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Saturday sports: Fowler leads U.S. Open; Oakland A's on the move; cycling cheaters

9:21am June 17, 2023

by Don Gonyea

NPR's Don Gonyea talks with ESPN's Michele Steele about the week in sports - including the U.S. Open golf tournament and the Oakland A's push to relocate to Las Vegas.

This is a general view of Comerica Park, where the Detroit Tigers play.

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Opinion: Scorecards keep record of games, and memories

8:01am June 17, 2023

by Don Gonyea

NPR's Don Gonyea says looking through his old baseball scorecards stirs up sweet memories from summers long past.

2019 File photo of Charlotte Hornets owner Michael Jordan speaking to the media

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Michael Jordan selling majority ownership stake in Charlotte Hornets

12:30pm June 16, 2023

by Steve Reed and Tim Reynolds, Associated Press

Michael Jordan is finalizing a deal to sell the majority share of the Charlotte Hornets, the franchise announced Friday, leaving the 30-team NBA without any Black majority ownership.

The author and his dad in Massachusetts in 1995.

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Fake stats, real nostalgia: Bonding with my dad through simulation baseball

8:44am June 16, 2023

by Joshua Willis

The real magic of simulation baseball is that it gives me and my dad something to take seriously that isn't actually serious. The games don't matter, but who you play them with really does.

Yes, the big news is Trump. Test your knowledge of everything else in NPR's news quiz

5:00am June 16, 2023

by Holly J. Morris

Who won the week? The Tonys? Jack Smith? UPS delivery persons? Generative AI? Joe Biden's dentist? Or YOU ... if you've been paying attention.

Kirstie Ennis is very at home on the mountains.

She was 200 meters from the peak of Mount Everest, then turned back. Here's why

6:05pm June 15, 2023

by Manuela López Restrepo

Kirstie Ennis has scaled plenty of incredible mountains before. But Mount Everest continues to elude her.

The Vegas Golden Knights, the NHL's newest Champions

4:33pm June 14, 2023

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks hockey with Ben Gotz from the Las Vegas Review Journal after the Vegas Golden Knights win their first NHL Championship.

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The Vegas Golden Knights win the NHL's Stanley Cup — the franchise's first

5:12am June 14, 2023

The Golden Knights capture the best-of-seven series against the Florida Panthers by winning Tuesday's game 9-3 — thanks to a hat trick from captain Mark Stone.

Members of the Vegas Golden Knights pose with the Stanley Cup after the Knights defeated the Florida Panthers 9-3 in Game 5 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Finals Tuesday, June 13, 2023, in Las Vegas. The Knights won the series 4-1.

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What happens in Vegas ... is a Stanley Cup, as the Golden Knights win the NHL title

4:59am June 14, 2023

by NPR Staff

The greatest show in Las Vegas Tuesday night wasn't along the famed Strip – it was the National Hockey League franchise Golden Knights laying claim to the Stanley Cup.

Tori Bowie, who captured gold as a sprinter in the Olympics and the world championships, died at age 32 from complications of childbirth, according to an autopsy report.

Tori Bowie, an elite Olympic athlete, died of complications from childbirth

5:47pm June 13, 2023

by Bill Chappell

An autopsy report underscores the tragedy of Tori Bowie's death at age 32. The 2016 Olympic medalist was eight months pregnant, according to the report.