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Sprinter Lalit Kumar ran next to empty lanes in the men's final 100-meter race at the Delhi State Annual Athletics Championships. The no-shows cited cramps and other issues, but their withdrawals also came after anti-doping officials showed up.

Runners at a track meet in India wanted to avoid drug tests — so they ran away

3:15pm October 02, 2023

by Bill Chappell

Some athletes just didn't show up. One young woman ran her race — and then kept running after crossing the finish line, forcing a doping control officer to run after her, a coach said.

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Golfers help South Korea win its first team gold medal in 13 years at Asian Games

6:37am October 02, 2023

The win brought Sungjae Im and Si Woo Kim more than a medal. They got an exemption from 21 months of mandatory military service, a legal requirement for all able-bodied males age 18-35 in South Korea.

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The Taylor Swift Effect: Swifties check out NFL games

5:12am October 02, 2023

Taylor Swift's attendance at Kansas City Chiefs games to watch her rumored new boyfriend, tight end Travis Kelce, is proving to be a prime-time event of its own.

Singer Taylor Swift and actor Ryan Reynolds are seen ahead of the game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the New York Jets at MetLife Stadium on Sunday in East Rutherford, N.J.

Taylor Swift's stadium stop hikes up ticket prices for Chiefs-Jets game

10:23pm October 01, 2023

Taylor Swift means business. The popstar brought an economic boost to the NFL after she was seen at a Chiefs game. Her appearance at MetLife Stadium gives the franchise another opportunity to cash in.

Boston Red Sox starter Tim Wakefield works in the second inning of a baseball game against the Atlanta Braves in Atlanta, June 27, 2009. Wakefield has died at age 57.

Retired Red Sox knuckleballer Tim Wakefield dies at 57

4:14pm October 01, 2023

by The Associated Press

His role in the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry of the early 2000s turned Wakefield into a fan favorite whose impact went far beyond his numbers.

A Dallas high school football referee ripped off a player's helmet during a game

5:42pm September 30, 2023

by Juliana Kim

A referee pushed and pulled off the helmet of a student football player after the two collided during a game Friday night. The Texas high school athletic association is investigating.

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Saturday Sports: End of baseball season; major NBA trade; remembering Brooks Robinson

8:22am September 30, 2023

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media about the end of Baseball's regular season, a huge trade in the NBA, and a remembrance for baseball's Brooks Robinson.

Michael Oher speaks to the media during the first day of the Carolina Panthers' offseason conditioning program in Charlotte, N.C., April 20, 2015. Oher, the former NFL tackle known for the movie "The Blind Side," filed a petition Aug. 14, 2023, in a Tennessee court accusing Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy of having him sign papers making them his conservators rather than his adoptive parents.

A judge orders the end of the conservatorship between Michael Oher and the Tuohys

7:41pm September 29, 2023

by Ayana Archie

Tennessee Judge Kathleen Gomes said she'd never seen such a conservatorship for someone who isn't disabled. She isn't dismissing Oher's case to receive accounts of his finances from the Tuohys.

European Union pressured to stop the flood of foreign investment in soccer clubs

5:35pm September 28, 2023

by H.J. Mai

Money from Gulf States has distorted the balance of power among European soccer clubs. Now there's a push to regulate outside money coming into the sport.

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NASCAR to return $1 million All-Star race to North Wilkesboro again in 2024

1:47pm September 28, 2023

by Gary Robertson, Associated Press

The NASCAR Cup Series All-Star Race will remain at North Wilkesboro Speedway in 2024 after this year's event — the first race for NASCAR there in 27 years — attracted a capacity crowd thrilled to return to stock car roots.