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As the Olympics near, activists criticize China's alleged human rights violations

6:07pm January 20, 2022

by Tom Goldman

As athletes make final preparations for the Winter Olympics, human rights advocates are ramping up their criticism of host country China's alleged violations, particularly against its Uyghur minority.

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Survivor Jon Vaughn on U. of Michigan's sexual assault settlement

6:07pm January 20, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with ex football player and sexual assault survivor Jon Vaughn about the University of Michigan's settlement over allegations of abuse by a former sports doctor.

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Women's basketball legend Lusia Harris dies at age 66

7:21am January 20, 2022

Lusia Harris was the only woman to be officially drafted to the NBA. She turned the NBA down in 1977. Harris scored the first points in Olympic women's basketball history.

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Staff members rehearse a victory ceremony at the Beijing Medals Plaza last week. The venue will host some medal ceremonies at the upcoming winter Olympics.

COVID concerns will keep NBC announcers home from the Beijing Olympics

10:33pm January 19, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

NBC Sports officials say their plan of covering the Olympics from its Stamford, Conn., facility is a similar strategy used to cover the delayed 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics last year.

U.S. center Lusia Harris finishes a basket in a game against Bulgaria during the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.

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Remembering legend Lusia Harris, the only woman to be officially drafted by the NBA

3:48pm January 19, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

Harris scored the first points in Olympic women's basketball history and was the first Black woman inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame, among other accolades. She turned the NBA down in 1977.

Anson Carter helps carry the banner for former Boston Bruins player Willie O'Ree, as the team retired his No. 22 jersey at the TD Garden Tuesday night.

Willie O'Ree's hockey jersey is retired, 64 years after he broke NHL color barrier

11:45am January 19, 2022

by Bill Chappell

"I will never forget how my teammates in the Bruins locker room accepted me as one of their own," Willie O'Ree said as his No. 22 was lifted to the rafters.

To keep Olympics COVID-free, China creates invisible bubbles around facilities

7:30am January 18, 2022

by Emily Feng

The country with some of the world's strictest COVID-19 policies is gearing up to host the Winter Olympics amid a rise in global omicron infections. Here's how Beijing is preparing.

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The Australian Open, tennis' first Grand Slam, is underway in Melbourne

6:16am January 18, 2022

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Tom Maddocks of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, about the atmosphere at the Australian Open without defending champion Novak Djokovic.

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Chamath Palihapitiya, a 34-year-old venture capitalist and minority owner of the Golden State Warriors, is under attack on Twitter for saying "Nobody cares" about the Uyghur genocide in China.

Co-owner of the NBA's Warriors lambasted after saying 'nobody cares about the Uyghurs'

11:43pm January 17, 2022

by Dustin Jones

The 34-year-old billionaire repeatedly told his podcast co-hosts that "Nobody cares about the Uyghurs." The sound bite has gone viral and has been viewed millions of times on Twitter.

Keira D'Amato sets new American marathon record for women

5:38pm January 17, 2022

On Sunday, Keira D'Amato, 37, broke the American marathon record after she finished in just over 2 hours and 19 minutes. She is a mother of two and a real estate agent.

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