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College Football Champion Will Be Crowned Monday Night

7:54am January 09, 2017

by Tom Goldman

The Alabama Crimson Tide plays the Clemson Tigers almost a year to the day since the two teams vied for last year's title. Alabama won that game 45-40. Alabama has won 4 of the last 7 championships.

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What To Watch For In Sports This Year

8:08am January 07, 2017

In this week's sports roundup: The start of NFL playoffs, the fate of running back Joe Mixon, who was caught on video punching a woman in 2014, and a 105-year-old Frenchman still on his bike.

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Alway Have A Bathing Suit In The Winter, Ice Swimmer Says

8:40am January 06, 2017

Nuala Moore always has her bathing suit with her in January and other winter months. She is participating in the second International Ice Swimming Association World Championships.

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U.S. forward Troy Terry scores the game-winning goal against Russia in the 2017 IIHF World Junior Championship semifinal in Montreal on Wednesday.

U.S. Defeats Russia In Hockey World Junior Semifinal, Faces Canada For Gold

4:42pm January 05, 2017

by Laura Wagner

Thanks to a heroic shootout performance from 19-year-old Troy Terry, the U.S. advanced to the final of the 2017 IIHF World Junior Championship on Thursday.

Souleymane Sylla (right) with his lawyer in Paris on Tuesday during the trial of the four British men accused of racist violence towards him in February 2015.

French Court Convicts English Soccer Fans Of 'Racist Violence'

4:30pm January 04, 2017

by Laura Wagner

In February 2015, a group of Chelsea football club supporters were caught on video pushing a black man off a crowded Paris metro as fans shouted, "We're racist and that's the way we like it."

French cyclist Robert Marchand, 105, reacts after setting a record for distance cycled in one hour, at the velodrome of Saint-Quentin en Yvelines, outside Paris on Wednesday.

105-Year-Old Cyclist Rides 14 Miles In An Hour En Route To A World Record

2:43pm January 04, 2017

by Laura Wagner

"I am not here to be champion. I am here to prove that at 105 years old you can still ride a bike," Frenchman Robert Marchand said.

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More Athletes Are Speaking Out On Social Issues Than Ever Before

6:58am January 04, 2017

From the black power salute at the '68 Olympics to Michael Jordan to Colin Kaepernick, commentator Frank Deford looks at the changing role of protest in sports through the decades.

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Fan Sings About Buffalo Bills Missing The Playoffs, Again

6:38am January 03, 2017

Greece native Jennie Fagen, who graduated from the University of Rochester, wrote a parody of "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" from The Sound of Music. The Bills haven't made the playoffs in 17 years.

Paying Homage To The Female Athletes Who Blazed The Way In Sports

5:09pm January 01, 2017

by Shereen Marisol Meraji

Filmmaker Molly Schiot documents the paths of women who led the way in various sports in the book Game Changers: The Unsung Heroines of Sports History.

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8:53am January 01, 2017

NPR's Ailsa Chang and Mike Pesca of Slate's The Gist review the season's NCAA bowl games, and preview the upcoming championship game between Clemson and Alabama.