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Taking His Pants Off Gets Cubs Pitcher On The Disabled List

6:16am June 21, 2018

Chicago Cubs key relief pitcher Brandon Morrow got injured this week taking his pants off. He was pulling his left leg out when he felt a back spasm. He tells reporters the whole thing is frustrating.

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Senegalese football fans in Moscow were all decked out for their team's game against Poland on Tuesday. Senegal won, 2-1.

In The Stands And On The Sidelines, The World Comes To the World Cup

8:53pm June 20, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

The tournament so far has been full of surprises, with Senegal and Japan emerging as fan favorites. Here are a few stories we're following.

The Telstar 18 is the official match ball for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

The Science Behind The World Cup Ball

9:50am June 20, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

For every World Cup, there's a custom official ball. But how does the Telstar 18 actually stack up? To find out, scientists stuck it in a wind tunnel with a bunch of sensors.

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NBA Moves Into E-Sports

6:46am June 20, 2018

by Lauren Chapman

E-sports has doubled in size in the last three years and professional athletic associations are now getting more closely involved.

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New Docu-Series Looks At College Football's Shadowy Economic And Legal System

4:44pm June 19, 2018

In college football, everybody thinks everyone cheats — everyone except their own team. NPR's Audie Cornish talks with SB Nation reporter Steven Godfrey about allegations of paid players at the University of Mississippi, a years-long NCAA investigation that followed and the shockwaves it sent through the NCAA.

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Swiss Soccer Fans Have Difficulty Getting To The World Cup

7:14am June 19, 2018

The AFP news service reports one car load was following a GPS and had no idea they were passing through a war zone in eastern Ukraine. Other Swiss fans booked a hotel in the wrong city.

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The South Korean soccer team poses for a photo prior to the 2018 FIFA World Cup match against Sweden at Nizhny Novgorod Stadium on June 18, 2018 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.

The Science Behind South Korea's Race-Based World Cup Strategy

7:06pm June 18, 2018

by Art Silverman

South Korea's men's soccer team tried to confuse scouts from Sweden's team by swapping jerseys so their opponent couldn't tell the players apart. But could a strategy like that actually work?

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Hannes Halldorsson of Iceland saves a penalty kick by Lionel Messi of Argentina on Saturday in Moscow.

World Cup 2018: What's Happened So Far

3:11pm June 18, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

If this weekend's big matches had one lesson, it was that even great teams don't win every game. The Davids were stronger than expected, and the Goliaths were weighed down by sky-high expectations.

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Half-Marathon Entrant Runs Full Marathon

7:14am June 18, 2018

Sean Elmquist of Minnesota planned to run a half marathon but he boarded the wrong bus and realized he would miss his race. The bus he was on was headed for the full marathon — so he went for it.

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Reaction To Mexico's Soccer Goal Moved The Earth, Literally

5:46am June 18, 2018

During the World Cup match between Mexico and reigning champions Germany, Hirving Lozano scored, and fans' collective leap of joy was so huge it was picked up by 2 seismic monitoring systems.

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