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A Group Of Women Are Riding The Tour De France Route — One Day Ahead Of The Men

12:53pm July 27, 2019

Before the men cycle across the finish line at the Tour de France, a group of women riders will finish the route. Host Scott Simon talks with Sara Beck, a member of the InternationElles team.

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Sports Roundup: Boxing Deaths, Olympic Swimming And The WNBA

8:03am July 27, 2019

by Tom Goldman

Two boxing deaths in one week, a preview of Olympic swimming, and a check-in about the WNBA: Host Scott Simon gets an update from NPR sports correspondent Tom Goldman.

The Latest From This Year's Tour De France

5:45pm July 26, 2019

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Damian McCall of the Agence France Presse to give us the latest developments from the Tour de France after a stage of the race was cancelled due to extreme weather.

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The Future Of Baseball May Be Happening Already As Independent League Tests New Rules

4:44pm July 25, 2019

by Esteban Bustillos

The Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, in partnership with the major league is implementing new rules this season. It's unclear though if these will impact the game at the highest levels.

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Cornhole And Other Less Traditional Sports Gather More Attention

6:11am July 24, 2019

Niche sports, such as cornhole, axe throwing and even professional arm wrestling, are beginning to attract interest and money. These less traditional sports are gaining sponsors.

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Ireland's Shane Lowry won the British Open Golf Championship on Sunday at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland.

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Ireland's Shane Lowry Wins British Open In His First Major Title

2:41pm July 21, 2019

by Bobby Allyn

Lowry's win marked the first Open played in Northern Ireland since 1951. He became the second player from south of the border to lift the Claret Jug.

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Sports Roundup: Previewing Sunday's Baseball Hall Of Fame Induction

8:00am July 20, 2019

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with ESPN's Howard Bryant about the 2019 baseball season so far and about Mariano Rivera, baseball's first unanimous Hall of Famer.

Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe Leads Tour De France As Race Enters Second Half

4:38pm July 18, 2019

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Damian McCall, a reporter for the Agence France-Presse, about this year's Tour de France and the Frenchman currently in the lead, Julian Alaphilippe.

Elijah "Pumpsie" Green was the first black player in Boston Red Sox history.

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Pumpsie Green, 1st Black Player On The Boston Red Sox, Dies At 85

6:55am July 18, 2019

by Merrit Kennedy

The Boston Red Sox were the last Major League Baseball team to integrate, some 12 years after Jackie Robinson played his first game with the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Activists from Girl Up. Top row from left: Valeria Colunga, Eugenie Park, Angelica Almonte, Emily Lin. Bottom row from left: Lauren Woodhouse, Winter Ashley, Zulia Martinez, Paola Moreno-Roman.

Teen Girl Activists Take On Skeptical Boys, Annoying Buzzwords

9:41pm July 17, 2019

We spoke to teen activists at the Girl Up event in Washington, D.C., this week. They had a lot to say about everything from buzzwords that make them mad to the best ways to de-stress.