runners, skiers and cyclists in Minnesota haven't let extreme cold get in the way of competing in the Arrowhead 135 ultramarathon. The race kicked off Monday in International Falls, Minn. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Steve Kerr Becomes Fastest Coach To Win 300 Games In Professional Sports History Over the weekend, Coach Steve Kerr of the Golden State Warriors became the fastest coach to win 300 games, not just in NBA history, but in the history of professional sports. Read more on NPR

#Breaking South Korea Will Interview Thousands Of Athletes After Rape And Abuse Allegations A recent wave of physical and sexual abuse accusations reveals entrenched problems in the competitive training culture of one of Asia's rising sports powers, sports and rights experts say. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Congratulations: 10-Year-Old Boy Bowls A Perfect Game Over the weekend, Kai Struthers became the second youngest person in the country to bowl a perfect 300-point game. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Kendall Coyne Schofield Makes History As First Woman To Compete In NHL Skills Competition Kendall Coyne Schofield became the first woman to compete in the NHL All-Stars Skills Competition this past week. She subbed in for Nathan MacKinnon who couldn't compete because of a bruised foot. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Naomi Osaka Of Japan Secures Her Second Grand Slam Title With Australian Open Victory The 21-year-old player stumbled in the second set but recovered in the third. "I felt like I didn't want to have any regrets," she said of the match. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Not My Job: We Quiz NFL Defensive Back Charles Tillman On Offensive Words Charles "Peanut" Tillman — a former cornerback for the Chicago Bears — is one of football's greatest defensive backs. So we've invited him to answer three questions about offending people. Read more on NPR

#Breaking LA Rams And New England Patriots Face Off For Super Bowl LIII NPR's Scott Simon talks with ESPN's Howard Bryant about the Australian Open and the upcoming Super Bowl match between the New England Patriots and the Los Angeles Rams. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Hungary To Decide Fate Of Man Behind Football Leaks NPR's Scott Simon asks Tariq Panja, reporter for The New York Times, about Rui Pinto. Pinto is accused of exposing damaging information about professional soccer teams. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Opinion: A True 'Sports Hero,' Jackie Robinson At 100 January 31, 2019 will mark 100 years since the birth of baseball legend Jackie Robinson. Read more on NPR

#Breaking There's A Dee Ford On Twitter But It's Not The NFL Player Dee Ford was getting angry tweets when the Kansas City Chiefs' player drew a late penalty against the Patriots and his team lost. A woman named Dee Ford is on Twitter, she gets tweets meant for him. Read more on NPR

#Breaking The Super Bowl And Musician Protests Of Past Numerous artists reportedly passed on the opportunity to perform at this year's Super Bowl. DJs Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Garcia look back at past musician protests. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Hit Me Baby One More Time Josh Rosenblatt decided he wanted to start fighting at age 33. Leslie Smith made it her career — but said she was cut when she tried to start a union. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Raging NFL Controversy Over A Blown Referee Call Turns Political Louisiana's governor sent the NFL Commissioner a letter complaining about a missed penalty that New Orleans Saints fans say cost their team a chance to play in the Super Bowl. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Rivera, Halladay, Martinez, Mussina Elected To Baseball's Hall Of Fame Relief pitcher Mariano Rivera's unanimous selection is an honor that eluded the game's greats such as Babe Ruth, Ted Williams and Willie Mays. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Angry With NFL After No-Call, Saints Fans Resort To Lawsuits, Billboards "We'll probably never get over it," Saints coach Sean Payton said after Sunday's championship game. The team's fans aren't over it, either — and they're getting creative in their outrage. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Doctor In Louisiana Offers Free Eye Exams To NFL Referees Many in New Orleans believe their Saints lost a trip to the Super Bowl because a referee missed a pass interference penalty Sunday. The Saints lost that game to the Los Angeles Rams. Read more on NPR

