#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