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Curling is a highlight at the 2023 Winter World University Games

5:11am January 20, 2023

by Emily Russell

Top college athletes from around the world are in upstate New York this week to compete in the World University Games. Out of a dozen winter sports, curling is a top attraction for spectators.

49ers' Brock Purdy is no longer 'Mr. Irrelevant'

5:22pm January 19, 2023

The San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy went on a journey from "Mr. Irrelevant" to football superstar.

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Fans at the Australian Open watched an amazing 70 shot rally

6:03am January 19, 2023

Russian tennis player Karen Khachanov faced off with Australian native Jason Kubler in a second-round match. During the 70 shot rally, heads swiveled from left to right and back again for 90 seconds.

NCAA wants Congress' help to stabilize collegiate sports

7:04pm January 18, 2023

Nicole Auerbach, senior writer for The Athletic, describes the NCAA's next steps toward stabilizing collegiate sports and why action from Congress is seen as the solution.

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Alabama forward Darius Miles looks to pass March 5 in the second half an NCAA college basketball game against LSU in Baton Rouge, La.

A University of Alabama basketball player has been charged with murder

11:20am January 17, 2023

by The Associated Press

Crimson Tide forward Darius Miles and another man have been charged in the fatal shooting of Jamea Harris, 23, near campus. Fourth-ranked Alabama says Miles is no longer on the team.

University of Georgia running back Kendall Milton, #2, celebrates after a touchdown with offensive lineman Devin Willock, #77, during the school's spring NCAA college football game on Saturday, April 16, 2022, in Athens.

U. of Georgia football player and staffer die in car crash hours after victory parade

7:16pm January 15, 2023

by Joe Hernandez

Devin Willock, 20, and Chandler LeCroy, 24, were killed in the accident. Two other members of the football program were injured but are in stable condition, the school said.

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The inside story of the battle over soccer's Super League

5:17pm January 15, 2023

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with director Jeff Zimbalist and series consultant and contributor Roger Bennett about their Apple TV+ series Super League: The War for Football.

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Saturday Sports: NFL playoffs; Australian Open; Olympic figure skating doping scandal

7:58am January 14, 2023

The NFL playoffs kick off today; the Australian Open opens tomorrow; and the Olympic figure skating doping scandal continues.

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An innovation in pin racking angers some pro bowlers

4:19pm January 13, 2023

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Ben Kesling of The Wall Street Journal about a new innovation in bowling pin racking that is angering some pro bowlers.

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Retired NFL player Ryan Shazier, pictured in 2018, relearned how to walk after suffering a spinal cord injury during a 2017 game.

Ryan Shazier was seriously injured in an NFL game. He has advice for Damar Hamlin

11:33am January 12, 2023

by Rachel Treisman

The players suffered different injuries, though in similar settings. The former Steeler reflects on the memories Hamlin's collapse brought back and what he learned from his own long road to recovery.

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