Baseball star Albert Pujols and soccer star Christiano Ronaldo recently reached sports' milestones. Commentator Kevin Blackistone ponders what is harder to do: hit a home run, or score a goal?
Alex Honnold climbed the 3,000-foot granite wall known as El Capitan in Yosemite National Park without any ropes or safety gear. NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to Honnold about his historic climb last weekend.
Mili Hernandez and her Omaha, Neb., soccer team were disqualified from a girls' tournament finals after a mix-up over her gender. "They only did it because I look like a boy," the 8-year-old said.
Nashville rookie Frederick Gaudreau scored the game-winning goal as the Predators beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 in Nashville, Tenn. Game 5 is Thursday in Pittsburgh.
Quidditch leapt from the screen to real-life muggle fields in 2005. Now, it's grown big enough to have a major league, and the intensity and athleticism involved is anything but fictional.