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#Breaking Washington Nationals Win 2019 World Series The Washington Nationals, against all odds, won the World Series Wednesday night over the Houston Astros. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Washington Post reporter Chelsea Janes about the victory. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Changing The Game? The NCAA Opens The Door For Athletes To Profit The ruling body has bowed to pressure from several states. Read more on NPR

#Breaking The Nationals' Long Road To Win The World Series The Washington Nationals are World Series champions for the first time in the team's 15-year history. Read more on NPR

#Breaking The NBA And Hong Kong Protests As protests continue to unfold in Hong Kong, the NBA and star LeBron James continue to be drawn into the controversy. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to The Ringer's Jordan Ritter Conn. Read more on NPR

#Breaking D.C. Celebrates World Series Win Washington baseball fans crowded into Nationals Park to watch their team win the World Series despite the rain and the game being in Houston. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Nationals Beat Astros 6-2 To Win The 2019 World Series The Nats were handcuffed by Houston starter Zack Greinke who gave up only 2 hits in six innings. Washington scored all six runs in the last three innings. Read more on NPR

#Breaking An Argument For Not Allowing College Athletes To Earn Compensation NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Ekow Yankah, author of The New Yorker essay, "Why N.C.A.A. Athletes Shouldn't Be Paid," about the NCAA's decision to allow college athletes to earn compensation. Read more on NPR

#Breaking What Stats Tell Us About How Much Being The Home Team Matters In Sports NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with statistician Michael Lopez about how for the first time ever in a seven game series the road team has won each of the first six games. Read more on NPR

#Breaking NCAA Athletes And Money The NCAA's board of governors voted to permit student-athletes to benefit from the use of their name, image and likeness. Steve Inkseep talks to Kavitha Davidson of The Athletic. Read more on NPR

#Breaking News Brief: Vindman Testifies On Trump Ukraine Call, ISIS, NCAA An Army lieutenant colonel who listened in on the phone call between Trump and the president of Ukraine in July testified behind closed doors Tuesday. Also, an update on ISIS and the NCAA. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Nationals Beat Astros 7-2 In Game 6 Of The World Series The game featured timely home runs, stifling pitching by the Nationals' Stephen Strasburg, and a controversial call by the umpires that could have changed the course of the game. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Nepalese Climber Summits World's 14 Highest Peaks In 6 Months, Smashing Record "I hope to have proven that anything is possible with some determination, self-belief and positivity," said climber Nirmal Purja. The previous record-holder took more than seven years longer. Read more on NPR

#Breaking NCAA 'Starts Process' To Allow Compensation For College Athletes The NCAA says it's only starting to work out the details of how athletes would be compensated. The governing body's decision Tuesday reverses course on its longstanding objection to the idea. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Vlatko Andonovski Is Chosen To Coach U.S. Women's National Team The 43-year-old takes the helm after a successful stint leading the Reign FC of the National Women's Soccer League. He replaces Jill Ellis, the winningest coach in USWNT history. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Two More Horses Die At Santa Anita Park As It Prepares To Host Breeders' Cup Two horses sustained severe injuries at the racetrack and were euthanized. Since late December, there have been 36 fatal incidents at the park. Read more on NPR

#Breaking 'Lock Him Up': Trump Greeted With Boos And Jeers At World Series Game Baseball fans greeted President Trump with loud boos and jeers at Nationals Park on Sunday night. Some also put a spin on a refrain Trump supporters have chanted against Hillary Clinton. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Nationals' Fan Doesn't Drop Beer When Astros' Ball Comes At Him Jeff Adams was holding a beer as the ball was flying in his direction. The ball hit by a Houston Astro player smacked the Washington fan in his rib cage, but Adams didn't spill his bear. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Houston Astros Take 3-2 World Series Lead Over Washington Nationals The Houston Astros have taken a 3-2 lead in the World Series, after defeating Washington 7-1 in Game 5 in the nation's capital, pushing the underdog Nationals to the edge of elimination. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Nike's Controversially Fast New Shoes NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Amby Burfoot, lifelong runner and former editor-in-chief at Runner's World, about the super-fast Nike shoes that might give runners an unfair advantage. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Major In Esports At Ohio State Ohio State is launching an esports and games studies undergraduate major. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Astros Tie World Series 2-2 After Game 4 Win Over Nationals The Houston Astros tied the series 2-2 after beating the Washington Nationals 8-1 in Game 4 of the World Series. Read more on NPR

#Breaking In An Exhausted Washington, The Nationals' World Series Run Brings Positivity NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Andy Shallal, founder of D.C.-based restaurant and bookstore chain Busboys and Poets, about what the Nationals playing in the World Series means to the city. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Saturday Sports: World Series The World Series match up between the Washington Nationals and the Houston Astros isn't the only drama for the Texas team. Their pitcher was mocked by Yankees fans and their assistant GM was canned. Read more on NPR

#Breaking 70 Years Of The Zamboni 70 years ago, the owner of a California skating rink created a machine to resurface the ice in mere minutes. He gave it his family name and Zambonis have been making ice nice ever since. Read more on NPR

#Breaking Astros Beat Nationals 4-1 In Game 3 Of 2019 World Series Houston got on the board first and led throughout the game as Washington stranded 12 runners. The Nationals lead the best-of-seven series 2-1. Read more on NPR