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On Labor Day, athletes are invited to compete in the ultimate 'un-athletic' event

7:22am September 04, 2023

For the Electric Coney Second Annual Labor Day 0.5K in D.C., runners will jog back and forth between two bars. Whoever unwraps a hot dog covered in edible gold foil will be declared the winner.

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ACC is latest conference to expand by adding Stanford, Cal and SMU

7:22am September 04, 2023

What does the realignment of the big NCAA conferences tell us about the future of college sports? NPR's Daniel Estrin talks to Daniel Libit, a reporter at Sportico.

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ACC becomes latest super conference, expanding cross-country by adding Stanford, Cal and SMU

11:50am September 02, 2023

by Aaron Beard and Ralph D. Russo, Associated Press

The Atlantic Coast Conference voted Friday to add Stanford, California and SMU next year, providing a landing spot for two more schools from the disintegrating Pac-12 and creating a fourth super conference in major college sports.

Gymnasts Shilese Jones, Simone Biles and Leanne Wong pose after placing second, first and third in the all-around competition on the final day of women's competition at the 2023 U.S. Gymnastics Championships on Sunday in San Jose, Calif.

Women's gymnastics is changing in more ways than one

10:21am September 02, 2023

by Laurel Wamsley

What had once been a sport associated largely with white girls is increasingly dominated by women of color. And more elite gymnasts are competing in the NCAA while they go for the gold.

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Saturday Sports: U.S. Open; NFL season opener; four MLB races to watch

8:25am September 02, 2023

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media about the U.S. Open, the NFL season opener and four MLB pennant races to watch.

An unwanted kiss from a Spanish soccer official has sparked a movement

6:42pm September 01, 2023

by Miguel Macias

The unwanted kiss a Spanish soccer official planted on a female player after the team won the FIFA World Cup has galvanized Spain's "se acabo" feminist movement: "That's enough."

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ACC votes to add three teams, creating fourth power conference

10:59am September 01, 2023

by Neal Charnoff

The Atlantic Coast Conference voted to add Stanford, California and Southern Methodist University to the league next year.

U.S. defender Julie Ertz celebrates after scoring a goal against New Zealand during the first half of an international friendly soccer match in Commerce City, Colo., on Sept. 15, 2017. The 2-time U.S. Soccer Player of the Year has retired from soccer after a 10-year career that included back to back Women's World Cup titles and two U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year awards.

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The USWNT's Julie Ertz, a back to back World Cup champion, is retiring from soccer

6:41pm August 31, 2023

by Ayana Archie

Ertz is the only player to win two U.S. Soccer Player of the Year awards and a U.S. Soccer Young Female Player of the Year. She has won two World Cups and is a two-time Olympian.

92,003 fans set a record for women's sports attendance watching college volleyball

5:12pm August 31, 2023

by Aaron Bonderson - Nebraska Public Media

More than 90,000 people filled the University of Nebraska's football stadium Wednesday night to watch women's college volleyball. It was one of the biggest crowds ever for a women's sports event.

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Whoever said blood is thicker than water never played for the Jacksonville Jaguars

7:07am August 31, 2023

NFL teams had to cut down their rosters this week, and Jags head coach Doug Pederson cut tight end Josh Pederson — who is his son. Definitely can't accuse Josh of being a nepo baby.

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