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Dodgers Offer Special Area To Fully Vaccinated Fans For Game With Padres

6:03am April 23, 2021

The Los Angeles Dodgers are offering fully vaccinated fans two special sections to sit in at Saturday's game against the Padres. If the test goes well, other sections may be added.

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Competition With The Greatest: Podcast Winner Fact-Checked Family Lore

6:32pm April 21, 2021

by Elissa Nadworny

Every family has that story it tells a million times. For NPR's student Podcast Challenge winner Miriam Colvin, that story is of a family friend boxing against an unknown up-and-comer: Cassius Clay.

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Chelsea fans protest outside Stamford Bridge stadium in London, against Chelsea's decision to be included amongst the clubs attempting to form a new European Super League.

Super Collapse: Plans For New Elite Soccer League Implode

3:00pm April 21, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

Six British teams announced on Tuesday they were stepping back from plans to create the Super League, essentially killing the project altogether.

Manchester City And Chelsea To Pull Out Of Newly-Formed Football League

6:30pm April 20, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelley talks with Rob Harris, sports writer for the Associated Press about how Manchester United and Chelsea say they won't join the European Super League.

Proposed Breakaway European Super League Outrages Soccer World

4:14pm April 19, 2021

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Roger Bennett, co-anchor of the Men In Blazers podcast, about the proposed breakaway European Super League and the impact such a move would have on soccer.

Ruby Medina is part of a community of skateboarders on TikTok, and at her local skate park in Venice, Calif. Social media is driving a huge demand for boards at her family's skate shops.

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How TikTok And Skater Girls Are Sending Skateboard Sales Off The Wall

4:14pm April 19, 2021

by Claire Miller

The streets are full of skateboarders these days, and skate shops can hardly keep up with the demand. Why now? The answer might put a smile on your face.

12 Of Europe's Top Soccer Teams Create New 'Super League'

5:05am April 19, 2021

A dozen European soccer clubs have announced plans to break away form their own "Super League." NPR's Noel King asks Grant Wahl of Sports Illustrated why.

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Real Madrid players, left, duel with Getafe players during the Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Alfonso Perez stadium in Getafe, Spain, Sunday.

Europe's Top Soccer Teams Announce New 'Super League'

3:22am April 19, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

The Super League's 12 Founding Clubs include some of the most famous professional sports teams in the world, including Liverpool, Manchester United, and Real Madrid.

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Saturday Sports: Mets Employees Come Forward About Toxic Workplace Culture

7:59am April 17, 2021

NPR's Debbie Elliot talks with ESPN's Howard Bryant about allegations that the New York Mets Organization has a toxic workplace and retired Yankee Alex Rodriguez's basketball team plans.

Proposed Law In Florida Targets Transgender Student Athletes

4:26pm April 14, 2021

by Greg Allen

Florida is the latest state to consider a law targeting transgender athletes. The measure would require athletes to compete in school sports according to their sex assigned at birth.