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Sonoma Stompers Baseball Team Makes History With Female Players

4:29pm July 01, 2016

Two women have signed with the independent Sonoma Stompers minor league team. For the first time since the 1950s, a co-ed pro baseball team will take the field on Friday.

Pitcher Alex Cunningham and catcher David Parrett of the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers embrace after striking out the final batter to beat the Arizona Wildcats 4-3 to win the National Championship at the College World Series at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha

Coastal Carolina University Wins First-Ever National Title In College World Series

7:33pm June 30, 2016

by Bill Chappell

"We're not the most talented team in America," Coastal Carolina's coach Gary Gilmore said after the game. "We're just the national champion. That's all I know."

A painting of Vashti's father and coach, former NFL star quarterback Randall Cunningham, hangs in the family home.

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A Gifted High Jumper Gets Set To Leap Onto The World Stage

6:34pm June 30, 2016

by Melissa Block

Vashti Cunningham, 18, is on a roll. She set a world junior record and won the world indoor championship in March, while still in high school. She has now turned pro and has her eyes set on Rio.

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Olympic Hopeful High Jumper Vashti Cunningham Sets Sights On Rio

4:26pm June 30, 2016

by Melissa Block

Lots of Olympic hopes are riding on 18-year-old, 6-foot-1-inch high jumper Vashti Cunningham. She just graduated from high school and went pro, signing a deal with Nike. She's coached by her father, former star NFL quarterback Randall Cunningham.

Michael Phelps celebrates qualifying for his fifth Olympic Games, after winning the men's 200-meter butterfly at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials Wednesday in Omaha, Neb.

Veteran Swimmer Michael Phelps And Newer Names Headed For Olympics

1:00pm June 30, 2016

by Tom Goldman

At trials in Omaha, Neb., Phelps earned a trip to his fifth Olympics. Katie Ledecky, Leah Smith, Townley Haas and Kelsi Worrell are some of the younger competitors who will be joining him in Rio.

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Eugenie Bouchard of Canada returns to Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia. Bouchard says she likes the loose fit of the controversial NikeCourt Premier Slam dress.

Wardrobe Malfunction: 'Power Pleat' Causes Problems At Wimbledon

1:47pm June 29, 2016

by Rebecca Hersher

Three days into the Wimbledon tennis championships, Nike's new pleated dress has some players looking for ways to keep their wardrobe from interfering with their job: winning tennis matches.

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Michael Phelps Attempts To Make 5th Consecutive Olympic Team

8:00am June 29, 2016

by Christine Brennan

Phelps holds a lion's share of Olympic swimming records. As he is about to turn 31, an age long past retirement in his sport, he is expected to be a threat for more medals at this summer's Rio games.

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Tennessee Head Coach Pat Summitt of Tennessee celebrates with her son Tyler after the Lady Volunteers defeated Georgia in the championship game of the NCAA Women's Final Four in 1996.

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Thank You, Pat Summitt: From One Tennessee Girl To Another

8:23pm June 28, 2016

by Jessica Taylor

I didn't realize that women didn't get the same recognition as men, and that they had to work twice as hard. I didn't realize this because Pat never made us believe it was or should be any different.

Iceland Defeats England In Historic Euro 2016 Upset

4:38pm June 28, 2016

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Kristinn Kjærnested, president of the KR Icelandic football club, about a historic Euro 2016 for Iceland.

Legendary Tennessee Women's Basketball Coach Pat Summitt Dies At 64

4:38pm June 28, 2016

Former Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt has died. She is the winningest coach in NCAA history and one of the key figures in the growth of the women's game.