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Saturday Sports: Beginning NFL Season Already Marked By COVID-19 Outbreaks

9:52am August 28, 2021

Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media discusses the impact COVID-19 outbreaks could have on the NFL and college football seasons, the Yankee's recent win streak and the upcoming U.S. Open.

Rachel Nichols has been removed from NBA coverage on ESPN and her show The Jump was canceled.

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Rachel Nichols' ESPN Show Is Canceled After Her Comments About Maria Taylor

3:41pm August 26, 2021

Nichols has been removed from NBA coverage and The Jump was canceled a few weeks after remarks she made became public suggesting that Maria Taylor was promoted because she is Black.

Tara Davis celebrates with boyfriend and Paralympian Hunter Woodhall at the 2020 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team Trials on June 26 in Eugene, Ore.

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Meet Olympic Power Couple Hunter Woodhall And Tara Davis

1:00pm August 26, 2021

by Rachel Treisman

One notable member of Team USA's Paralympic delegation is Hunter Woodhall, a sprinter with two medals under his belt. His girlfriend, Tara Davis, competed in the Tokyo Olympics this summer.

Behind The Newly-Announced Athletic Conference Alliance

4:39pm August 25, 2021

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Nicole Auerbach, senior writer for The Athletic, about the merger created between three conferences in college football to keep up with the SEC.

Japan's COVID-19 Cases Rise As Paralympic Athletes Descend On Tokyo

7:21am August 25, 2021

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Motoko Rich, the Tokyo bureau chief of The New York Times, about Japan hosting the Paralympic Games amid the pandemic. The Tokyo Olympic Games ended earlier this month.

The Paralympics Are Getting A Higher Profile And Have More Athletes Than Ever

7:00am August 25, 2021

With prime-time coverage and more competitors than ever before, the Tokyo Paralympic Games have a number of "firsts."

The Australian team parades around the Acqua Acetosa Ground in Rome on Sept. 18, 1960, during the opening ceremony for the Paralympic Games.

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When Did The Paralympics Start? Here's A Brief History Of The Games

6:30am August 25, 2021

by Rachel Treisman

Sports for athletes with an impairment have existed for more than a century, but it wasn't until after World War II that the official Paralympics began to take shape.

Flag bearers Melissa Stockwell and Charles Aoki of Team United States lead their delegation in the parade of athletes during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

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Photos: What The Paralympics Opening Ceremony Looked Like

1:22pm August 24, 2021

The festivities featured a parade of athletes through a mostly empty stadium — including the Afghan flag carried by a volunteer in a show of solidarity — and a one-winged plane that learned to fly.

Flag bearers Melissa Stockwell and Charles Aoki of Team USA lead their delegation in the parade of athletes during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games on August 24, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan.

The Tokyo Paralympics Are Here. These Are Some Of The Sports And Athletes To Watch

12:20pm August 24, 2021

by Rachel Treisman

Mark your calendars: The Games will feature 539 events across 22 sports before the closing ceremony on Sept. 5.

Fireworks are seen above the Olympic Stadium on August 24, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

The Differences Between The Olympics, Paralympics And Special Olympics

12:18pm August 24, 2021

by Rachel Treisman

The Olympics and Paralympics have for decades been held in tandem, and both celebrate world-class athletic achievement. The Special Olympics differs in key ways.