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A seismic shakeup in college sports as UCLA and USC join Big Ten

5:08pm July 01, 2022

by Tom Goldman

A college sports seismic shakeup is underway with UCLA and the USC bolting the Pac-12 Conference for the Big Ten. The move consolidates power between two super conferences and portends more changes.

It's Bobby Bonilla Day, the day each year the Mets pay the former player $1.2 million

4:42pm July 01, 2022

Each year on July 1, the New York Mets must send a $1.2 million check to an All Star player named Bobby Bonilla. The strange thing is: Bonilla hasn't played baseball in over 20 years.

Simone Biles poses wearing her bronze medal from balance beam competition during artistic gymnastics at the Summer Olympics on Aug. 3, 2021, in Tokyo. President Biden will present the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Biles and 16 others at the White House

Biden will award the Medal of Freedom to Biles, McCain, Giffords and others

12:56pm July 01, 2022

by The Associated Press

The president will present the nation's highest civilian honor to 17 people, who also include Oscar-winning Denzel Washington, the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and soccer Olympian Megan Rapinoe.

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LIV golf lands in Oregon. Will it lead to a revolution in the sport?

7:18am July 01, 2022

by Tom Goldman

The controversial Saudi Arabian-backed golf series known as LIV plays its first tournament in the U.S. this week. The breakaway series is already shaking up the golf world.

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Supporters of Brittney Griner continue to call for Russia to release her

5:10am July 01, 2022

NPR's A Martinez talks to Terri Jackson, executive director of the union representing WNBA players, about star player Brittney Griner, who is on trial in Russia on drug charges.

UCLA guard Jaime Jaquez Jr., right, tries to get by Southern California forward Isaiah Mobley during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game on March 5, 2022, in Los Angeles.

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The Big Ten approves adding 2 iconic California brands: UCLA and USC

11:29pm June 30, 2022

by The Associated Press

The move, planned for 2024, would make the Big Ten the first college athletics conference to stretch from the Atlantic to the Pacific

The U.S. Marshals Service said that Kaitlin Marie Armstrong (shown), who is suspected in the fatal shooting of professional cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson at an Austin, Texas, home, has been arrested in Costa Rica.

A Texas woman accused in a pro cyclist's death is arrested in Costa Rica

5:31pm June 30, 2022

by The Associated Press

Kaitlin Marie Armstrong (shown), suspected in the fatal shooting of professional cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson at an Austin home, has been arrested in Costa Rica, the U.S. Marshals Service said Thursday.

Former Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski was more than a basketball coach for former players

4:27pm June 30, 2022

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Jay Williams, host of NPR's The Limits, about his conversation with recently retired, legendary Duke college basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski, who once coached Williams.

Marlin Briscoe (show in 1975), the first Black starting quarterback in the American Football League, died Monday.

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Marlin Briscoe, the 1st Black starting quarterback in the AFL, dies at 76

10:41am June 29, 2022

by The Associated Press

The Nebraska native was a star quarterback for Omaha University before the Denver Broncos drafted him as a cornerback in the 14th round in 1968. He wasn't allowed to compete for the QB job in 1969.

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25 years ago: Mike Tyson bit Evander Holyfield's ear

5:05am June 28, 2022

It happened during a boxing match in Las Vegas, and was one of the stranger moments in modern sports history. Tyson bit off part of Holyfield's ear and spit it out. Minutes later Tyson bit him again.