#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 game 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 L.A. 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 Tampa Ray Fans Hope A World Series Win Will Prove Their Team Is Worth Showing Up For Socially-distanced watch parties have popped up in Tampa Bay as Rays fans cheer on the team in the World Series. But the fan base is small, and some joke that any Rays game is socially-distanced. Read more on NPR
#Breaking The Jets And Giants Leave Fans Upset This Season The start of the NFL season has not been a good one for New York's two teams. The Jets and Giants have a combined 11-1 record. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Makur Maker Wants Top-Tier Black Players To Go To Historically Black Colleges Five-star basketball recruit Makur Maker chose Howard University. NPR's Tonya Mosley talks about the significance of this choice with Kenny Blakeney, soon to be Maker's new head coach. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Penn State Men's Basketball Coach Resigns After Investigation Into 'Noose' Comment Pat Chambers resigned after the university said it investigated new allegations of inappropriate conduct. In July, a Black former player said Chambers referenced "noose" around the player's neck. Read more on NPR
#Breaking U. Of Michigan Students Under Stay-In-Place Order, But Football Can Still Kick Off The public health order does not apply to varsity sports such as the football team, which plays University of Minnesota on the road Saturday. The two-week order was prompted by surging virus cases. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Game On! The World Series Begins Between The L.A. Dodgers And Tampa Bay Rays It's been a short and strange baseball season due to the coronavirus. Most of the playoffs were played at neutral sites to limit travel. Now, it's down to the Los Angeles Dodgers and Tampa Bay Rays. Read more on NPR
#Breaking NASCAR Reinstates Racer Kyle Larson After Suspending Him For Using N-Word Kyle Larson was dropped from his racing team and quickly lost sponsors after uttering the N-word in April while playing a livestreamed video game. NASCAR has now lifted his suspension. Read more on NPR
#Breaking For Fans Hungry For Baseball, Taiwanese Announcer Made Right Call In Unusual Season Since 2014, Richard Wang has called Major League Baseball games in Chinese for fans in Taiwan. When COVID-19 delayed the MLB season, he had a chance to bring Taiwan baseball to the world in English. Read more on NPR
#Breaking During Pandemic, Baseball Play-By-Play Announcer's Audience Grows Announcer Richard Wang calls Taiwanese baseball games in Chinese. When COVID-19 delayed Major League Baseball games, he had a chance to bring Taiwanese baseball to the world in English. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Saturday Sports: Football Struggles To Handle The Coronavirus NPR's Scott Simon talks with Howard Bryant of ESPN about football's coronavirus problem and the baseball playoffs. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Remembering Baseball Hall Of Famer Joe Morgan The second baseman, who died Oct. 11, played 22 years in the majors, mostly with the Houston Astros and the Cincinnati Reds. He later became a commentator for ESPN. Originally broadcast in 1993. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Oregon's College Towns Prepare For The Return Of Football The Pac-12 kicks off its new season in early November. But there won't be any fans in the stadiums. Businesses in two college football towns in Oregon are looking forward to football's return. Read more on NPR
#Breaking College Football Teams Play Defense Against COVID-19 Outbreaks University of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban tested positive for the coronavirus. Another Southeastern Conference school, the University of Florida, pauses its season because of an outbreak. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Cristiano Ronaldo Tests Positive For Coronavirus The soccer star will isolate himself from teammates. Another round of testing reveals he was the only player on the team to test positive. Read more on NPR
#Breaking American Centenarian Athlete With 5 World Records Dies At 105 Donald Pellmann, who set five Senior Olympics records at the age of 100, died this week at age 105. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Joe Morgan, Baseball Great And Broadcast Pioneer, Dies At 77 Morgan is remembered as one of the league's greatest second baseman. He was a spark plug in the Big Red Machine, the Cincinnati team that dominated the 1970s and won two championships. Read more on NPR
#Breaking MLB Hall Of Famer Joe Morgan Dies At 77 Baseball second baseman Joe Morgan died at age 77. He played for the Houston Astros, Cincinnati Reds, San Francisco Giants, Philadelphia Phillies and Oakland Athletics from 1963 to 1984. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Lakers Defeat Miami Heat To Win NBA Championship The Lakers won their 17th championship in franchise history Sunday night with a 106-93 win over the Miami heat. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Rafael Nadal Takes Home French Open Victory Rafael Nadal won the French Open for his 20th career Grand Slam singles title, tying the record of Roger Federer. Read more on NPR
#Breaking The Week In Sports Tom Goldman joins Scott Simon to discuss another outbreak in the NFL, the baseball playoffs and the life of Yankee's legend Whitey Ford. Read more on NPR
#Breaking What It's Like To Be A Chef Inside The NBA Bubble NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Alexia Grant about what it's like to be one of the chefs cooking for athletes in the NBA bubble. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Sports Events' TV Ratings Are Down. Where Are The Fans Who Missed Them In Pandemic? TV ratings are down for major sports events: a record low for Game 1 of the NBA Finals and a 13-year low for the Stanley Cup Finals. Even recent NFL numbers seem to be down or mixed. Read more on NPR
#Breaking VIDEO: Australian Surfer Narrowly Escapes Shark After He Was Alerted By Drone Drone footage captured the moment an over six-foot shark circled an Australian surfer, coming only inches away from him. It's possible that the drone noise scared away the animal. Read more on NPR
#Breaking NFL Confirms More Coronavirus Cases Among Players More NFL players have tested positive for the coronavirus, including two others on the Tennessee Titans. A New England Patriots player has also tested positive after Monday's game against Kansas City. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Arsenal Player Offers To Pay For Gunnersaurus' Salary After Mascot Was Laid Off "I'm offering to reimburse @Arsenal with the full salary of our big green guy as long as I will be an Arsenal player," Mesut Özil said. It's not clear if his offer has been accepted. Read more on NPR
#Breaking NFL Faces Coronavirus Reality With Game Postponements Amid Outbreaks The Kansas City and New England game was rescheduled for Monday night after players from both teams tested positive for the coronavirus, raising more questions about the NFL's approach to the virus. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Hall Of Fame Pitcher Bob Gibson Dies At 84 Two-time Cy Young winner Bob Gibson pitched with the St. Louis Cardinals for 17 years, leading the team to two World Series wins. He died about a year after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Saturday Sports: Fall Sports Ramp Up With Packed Playoffs NPR's Scott Simon speaks with ESPN's Howard Bryant about a jam-packed playoff season. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Tracy Edwards: What Can A Sailboat Teach You That A Classroom Can't? When Tracy Edwards was expelled from school, she wound up working on boats. That led her to form a record-breaking all-female sailing crew, which circumnavigated the world in 1989. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Robot Proves To Be Worthy Adversary In The Sport Of Curling Smithsonian Magazine reported last month on the success of a robot named Curly and its exhibition match against South Korean curlers. Curly won three of four games against its human competition. Read more on NPR
#Breaking With Races Canceled, Runners Take To The Trails To Set Records Shut out of more traditional competition, runners hit the trails in a quest to set Fastest Known Records. Read more on NPR
#Breaking Ireland Lacrosse Bows Out Of 2022 World Games So Iroquois Nationals Can Play The Irish lacrosse team has voluntarily dropped out of the 2022 World Games, making room for the Iroquois Nationals, who were originally excluded. Read more on NPR