#Breaking Saturday Sports: College Basketball, Baseball Begins, NFL Pass Interference Rule We look at the season openings of Major League Baseball, the NCAA tournaments and all the latest sports news. Read more on NPR
#Breaking How Katie Sowers Became The Second Woman To Coach Full-Time In The NFL NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Katie Sowers about how she became the second woman in history to hold a full-time coaching position in the NFL. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Trump Reverses Education Secretary DeVos' Plans To Cut Funding For Special Olympics President Trump is reversing The Department of Education's plans to cut funding for the Special Olympics. The proposed cuts set off a political firestorm. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Pat Ferrucci: How Does The Language Of Sports Journalism Reveal Racial Biases? Sports is supposed to be "the great equalizer," but Pat Ferrucci says the language sports journalists use often stereotypes athletes by race. He says acknowledging this is one step toward changing it. Read more on NPR
#Breaking America's Favorite Pastime Is Back — And Some Wish It Would Just Hurry Up! As baseball tries to appeal to a younger audience, there's concern the long game times may drive away that demographic. So MLB is experimenting with speeding games up and eliminating downtime. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Soccer-Playing Engineer Calls Foul On Pricey Knee Brace After a sports injury, Esteban Serrano owed $829.41 for a knee brace purchased with insurance through his doctor's office. The same kind of brace costs less than $250 online. Read more on NPR
#Breaking New England Patriots' Star Tight End Is Calling It Quits After four Super Bowls and a record-breaking number of touchdowns, Rob Gronkowski says it's time to retire. In a post online, the 29-year-old said he's looking forward to what comes next. Read more on NPR
#Breaking The Last American Baseball Glove Factory Baseball's opening day is right around the corner and one company will be paying close attention. Nokona is the last remaining glove maker that still produces the gloves in the U.S. for MLB players. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Opinion: How America's Pastime Became So Slow In his essay this week, NPR's Scott Simon writes about how an increased focus on analytics has slowed down the pace of baseball. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Headless Goat Polo Is A Top Sport At World Nomad Games The event is touted as a way to connect to past traditions in Kyrgyzstan — and perhaps boost the tourism industry. Read more on NPR
#Breaking NCAA Upset: Murray State Knocks Off Marquette In First Round Murray State beat Marquette 83-64 Thursday in the NCAA men's basketball tournament. Ja Morant's triple-double is the talk of the tournament. He had 17 points, 16 assists and 11 rebounds. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Blair Braverman And Her Dogs Finish First Attempt At Iditarod Blair Braverman just finished her rookie attempt at the nearly 1,000-mile Iditarod race in Alaska. She sent a radio diary of the most-notable moments from her first go at the race. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Maroon 5's Halftime Show Was Forgettable, Excluding All The FCC Complaints Filed The past Super Bowl was largely forgettable, as was the halftime show starring Maroon 5. But, that didn't stop viewers from complaining to the FCC about Adam Levine taking off his shirt. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Deadline Draws Near To Complete NCAA Basketball Brackets The top men's college basketball teams on Thursday start their journey to the annual championship. The women begin Friday. Get ready for exciting stories to play out over the next few weeks. Read more on NPR
#Breaking There's Word Of Another Record-Shattering Baseball Deal In The Works The Los Angeles Angels reportedly are very close to signing Mike Trout to a record breaking 12-year, $430 million deal. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Surrounded By Military Barracks, Skiers Shred The Himalayan Slopes Of Indian Kashmir Kashmir, disputed between India and Pakistan, is the site of a decades-long insurgency. It is also a winter sports haven. During recent airstrikes and shelling, a ski station remained open. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Mike Trout To Finalize $430 Million Contract With Los Angeles Angels Mike Trout and the Los Angeles Angels are finalizing a $430 million contract, the largest in professional sports history. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Jonah Keri of The Athletic. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Head Of Japan's Olympic Committee Steps Down Amid Tokyo 2020 Corruption Probe French prosecutors suspect the Tokyo bid committee of paying bribes to host the 2020 Games. Tsunekazu Takeda, who also chairs the IOC's Marketing Commission, maintains his innocence. Read more on NPR
#Breaking A Small Town In Texas Is Home To One Of The Last Baseball Glove Factories In The U.S. Texas-based Nokona has been making baseball gloves since 1934. Most of their domestic competition has moved operations overseas where America's oldest professional sport is little known. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Researchers Examine Who's Better At College Basketball's Free-Throw Line March Madness is here, and college basketball is in the spotlight. When it comes to making free throws, who is better: College players who would eventually go pro, or players who would never go pro? Read more on NPR
#Breaking Minnesota High School Basketball Game Has A Fantastic Finish After a last-second basket, Albany fans stormed the court. The referees conferred and it was determined the basket didn't count, and Albany had lost. That's when Melrose fans stormed the court. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Peter Kaiser Takes First In Iditarod — Marking A Win For Alaskan Natives Kaiser is the first musher of Yup'ik descent to win the Iditarod sled dog race. His win is a significant point of pride for Alaska's indigenous people. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Pete Kaiser On His First Iditarod Win NPR's Melissa Block gets the reaction of this year's Iditarod winner, Pete Kaiser. Kaiser is the first musher of Yup'ik descent to win. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Brown's Trade For Odell Beckham Jr., Excites Cleveland Fan After the Browns signed receiver Odell Beckam Junior, one fan ran around his neighborhood screaming, "We got Odell." So loudly and uncontrollably, a neighbor called 911 and kept her kids in the car. Read more on NPR
