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WNBA basketball superstar Brittney Griner arrives to a hearing at the Khimki Court, outside Moscow on July 1, 2022.

President Biden receives Brittney Griner's letter from prison in Russia

11:23pm July 05, 2022

by Amina Kilpatrick

President Biden has read the letter WNBA player Brittney Griner wrote to him from prison in Russia. The basketball star has been detained there since February.

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Soccer game is 'way to connect' for refugees and Greensboro city staff

8:24pm July 05, 2022

by Paul Garber

Greensboro has a large population of people displaced from their homelands, a fact the city celebrates annually on World Refugee Day.

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Wimbledon: Men on the U.S. team are having their best start in decades

6:15am July 04, 2022

American men are making their mark on Wimbledon. NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Jon Wertheim, senior writer for Sports Illustrated, about a fresh wave of young American talent making strides at Wimbledon.

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Saturday sports: USC, UCLA go to Big Ten; Serena Williams returns at Wimbledon

9:22am July 02, 2022

by Melissa Block

NPR's Melissa Block speaks with Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media about the coming changes in college sports conferences, NBA free agency, and Serena Williams' Wimbledon comeback.

WNBA star Brittney Griner begins trial in Moscow over drug charges

8:00am July 02, 2022

by Charles Maynes

Russian prosecutors outlined drug charges against WNBA star Brittney Griner when her trial started in Moscow on Friday. The Biden administration says she's being wrongly detained.

A seismic shakeup in college sports as UCLA and USC join Big Ten

5:08pm July 01, 2022

by Tom Goldman

A college sports seismic shakeup is underway with UCLA and the USC bolting the Pac-12 Conference for the Big Ten. The move consolidates power between two super conferences and portends more changes.

It's Bobby Bonilla Day, the day each year the Mets pay the former player $1.2 million

4:42pm July 01, 2022

Each year on July 1, the New York Mets must send a $1.2 million check to an All Star player named Bobby Bonilla. The strange thing is: Bonilla hasn't played baseball in over 20 years.

Simone Biles poses wearing her bronze medal from balance beam competition during artistic gymnastics at the Summer Olympics on Aug. 3, 2021, in Tokyo. President Biden will present the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Biles and 16 others at the White House

Biden will award the Medal of Freedom to Biles, McCain, Giffords and others

12:56pm July 01, 2022

by The Associated Press

The president will present the nation's highest civilian honor to 17 people, who also include Oscar-winning Denzel Washington, the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and soccer Olympian Megan Rapinoe.

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LIV golf lands in Oregon. Will it lead to a revolution in the sport?

7:18am July 01, 2022

by Tom Goldman

The controversial Saudi Arabian-backed golf series known as LIV plays its first tournament in the U.S. this week. The breakaway series is already shaking up the golf world.

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Supporters of Brittney Griner continue to call for Russia to release her

5:10am July 01, 2022

NPR's A Martinez talks to Terri Jackson, executive director of the union representing WNBA players, about star player Brittney Griner, who is on trial in Russia on drug charges.