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Washington head coach Kalen DeBoer, left, and Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh pose with the trophy after a news conference ahead of the national championship NCAA College Football Playoff game between Washington and Michigan on Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024, in Houston. The game will be played Monday.

What to know as Michigan and Washington face off in the college football championship

5:01am January 08, 2024

by Emma Bowman

Michigan may be favored beat Washington on Monday night's title game in Houston, but both teams boast a seasoned lineup and consistent records.

Michigan vs. Washington college football championship preview

5:13pm January 07, 2024

by Vaughan Jones

The undefeated Michigan Wolverines meet the undefeated Washington Huskies in the College Football Playoff national championship game Monday in Houston. It will be either team's first title in decades.

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Saturday Sports: College football; new women's hockey league

8:26am January 06, 2024

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon and ESPN's Michele Steele discuss the college football national championship, what's next for Michigan's head coach, and the popularity of a new women's hockey league.

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Blind Bowling League started among friends. 50 years later it's a tight-knit community

8:07am January 06, 2024

by Kevin Beaty

Three women who decided to try bowling to beat the winter blahs had no idea it would evolve into a 50-year institution: Denver's Blind Bowling League.

Grambling State women's basketball set a college record, winning by 141 points

4:43pm January 05, 2024

Grambling State University's women's basketball team set a new collegiate margin of victory record beating their opponent, the Lady Ambassadors from the College of Biblical Studies, by 141 points.

There's still a lot at stake heading into the final week of the NFL regular season

4:24pm January 05, 2024

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with The Ringer's Lindsay Jones about what's at stake this final week of the NFL regular season.

South African Paralympian Oscar Pistorius leaves the Pretoria High Court on June 15, 2016, after the third day of his resentencing hearing for the 2013 murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Pistorius was released from Pretoria prison on Friday after serving nearly 11 years.

Oscar Pistorius is released from prison on parole in South Africa

8:12am January 05, 2024

by Kate Bartlett

The Paralympic champion convicted of murdering his girlfriend has left prison on parole.

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Luke Littler of England throws his dart during the final match against Luke Humphries of England at the World Darts Championship, in London, Wednesday.

A teenage British darts phenom astounds as runner-up in the world championship

10:14am January 04, 2024

by Willem Marx

Luke "The Nuke" Littler began the World Darts Championship ranked 164th in the world. The 16-year-old blazed through each match, finally losing to the world's No. 1-ranked player, Luke Humphries.

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British teenager's surprise World Darts Championship run ends in defeat

9:40am January 04, 2024

by Willem Marx

A 16-year-old captured the imagination of the British public after advancing all the way to the World Darts Championship final.

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The 16-year-old dart player who captured Britain's imagination

5:29pm January 03, 2024

by Willem Marx

Over the past two weeks, a British 16-year-old has captured the public's imagination with his extraordinary run of victories in the World Darts Championship.

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