#Breaking A Marriage Proposal For Memphis Fans At an NBA game, a woman was delighted when her boyfriend asked into a microphone, "Will you Grit N Grind with me forever and ever babe?" It's the slogan for the Memphis Grizzlies. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Westbrook-Fan Incident May Spur NBA To Do More To Shield Players David Greene talks to William C. Rhoden, who writes for ESPN's website The Undefeated, about how some basketball fans abuse players, and whether greater protections need to be put in place. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Refugee Soccer Player Hakeem al-Araibi Granted Australian Citizenship He fled his native country of Bahrain after being imprisoned. Then he was jailed in Thailand and faced extradition charges. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison called him "our newest Australian." Read more on NPR
#Breaking Former Royal Marine Becomes First Amputee To Row Solo Across Atlantic Lee Spencer is not only the first amputee to make the journey solo; he also crushed the able-bodied record by 36 days. 'No one should be defined by disability,' he said. Read more on NPR
#Breaking LeBron And The Lakers: What Went Wrong During His First Season In Los Angeles NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Los Angeles Times sports columnist Arash Markazi about LeBron James' disastrous first season with the Los Angeles Lakers. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Olympic Cycling Medalist Kelly Catlin Dead At 23 She was found in her dorm at Stanford University last week. Her family says it was suicide. "She saw herself as a warrior and it was do or die," her sister, Christine Catlin, tells NPR. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Two Men Killed In San Diego Paragliding Crash The two collided in mid-air after one man made a sharp turn into the other's path. Together they plummeted 75 feet to the rocky bluff below. Read more on NPR
#Breaking U.S. Women's Soccer Gender Discrimination Lawsuit NPR's Michel Martin speaks with USA Today sports columnist Christine Brennan about a gender discrimination lawsuit the U.S. women's soccer team has filed against U.S. Soccer. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Instead Of Wrestling A Girl, High Schooler Chooses To Forfeit State Wrestling Match Brendan Johnston refused to compete against Jaslynn Gallegos because of her gender. Gallegos went on to place fifth but is frustrated to be treated differently as an athlete because she's a girl. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Saturday Sports: Women's Soccer Lawsuit, LeBron James, Celtics NPR's Scott Simon talks about this week's sports headlines with ESPN's Howard Bryant. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Jaslynn Gallegos On Being A Woman In Wrestling NPR's Scott Simon talks with high school wrestler Jaslynn Gallegos of Brighton, Colo. A male wrestler refused to face off against her at a state championship. Read more on NPR
#Breaking More Female Athletes Freeze Out Figure Skating In Favor Of Ice Hockey More girls are taking to the ice — not as figure skaters — but as hockey players. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with The Wall Street Journal's Anne Marie Chaker about her report on girls in ice hockey. Read more on NPR
#Breaking U.S. Women's Soccer Team Sues U.S. Soccer For Gender Discrimination The lawsuit argues that U.S. Soccer has a policy of paying the women's team less than the men. "We deserved to be paid equally for our work, regardless of our gender," says Alex Morgan. Read more on NPR
#Breaking What We Know About The Deaths Of 21 Horses At The Santa Anita Racetrack NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Rick Baedeker, executive director of the California Horse Racing Board, about the situation at the Santa Anita racetrack, where 21 horses died this season. Read more on NPR
#Breaking The NFL's Historical Focus On Size Of Players May Be Changing NPR's Audie Cornish talks with The Ringer's Robert Mays about Kyler Murray and the evolving viewpoint within the NFL on sizing up NFL quarterbacks. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Fans Of Phillies, Padres: What Do You Think Of Harper, Machado? NPR's Morning Edition wants to hear from fans of the Philadelphia Phillies and San Diego Padres on the signings of Bryce Harper and Manny Machado. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Sports Stadium Shrinkage Is A Trend. Who's To Blame For Attendance Drop? Some baseball teams, the Tampa Bay Rays for example, have torn out seats because of a drop in attendance. Teams have explanations for stadium shrinkage, but commentator Mike Pesca has his own ideas. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Jon Champion On Calling Play-By-Play Soccer Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with renowned English soccer commentator Jon Champion, who is joining ESPN as the new play-by-play voice for Major League Soccer. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Underdiagnosed Male Eating Disorders Are Becoming Increasingly Identified NPR's Michel Martin talks with journalist Soledad O'Brien about her recent reporting on eating disorders among male athletes. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Saturday Sports: SheBelieves Cup, Enes Kanter NPR's Tom Goldman discusses the sports stories that grabbed his attention this week - including the SheBelieves Cup. Read more on NPR
#Breaking U.S. Women's Soccer Team Takes Next Step To World Cup In its trek back to the Women's World Cup in June, the defending champion U.S. Women's National Soccer Team is playing this weekend in a 'friendly' game against number four England. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Blair Braverman And Her 'Ugly Dogs' Compete In Their First Iditarod The rookie musher and her team of rockstar racers, with their own social media following, face heavy snow, freezing temperatures and 938 miles of Alaskan wilderness. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Mark Sutcliffe: Do We Overstate Hard Work In The Narrative Of Success? Mark Sutcliffe says our luck—or privilege—is determined before we are even born. He encourages people to acknowledge the role of privilege in their lives and work to lessen the opportunity gap. Read more on NPR