#Breaking An Insurance Crisis Is Quietly Growing For Football In America Football is still king in America, but almost nobody wants to insure it. NPR's Audie Cornish talks with ESPN's Steve Fainaru about the growing crisis that could topple the U.S.'s most popular sport. Read more on NPR

#Breaking The Rams And The Patriots Will Face Off For Super Bowl LIII The Los Angeles Rams and the New England Patriots both needed overtime in their conference games to reach the Super Bowl, where they'll meet for the first time in 17 years. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Rams-Saints, Patriots-Chiefs Will Set Super Bowl LIII Scott Simon speaks with sports correspondent Tom Goldman about the NFL conference championship games on Sunday, and how concussions are limiting insurance options in the league. Read more on NPR

#Breaking South Korea's Sports Prestige Gets Eclipsed By Sexual Abuse Against Female Athletes Two-time Olympic gold medal speed skater Shim Suk-hee revealed earlier this month she was repeatedly raped by her coach. Now, South Korea's governing sports body has promised a crackdown on coaches. Read more on NPR

#Breaking A Look At The Quarterback Matchups For The NFL Conference Championship Games NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Robert Mays of The Ringer to break down the quarterback matchups in NFL Conference Championship games this weekend. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Mike Robbins: What's The Difference Between Recognition And Appreciation? After a career-ending baseball injury, Mike Robbins had to learn how to appreciate his time on the mound. He's found that making the effort to appreciate others has a real impact on their well-being. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Even With Rappers Set To Perform, Super Bowl's Halftime Show Remains Tone-Deaf Rappers Big Boi and Travis Scott have agreed to perform at the show while many others have rejected the NFL's request due to its handling of the Colin Kaepernick kneeling controversy. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Politics Stay Off The Soccer Field As Qatar Plays Saudi Arabia Qatar beat its larger neighbor 2-0. In the background was a boycott organized by Saudi Arabia, which has accused Qatar of funding terrorism. Read more on NPR

#Breaking In Kansas City, Maybe Don't Use The Word 'Patriot' This Week The Chiefs play New England for a ticket to the Super Bowl. A Kansas City amusement park has altered the name of its roller coaster The Patriot to The Patrick in honor of Chiefs' QB Patrick Mahomes. Read more on NPR

#Breaking UCLA Coach Helps Star Gymnast Find Her Way Back To A Sport She Loves A video of UCLA gymnast Katelyn Ohashi's "perfect 10" floor routine went viral. Head coach Valerie Kondos Field remarks on the character, skill, and comeback of the her now-famous athlete. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Live From Los Angeles: Can Sports Make A City? L.A. will get a megadose of major sporting events. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Feast Fit For A Burger King: Trump Serves Fast Food To College Football Champs The president paid for the meal himself, he said. That did not spare him from the disdainful glee of Twitter hecklers. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Kyler Murray Is Top-Notch. Will He Pursue: Baseball Or Football? David Greene talks to ESPN's Jeff Passan about Kyler Murray, a top-draft pick by baseball's Oakland A's, and after a Heisman Trophy-winning year as a college quarterback, he's entered the NFL draft. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Why Kansas City Chiefs' Jeff Allen Nearly Missed Saturday's Game The offensive lineman's car got stuck in the snow, The Associated Press reports. Allen tweeted a "nice guy named Dave" rescued him. He asked for help finding Dave so he could get him playoff tickets. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Not My Job: We Quiz NBA Coach Mike D'Antoni On Mike, Dan And Tony The head coach of the Houston Rockets will answer three questions — one about Michael Jordan, one about Dan Quayle, and one about Tony the Tiger. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Saturday Sports: NBA Western Conference Superteams NPR's Scott Simon speaks with ESPN's Howard Bryant about which teams will make the NBA postseason. Read more on NPR

