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Costs Climb As Sochi Winter Olympics Approaches

6:55pm January 05, 2014

The Sochi Winter Olympics are on track to being the most expensive games in Olympic history. A $265 million ski jump, 42,000 hotel rooms and a $51 billion budget. It's been called a financial fiasco, as Josh Yaffa of Bloomberg Businessweek tells NPR's Arun Rath.

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Controversial Since Day 1, Bowl Championship Series To End

5:16pm January 04, 2014

On Monday, the BCS National Championship featuring Florida State and Auburn University will mark the end of the confusing and controversial Bowl Championship Series. Dennis Dodd from CBS Sports speaks with NPR's Arun Rath about what this means for the future of NCAA football.

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Football Fans Say Farewell To The Bowl Championship Series

2:38pm January 04, 2014

As much as the BCS system was criticized for using statistics instead of actual playoffs, this year's matchups were pretty interesting. NPR's Linda Wertheimer talks with sports reporter Tom Goldman about the end of a college football tradition, NFL playoffs and the collision of football and politics.

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NFL Playoffs To Start With Wild Card Teams In Action

7:51am January 03, 2014

The NFL playoffs start this weekend. Four wild card teams face four teams that won their divisions — and there are some very interesting storylines to follow.

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Rose Bowl Highlights College Football Game Day

11:42am January 01, 2014

A lot of sports fans will be glued to their televisions this New Year's Day. There are a number of big college football bowl games on Wednesday, including the 100th Rose Bowl.

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Kiwi Gardner Gets A Break, Told To 'Go At The Rim'

7:44am December 31, 2013

by Tom Goldman

Two months ago, NPR listeners were introduced to Kiwi Gardner, 20, a 5'7" basketball wiz from Oakland, Calif. Like so many talented young ballplayers, Gardner's ultimate goal is the NBA but he has took take the minor league route.

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The Cost To Keep The Home Team At Home May Not Be Worth It

7:52pm December 30, 2013

by NPR Staff

Increasingly, privately owned sports teams aren't just asking for newer, fancier digs. They're also asking the public to pay half — or more — of the bill.

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Bum Phillips: Famous Football Name, Underappreciated Figure

5:42pm December 29, 2013

Former NFL coach Bum Phillips died in October. With his unmistakable cowboy hat and colorful wit, he led the Houston Oilers to two conference championship games, missing the Super Bowl only due to the dominance of the Pittsburgh Steelers at the time. We here from longtime Houston sports writer John McClain.

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Injuries Tilt The Balance In NBA, NFL

11:35am December 28, 2013

Does Kobe Bryant's latest injury setback signal the beginning of the end of a Hall of Fame career? In the NFL's final regular season weekend there are division titles on the line, but injuries might make the difference there too. Howard Bryant of ESPN.com and ESPN the Magazine talks with NPR's Linda Wertheimer about the week in sports, and the way concussions have shaped sports in 2013 and will continue to do so in the year to come.

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NBA Trailblazers Continue Their Surprising Season

8:06am December 27, 2013

by Tom Goldman

With the NBA season a third of the way through, the Portland Trailblazers are having a very good year. But they'll be tested when they meet defending champions the Miami Heat on Saturday.

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