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Stanford's VanDerveer sets record for most college basketball coaching wins

5:14am January 22, 2024

Stanford's Tara VanDerveer now holds the record for most coaching wins in NCAA basketball history — men's or women's. NPR's A Martinez talks to Ben Pickman of The Athletic.

Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer smiles as players celebrate her 1,202nd victory as a college coach, against Oregon in an NCAA basketball game Friday, Jan. 19, 2024, in Stanford, Calif.

Tara VanDerveer is now the winningest coach in college basketball history

9:46pm January 21, 2024

by Emma Bowman

VanDerveer, in her 38th season as Stanford coach, passed Duke's Coach K's record. She's helped the women's sport come a long way since she started her college basketball career over 50 years ago.

Eleven-year-old Monte Johnson and 9-year-old Waylon Parker run for the ball at a 7-on-7 practice at Tahoe Park in Sacramento, California on Jan. 14, 2023

California governor sacks effort to limit tackle football for kids

5:59pm January 21, 2024

by Kate Wolffe / CapRadio

A California proposal to phase out tackle football for children under twelve came to a screeching halt when the governor stepped in and said he wouldn't support it.

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Fitness as your body fluctuates

5:53pm January 21, 2024

by Aja Drain

Life happens. Sometimes we get injured or sick — and we get older. As we change, so should our exercise routine. NPR's Life Kit explains how to adapt your fitness plan to meet your body where it is.

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After recent layoffs, the future of Sports Illustrated is uncertain

7:59am January 21, 2024

by Ayesha Rascoe

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Washington Post reporter Ben Strauss about recent layoffs at Sports Illustrated and the future of the revered magazine.

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NFL playoffs see a weekend of rivalries

5:09pm January 20, 2024

The NFL playoffs continue Saturday night after upsets in the Wild Card games last week.

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Saturday Sports: NFL divisional playoffs, the end of Sports Illustrated?

8:08am January 20, 2024

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon and ESPN's Michelle Steele discuss the NFL divisional playoffs and what looks like the end of "Sports Illustrated."

A George Mason University fan holds up the cover of a Sports Illustrated magazine at a send-off for the university's team on March 29, 2006, in Fairfax, Virginia. The union representing the magazine's staff said that SI's publisher plans to cut "a significant number, possibly all" of its union-represented staff.

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'Sports Illustrated' to lay off most of its staff amid severed licensing deal

9:02pm January 19, 2024

by Emma Bowman

The union representing the magazine's staff said that SI's publisher plans to cut "a significant number, possibly all" of its union-represented staff.

Jack Burke Jr. is helped by Cary Middlecoff as he puts on the traditional coat after winning the 20th Masters Golf Tournament at the Augusta National Golf Course in Augusta, Ga., on April 8, 1956. Burke, the oldest living Masters champion, died Friday in Houston. He was 100.

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Jack Burke Jr., who was the oldest living Masters champion, dies at age 100

1:25pm January 19, 2024

by The Associated Press

In 1956, Burke staged the greatest comeback ever at Augusta National. He was a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame, won the PGA Championship and was equally skilled as a teacher.

Golden State Warriors assistant coach Dejan Milojević smiles during an NBA preseason basketball game against the Denver Nuggets San Francisco, Friday, Oct. 14, 2022.

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Dejan Milojević, the Golden State Warriors assistant coach, has died at 46

1:13pm January 18, 2024

by Ayana Archie

Milojević was in his third season with the Warriors. He was a head coach in his native Serbia for eight years and won three MVPs in the Adriatic Basketball Association as a player.