The Rangers win their first World Series title
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Levi Weaver, baseball writer for The Athletic, about the Texas Rangers winning their first World Series title.
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Texas Rangers celebrate their first time World Series championship
The Rangers won the title in five games — beating the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-0 Wednesday night. Rangers shortstop Corey Seager was the series MVP.
Did any of the new MLB rules this season make a difference in the game?
As the Major League Baseball season ends, NPR's A Martinez talks to former pitcher Mark Gubicza about the new rules put into place this year, and whether they made a difference.
Hall of Fame basketball coach Bobby Knight has died at 83
Nicknamed "the General," Knight spent nearly three decades at Indiana University and several seasons at Texas Tech. His teams racked up wins, but he was controversial on and off the court.
2 flight attendants sue United Airlines for discrimination on Dodgers charter flights
Dawn Todd and Darby Quezada had spent more than a decade trying to join the airline's program that staffs the Los Angeles Dodgers' flights.
Interest in neck guards spikes after a hockey player's tragic death
Interest in cut-resistant neck guards is surging: "That could be one of the positive things that might come out of this terrible tragedy," said Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan.
A world record in race walking is erased after the course was measured wrong
Peru's Kimberly García thought she had smashed a world record by more than 10 minutes. It turns out the course was almost two miles too short.
Lionel Messi wins 8th Ballon d'Or; Spain's Aitana Bonmatí is named top female player
Messi has now won 12% of all men's Ballon d'Or trophies. Both of this year's winners are midfielders who led their national teams to long-awaited World Cup victories.
Inter Miami star Lionel Messi receives a record breaking 8th Ballon d'Or
The prestigious honor is given to the world's top soccer player each year. He won the award on Monday — the birthday of the late Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona, who would've been 63.
Plans for a 3-story judges' stand for the 2024 Summer Olympics is criticized
France is hosting the 2024 Olympics, but the surfing competition will be in French Polynesia. NPR's A Martinez talks to surfer Tahurai Henry about why the stand is causing concern.