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No. 1 Duke Suffers Stunning Loss To Lumberjacks

7:11am November 27, 2019

Duke has one of the most storied programs in all of men's college basketball. That didn't matter Tuesday night when the Blue Devils were beaten by unranked Steven F. Austin State University.

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Rookie Dwayne Haskins Celebrates First Victory As A Pro With A Selfie With A Fan

5:25pm November 25, 2019

It didn't matter if the game wasn't over, Washington quarterback Dwayne Haskins was ready for his closeup. Haskins missed the final snap of the game because he was taking a selfie with a fan.

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Demonstrators stage a protest on the field at the Yale Bowl disrupting the start of the second half of an NCAA college football game between Harvard and Yale, Saturday in in New Haven, Conn.

Activists Disrupt Harvard-Yale Rivalry Game To Protest Climate Change

2:45pm November 24, 2019

by Sam Gringlas

The game was delayed for about an hour Saturday when students stormed the field after half-time calling on the universities to divest their multi-million dollar endowments from fossil fuels companies.

Row, Row, Row Your Boat To Antarctica

8:04am November 24, 2019

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speak with adventurer Colin O'Brady, who is planning to row from Cape Horn at the tip of South America to Antarctica next month.

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Saturday Sports: Simone Biles, Racehorses

7:54am November 23, 2019

by Tom Goldman

Questions about how USA Gymnastics hid the Larry Nassar investigation from one of its top athletes, plus a new coalition focused on safety in horse racing.

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Russian National Anti-Doping Agency head Yuri Ganus speaks to reporters in Moscow in January.

Anti-Doping Agency Cites Russian 'Non-Compliance' With Olympic Testing Procedures

10:35pm November 22, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

Russia as a country was banned from the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea. Its athletes competed under a generic banner. It could happen again in the 2020 Tokyo Games.

Jake Burton Carpenter on Vermont's Stowe Mountain, in 2007. Carpenter died Wednesday at the age of 65.

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Jake Burton Carpenter, Snowboarding Pioneer, Dies At 65

8:49pm November 22, 2019

by Paolo Zialcita

The founder of the massive snowboarding brand Burton Snowboards died Wednesday from complications due to cancer. He was 65.

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Jake Burton Carpenter, The Godfather Of Snowboarding, Dies At 65

5:50pm November 21, 2019

by Liam Elder-Connors

The man known as "The Godfather of Snowboarding" died Wednesday at the age of 65. Jake Burton Carpenter brought the sport to the masses, through the company he founded.

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Among the obstacles Katie Visco and her husband, Henley Phillips, had to get past were the Flinders Ranges, here seen near Hawker, Australia. "We felt so much joy," Visco says of the sight.

2,200 Miles And 4 Months Later, Runner Finishes Trek Across Australia

4:25pm November 21, 2019

by Colin Dwyer

Katie Visco said it was a "pinch" that drove her to undertake such an ambitious task with her husband in support. "I had been dreaming about this for a while," she tells NPR.

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The Pittsburgh Pirates Need Racing Pierogies For Next Season

6:53am November 21, 2019

Can you run 200 yards in a minute while wearing a bulky costume? Lots of teams have mascots that race during games. Milwaukee has sausages, D.C. has presidents. The Pirates need racing pierogies.

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