#Breaking A Critic Of Turkey, The Knicks' Enes Kanter Speaks Out About His Fears For His Life The NBA star says he fears that if he travels to London for an upcoming game against the Washington Wizards, he might be killed for speaking out against Turkey's president. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Bernice Sandler, 'Godmother' Of Title IX, Dies At 90 Bernice Sandler, who had a major hand in creating and helping pass Title IX legislation, has died at 90. The landmark federal civil rights law ensures gender equality in education and athletics. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Father And Son, Who Are African-Americans, Discuss Racism In Youth Hockey At a recent ice hockey tournament, the teammates of a 13-year-old African-American player rallied around him, after they saw that he was being subjected to racist abuse from the opposing team. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Eagles' Defeat Of The Bears Revives The Question: Does Icing The Kicker Work? The Chicago Bears kicker missed a game-winning field goal Sunday night, after the Eagles called time-out. NPR's Audie Cornish talks with economist Toby Moskowitz about the practice of icing a player. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Man Accused Of Burglary Hopes Eagles Repeat As Super Bowl Champs A man accused of breaking into a music store in Pittston, Pa., was asked by TV news crews if he had anything to say. He said, "Go Eagles." The Super Bowl champs are in the playoffs. Read more on NPR

#Breaking College Football Championship Game: No. 1 Alabama Vs. No. 2 Clemson Alabama and Clemson play in college football's national championship — again. It's the third time in four years they're meeting in the title game. Why are these two programs so consistently good? Read more on NPR

#Breaking Saturday Sports: The Bears And The Lady Bears We have a roundup of the week in sports, including the latest on the Chicago Bears, quarterback Patrick Mahomes and the Baylor Lady Bears women's basketball team. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Baylor Women Beat UConn Huskies, Ending The Team's Winning Streak The University of Connecticut women's basketball team did something on Thursday that it hasn't done in years. It lost during the regular season, after having a stunning run of more than 100 victories. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Only 3 Minority Head Coaches Remain In The NFL Ahead Of Post-Season Play Only three minority head coaches remain in the NFL, in a league that's nearly 70 percent African American. NPR's Audie Cornish talks with The Undefeated's Jason Reid about the NFL trending backwards when it comes to diversity. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Basketball Coach Accused Of Substituting His Triplet Sons To Win Games The high school coach in Missouri is accused of using his triplet sons to cheat. An opposing team accuses the coach of swapping in one of his three sons to gain an advantage on the free throw line. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Exciting Games Help To Propel NFL TV Ratings Higher The NFL playoffs begin this weekend and, like always, there's plenty of drama and intrigue both on the football field and off. Which teams will make it a step closer to the Super Bowl? Read more on NPR

#Breaking Baylor Women End No. 1 UConn's Years-Long Winning Streak In a 68-57 upset, the Baylor Lady Bears handed the UConn Huskies their first regular season loss since 2014. Read more on NPR

#Breaking The Most Expensive U.S. Soccer Player Ever Prepares To Head To England NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with NBC Sports broadcaster and former U.S. soccer player Kyle Martino about Christian Pulisic's big move to Chelsea to play in the English Premier League. Read more on NPR

#Breaking 'New York Times' Reports NBA Assistant Kristi Toliver Is Paid Like An Intern Noel King talks with New York Times reporter Howard Megdal about WNBA star Kristi Toliver, who's also an assistant NBA coach — she's being paid a fraction of the salary of other assistant coaches. Read more on NPR

#Breaking With $73 Million Deal, Christian Pulisic Is Most Expensive U.S. Soccer Player Ever Chelsea Football Club will pay Borussia Dortmund millions to acquire the 20-year-old U.S. national team standout and Pennsylvania native. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Commentary: When Politicians Use Football Analogies To Make Their Point Commentator Mike Pesca, host of the podcast The Gist and author of Upon Further Review: The Greatest What-Ifs in Sports History, breaks down analogies politicians use to explain the war against ISIS. Read more on NPR

#Breaking VIDEO: Texas Longhorns Steer Charges Georgia's Bulldog A pre-game photo-op at the Sugar Bowl almost goes horribly wrong. Read more on NPR