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Ken Griffiths of Merion Cricket Club bowls to Richard O'Brien of Philadelphia Cricket Club, as Andrew Owens umpires.

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Bowling For A Comeback: Cricket Makes Its Bid For The Big Time

9:10am November 15, 2015

by Vanessa Rancaño

Before baseball became the national pastime, cricket used to be America's favorite sport. One ambitious executive thinks it will again — and he's backing a multicity, all-star tour to make it happen.

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After A Week In Headlines, Mizzou Football Team Steps Back On The Field

5:06pm November 14, 2015

University of Missouri football players take the field tonight days after many of them threatened not to play unless school president Tim Wolfe resigned. Wolfe stepped down on Tuesday amid a scandal over his handling of racial threats on campus.

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In A Night Of Terror, A Moment Of Grace On The Soccer Pitch

8:36am November 14, 2015

Scott talks with Tom Goldman about the latest in the world of sports — including a show of unity in the soccer stadium in Paris during Friday night's terror attacks.

International Governing Body Suspends Russian Track And Field

5:40pm November 13, 2015

by Corey Flintoff

Russia has been provisionally suspended by international track and field's governing body. The decision could keep Russian athletes out of next year's Olympic Games in Brazil.

NFL Faces New Wave Of Scrutiny Over Greg Hardy Domestic Violence Case

5:35pm November 13, 2015

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Diana Moskovitz of Deadspin about the previously unreleased documentation of a meeting between lawyers for Dallas Cowboys player Greg Hardy and the NFL.

For Thursday night's game, the New York Jets and Buffalo Bills wore solid colors — green and red, respectively — that were created by Nike. Many colorblind fans were not happy with the pairing.

NFL's Red And Green Uniforms Described As 'Torture' By Colorblind Fans

4:28pm November 13, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Some called it unwatchable — and that wasn't just because the Jets and Bills were playing. Thursday night's NFL game is drawing criticism for featuring teams in all-red and all-green uniforms.

#NPRreads: Ben Carson's Memory And A 14-Year-Old Rock-Climbing Phenom

3:55pm November 13, 2015

by Laura Wagner

Also this week: a conversation between U.S. and Chinese sailors about pizza and wings (among other everyday topics).

The website of the West Forsyth High School track program with the words "Fear the Fro!" to show support for senior runner John Green, who was disqualified for wearing a headband during the state championship meet.

High School Runner Disqualified After 3rd Place Finish For Headband With Writing

6:28pm November 12, 2015

by Laura Wagner

Senior cross-country runner John Green wore a headband with a handwritten Bible verse on it during the state championship meet. He finished third out of 226 runners but was then disqualified.

'My All-American' Remembers Forgotten Story Of Heroic Texas Football Player

4:25pm November 12, 2015

by Laura Rice

My All-American is out in theaters on Friday. It's a story about Texas football and is written by the same person who did Rudy and Hoosiers. It centers on one of the players, Freddie Steinmark, and an improbable story that reached all the way to the White House.

Kain Colter, the former quarterback for Northwestern University, led a push by players there to form what would have been the nation's first union of college athletes. The National Labor Relations Board rejected their bid to unionize this summer.

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Mizzou Points To Bigger Shifts In How College Athletes See Themselves

11:31am November 12, 2015

by Gene Demby

The Missouri football team's role in the protests on their campus rests against an important shift in the way student-athletes think about the relationship between themselves and their schools.