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Alabama Beats Georgia In OT To Win College Football Championship

7:27am January 09, 2018

by Ross Terrell

Alabama beat Georgia 26-23 to win its fifth national championship since 2009 under coach Nick Saban. Freshman quarterback Tua Tagovailoa threw a 42-yard touchdown pass to put Alabama on top.

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Georgia quarterback Jake Fromm throws during the second half of the NCAA college football playoff championship game on Monday in Atlanta.

Georgia Bulldogs Lead Alabama Crimson Tide 19-7 In College Football Championship Game

11:42pm January 08, 2018

by Richard Gonzales

The contest features one team led by a legendary coach and the other led by his former assistant. Nick Saban has never been defeated by one of his ex-aides.

Will Sending North Korean Athletes To The Winter Olympics Change Relations?

6:06pm January 08, 2018

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with Tina Park, executive director of the Canadian Centre for the Responsibility to Protect, about whether sending North Korean athletes to the winter Olympics in South Korea, signals any significant change in relations.

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Figure Skaters Can Use Music With Lyrics For First Time In 2018 Olympics

4:18pm January 08, 2018

The PyeongChang 2018 Olympics will be the first Winter Olympics to feature figure skaters performing to music with lyrics. Maggie Hendricks of USA Today tells NPR's Kelly McEvers that figure skating organizers hope music filled with lyrics will help create a new generation of figure skating fans.

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Alabama And Georgia Will Decide Who's The College Football Champion In Atlanta

4:18pm January 08, 2018

by Ross Terrell

College football will crown its national champion Monday night. And fans of the two teams won't have too far to travel: Alabama and Georgia are playing in Atlanta where things have been a bit crazy.

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Nathan Chen, foreground, smiles after winning the men's skate event between Ross Miner, left, who finished second, Vincent Zhou, second from right, who finished third, and Adam Rippon, who finished fourth, at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in San J

U.S. Olympic Figure Skating Lineup Set, Here Are The Surprises

2:47pm January 08, 2018

by Tom Goldman

Fourteen skaters in individual, pairs and dance categories will travel to South Korea next month to try to bolster America's sterling reputation in one of the Olympics' most popular sports.

Adam Rippon, the first openly gay man to qualify for the U.S. Winter Olympics team, competes during the 2018 Prudential U.S. Figure Skating Championships in San Jose, Calif.

Adam Rippon Is U.S.'s First Openly Gay Man To Qualify For Winter Olympics

11:35pm January 07, 2018

by Danny Nett

The United States has never sent an openly gay male athlete to the Winter Olympics. In Pyeongchang this year, Team USA may have two.

Olympic Figure Skating Judges Make Controversial Selections

6:04pm January 07, 2018

The U.S. Olympic Skating Team was chosen this weekend, but the choice was not without controversy. NPR's Michel Martin talks with Christine Brennan from USA Today about the selection process.

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North Korea's Olympic Skaters

8:06am January 07, 2018

North Korea may send a pair of skaters to the Olympics. NPR's Lulu Garcia Navarro talks with New York Times sports reporter Jere Longman about what this means for skating and international relations.

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Figure Skaters Compete For Olympic Spots

8:21am January 06, 2018

by Tom Goldman

The best figure skaters in the United States are competing this week in California. A trip to next month's Winter Olympics is on the line.