Usher will headline the 2024 Super Bowl halftime show in Las Vegas
"It's an honor of a lifetime to finally check a Super Bowl performance off my bucket list," the music megastar said of his appearance at the Feb. 11, 2024 game.
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The state of sports journalism
The disappearance of the New York Times sports section is only the latest change in how news outlets are covering sports. NPR's Scott Detrow talks to Richard Deitsch, a media reporter at The Athletic.
Saturday Sports: NFL injuries; MLB playoffs; Saudi Arabia's sports investments
NPR's Scott Simon talks with Michele Steele of ESPN about a recent string of injuries in the NFL, the MLB playoffs, and Saudi Arabia's enormous economic investment in sports.
U.S. Soccer moves south
US soccer is moving it's headquarters from Chicago to Atlanta. It's another sign that the sport has gotten a strong footing in the South over the past decade.
Remembering Olympic gold medalist Florence 'Flo-Jo' Griffith Joyner
Olympic gold medalist Florence "Flo-Jo" Griffith Joyner died 25 years ago on Sept. 21, 1998. The sprinter's world records for the 100 meter and 200 meter events remain unbroken.
Jumping for joy and sisterhood, the 40+ Double Dutch Club holds a playdate for women
Hundreds of women aged 40 and older gathered in Chicago recently to jump rope and play other games from their youth. It was the 3rd national playdate held by the Double Dutch Club.
Simone Biles will go to a U.S. record 6th World Championships after 'nail-biting' win
Simone Biles, 26, is now the only U.S. woman ever chosen for six World Championships. The star gymnast is heading back to Antwerp, where she competed in her first Worlds in 2013.
Angels star Shohei Ohtani is out for the rest of the season with an elbow injury
With a fast ball that reaches 100 miles per hour and the power to hit home runs out of the park, Ohtani is building a legacy as Major League Baseball's greatest two-way player.
50 years ago Billie Jean King became a champion for gender equality in sports
On Sept. 20, 1973, King and Bobby Riggs faced off in the Battle of the Sexes. King took the challenge after Riggs deemed the women's game inferior to the men's. She beat him in three consecutive sets.
The NBA announces stricter rules for resting multiple star players
NPR's A Martinez talks to James Herbert, CBS senior NBA writer, about new rules to reduce the practice of strategically resting star players to prevent injury — known in the league as load management