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An external investigation has concluded that a domestic violence incident in the 1990s does not preclude U.S. Soccer from hiring coach Gregg Berhalter, who led the U.S. men's national team in last year's World Cup.

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A new U.S. Soccer report details the tensions between coach Berhalter and the Reynas

7:54pm March 13, 2023

by Becky Sullivan

After Gio Reyna had limited minutes in last year's World Cup, his parents raised a decades-old domestic violence allegation involving head coach Gregg Berhalter, which roiled the soccer world.

Gary Lineker will return to BBC after tweet criticizing new asylum policy

6:09pm March 13, 2023

by Willem Marx

Former soccer star Gary Lineker will be back at the BBC this weekend. He was suspended last week after he criticized the government's new asylum policy.

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Hoops fans can now start filling out those March Madness brackets

8:15am March 13, 2023

March Madness is set. The men's and women's brackets for the NCAA basketball tournaments have been finalized.

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How the training montage became a miniature artform

5:14pm March 12, 2023

by Tim Greiving

There's a third Creed movie in theaters, which technically makes it the ninth Rocky movie. And a new Rocky movie means... a new training montage.

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The WWE is negotiating to legalize betting on its (scripted) matches

8:10am March 12, 2023

by Ayesha Rascoe

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with CNBC media reporter Alexander Sherman about the WWE's negotiations to legalize betting on its own scripted matches.

Soccer broadcaster Gary Lineker arrives ahead of the English Premier League soccer match between Leicester City and Chelsea in Leicester, England on Saturday.

BBC crisis escalates as players and stars rally behind soccer host Gary Lineker

2:55pm March 11, 2023

by The Associated Press

The BBC was forced to scrap much of its weekend sports programming as it scrambled to stem a crisis over its suspension of Lineker for comments criticizing the British government's asylum policy.

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Saturday Sports: Mikaela Shiffrin's ski record; college basketball coaches retire

8:08am March 11, 2023

This week in sports, Mikaela Shiffrin skis towards another record, the World Baseball Classic highlights unlikely stars, and college basketball says goodbye to two storied coaches.

Mikaela Shiffrin of Team United States takes 1st place during the Alpine Ski World Cup Women's Giant Slalom on Friday in Are, Sweden.

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Mikaela Shiffrin ties the record for most alpine skiing World Cup race wins

9:46am March 10, 2023

American alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin, 27, has tied Ingemar Stenmark's record for career race wins on the alpine skiing World Cup. Stenmark set the record at age 32 in 1989.

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Pregnant runner ran a mile in under 6 minutes shortly before her due date

5:11am March 10, 2023

NPR's A Martinez speaks with professional runner Makenna Myler, who recently ran a 5:17 mile in her third trimester of pregnancy.

Arema FC Organizing Committee chair Abdul Haris, left, the club's security chief Suko Sutrisno, center, walk to the courtroom to attend their sentencing hearing at a district court in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, Thursday, March 9, 2023.

2 Indonesian soccer officials found guilty in one of the deadliest stadium stampedes

1:32am March 10, 2023

by Ashley Westerman

The match organizer and the security chief were handed down prison sentences Thursday in connection with a 2022 stampede that killed more than 130 people following a match in East Java.