Long-running Triad soccer team gets new life in move to Winston-Salem
Salem City FC plays in what’s known as United Soccer League League Two. Many of its players have finished college and are pursuing a professional career.
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Simone Biles has won her 9th all-around national championship
Skye Blakely and Kayla DiCello placed silver and bronze in all-around, respectively.
The first professional women's hockey league in the U.S. has a winner
Hockey history has been made. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Kendall Coyne Schofield, captain of PWHL Minnesota — that's the Professional Women's Hockey League — the first winners of the Walter Cup.
Josh Gibson's new place in the record books
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Sean Gibson, the great-grandson of baseball legend Josh Gibson, about how statistics from the Negro Leagues have been integrated with Major League Baseball.
Saturday Sports: MLB incorporates Negro League stats into its record books
NPR's Scott Simon and Meadowlark Media's Howard Bryant talk about Major League Baseball's new inclusion of Negro League stats into its record books.
The NBA Finals are set: Boston is the odds-on favorite to win this year’s title
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Jesse Washington, senior writer at ESPN's Andscape, about the upcoming NBA Finals.
NCAA President Charlie Baker Talks 2.8B settlement and State of College Sports a year into the job.
NPR's Juana Summers has a wide-ranging conversation on the challenges facing college sports, from TV contracts to unionization efforts with NCAA President and former Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker.
Charlie Baker tells NPR why the NCAA agreed to the $2.8 billion settlement
A $2.8 billion settlement reached between the NCAA and five major conferences has paved the way for schools to pay athletes directly for playing. NCAA President Charlie Baker discusses the move.
Minnesota becomes the inaugural champion of the Professional Women's Hockey League
The trophy was presented to the team by tennis legend Billie Jean King, who is a founding advisory board member for the league, which currently has six teams.
New MLB stats recognize the legacy of Black players
Major League Baseball has a new all-time batting leader. Josh Gibson played in the Negro Leagues before baseball was integrated. Now, statistics from those players have been added to the books.