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The National Basketball Association lists its Christmas Day scoring leaders

5:37am December 25, 2023

Lebron James tops the list. The four-time champion and 19 time all-star has scored a total of 460 points in his 17 Christmas Day games. Putting him 65 points ahead of the late Kobe Bryant.

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Streaming, AI and world events have transformed sports reporting

5:00am December 25, 2023

NPR's Asma Khalid talks to sports media expert Keith Strudler about how sports journalism is changing.

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Florida State sues ACC in fight to leave conference over revenue complaints

5:38pm December 23, 2023

by Lynn Hatter

Florida State University has filed a lawsuit in an effort to end its 30-year relationship with the Atlantic Coast Conference in its hopes of joining another conference.

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Saturday Sports: LA Dodgers' offseason, holiday feast, NFL and Brock Purdy

8:19am December 23, 2023

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon and ESPN's Michele Steele discuss the Los Angeles Dodgers' billion dollar offseason, a pigskin holiday feast, and how everyone in the NFL missed Brock Purdy.

Martin Luther King Jr. waves to supporters on August 28, 1963, during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on the Mall in Washington, D.C. Activists marked 60 years since the march in 2023.

2023 was a year of big anniversaries

6:00am December 23, 2023

by James Doubek

In 2023, we marked 20 years since the Iraq War, 50 years since the birth of hip-hop, and 60 years since the JFK assassination. Here's a roundup of historical events we wrote about over the past year.

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Hockey legend Jaromir Jagr begins 36th season with Czech Republic's Kladno Knights

6:03am December 22, 2023

by Leila Fadel

Hockey legend Jaromir Jagr was drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1990. The 51-year-old former NHL star made an appearance on the ice this week for the Kladno Knights, a team in the Czech Republic.

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Coach Prime's Review: Assessing Deion Sanders' 1st year at CU

5:23pm December 21, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with ESPN Andscape columnist Clinton Yates about Deion Sanders' year in Review at the University of Colorado, which is seeing mixed views on whether the season was a success.