If Beijing Olympics athletes aren't vaccinated, they'll be in quarantine for 21 days
The policy announced Monday threatens a "hard quarantine" that is longer than the Games themselves for anyone who arrives unvaccinated.
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Houston Astros head to World Series, just a few years after their cheating scandal
Officials found that the Astros were sign-stealing in 2017 and partly in 2018, but team officials say their past is firmly behind them.
Again and again. Women's pro soccer players are just the latest to deal with abuse
The NWSL is reeling from a scandal involving multiple coaches and alleged abusive behavior toward players, and it's refocused attention on a familiar problem: female athletes experiencing abuse.
Inside the jaw-clenching world of cricket fighting in China
It's cricket fighting season in China, so NPR went ringside to learn about the centuries-old sport. Turns out, the bugs are really high maintenance, big money's involved and big mandibles matter.
Months after the Olympics, Simone Biles says she's 'still scared to do gymnastics'
Biles shocked the world when she withdrew from events at the Olympics this summer, citing a phenomenon called the "twisties." In an interview Thursday, she says she's still grappling with it.
NWSL players are keeping a spotlight on the abuse and harassment female athletes face
The recent NWSL scandal involving coaches' alleged abusive behavior toward female players has refocused attention on an all-too-familiar problem -– female athletes experiencing abuse and harassment.
Celtics games have been turned off in China after one player's pro-Tibet tweet
Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter waded into an especially sensitive subject for the NBA with his comments advocating for a free Tibet, as China is by far the league's largest foreign market.
NFL agrees to race-based brain testing in $1B settlement on concussions
The league accepted changes after an outcry over test score adjustments known as "race-norming," which make it harder for retired Black players to win dementia awards.
Everything old, new and AWOL in the NBA
NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with ESPN's Monica McNutt about how as the NBA season begins, fans are talking about two players who won't be on the court anytime soon.
Remembering Tom Morey, the eccentric surf icon and inventor of the Boogie Board
Tom Morey, the inventor of the Boogie Board and a renowned figure in the surfing world, died on Oct. 14 at the age of 86.