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Caitlin Clark plays her first regular season game in the WNBA

7:26am May 15, 2024

by Frankie Graziano

The WNBA season tipped off Tuesday night, and the marquee game was in Connecticut as the Sun took on the Indiana Fever and their new star: Caitlin Clark. The Sun beat the Fever 92-71.

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The WNBA season opener shows budding stars, defending champs, and the 'Clark effect'

4:54pm May 14, 2024

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Cassandra Nagley, who covers women's basketball for Yahoo Sports, about the WNBA season kickoff.

Caitlin Clark, #22, and Aliyah Boston, #7, of the Indiana Fever during a preseason game earlier this month. Together, the two back-to-back No. 1 draft picks hope to lead the Fever to their first playoff appearance since 2016.

What to watch for as the WNBA season opens and interest spikes in women's basketball

2:31pm May 14, 2024

by Becky Sullivan

Caitlin Clark has sold out arenas nationwide. But can she, alongside 2023's Rookie of the Year Aliyah Boston, turn around the league's worst team? Or will the Las Vegas Aces pull off a three-peat?

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Latest women's pro hockey league shows signs of eclipsing other attempts

5:23am May 14, 2024

The Professional Women's Hockey League is nearing the end of its first season. Past women's hockey leagues have failed. Will the PWHL survive?

Preserving the history of the semi-professional Negro League baseball circuit

7:05pm May 13, 2024

by Marian Navarro | Texas Public Radio

A group in South Texas is on a mission to preserve the history of the semi-pro offshoot of the Negro Leagues, including teams that played long after Jackie Robinson broke MLB's color barrier.

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The Atlanta Hawks win the No. 1 pick of the NBA draft

7:24am May 13, 2024

Atlanta beat the odds and will be the first team to pick in the 2024 NBA Draft. Washington will pick second — followed by Houston and San Antonio.

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The fight for the rights to air the NBA

7:51pm May 12, 2024

NPR's Scott Detrow talks to Andrew Marchand, a columnist at The Athletic, about the off-court battle for the rights to broadcast and stream the NBA.

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Saturday Sports: NBA and NHL playoffs, baseball's hot new pitcher

8:11am May 11, 2024

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon and ESPN's Michele Smith discuss the NBA and NHL playoffs, and baseball's hottest new pitching prospect.

A look at the Professional Women's Hockey League's first season and playoffs

6:23pm May 10, 2024

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Karissa Donkin of CBC Sports on the inaugural season of the Professional Women's Hockey League.

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The contract that started Lionel Messi's pro soccer career is up for sale

6:18am May 10, 2024

In 2000, a representative of FC Barcelona was talking with the future star's father. To show the team's commitment, he wrote the contract on a napkin, which could sell for over $600,000.

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