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April Fools' Joke May Have Backfired On Jacksonville Jaguars

6:29am April 02, 2018

As part of a joke, the NFL team posted a photo of new uniforms. Dozens of fans replied they liked the fake uniforms. For real, the team is supposed to unveil new uniforms later this month.

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What To Watch For In The NCAA Women's Basketball Championship

8:16am April 01, 2018

NPR's Korva Coleman previews the NCAA women's basketball championship game between Mississippi State and Notre Dame with ESPN's Maria Taylor.

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Little League trailblazer Kay Johnston Massar scores one of life's truly rare honors: being an answer on Jeopardy!

A Little League Of Her Own: The First Girl In Little League Baseball

2:04pm March 30, 2018

At 13, Kay Johnston pretended to be a boy and played first base for a Little League team in upstate New York. That was in the 1950s. Now 81, Kay Johnston Massar says, "I just wanted to play the game."

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Scott Foster, an accountant who plays in an amateur recreational hockey league, was suddenly called in as an emergency backup goalie for the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday night.

36-Year-Old Accountant Called In As Emergency NHL Goalie — And He Crushed It

1:44pm March 30, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

"The initial shock happened when I had to dress," Scott Foster said after the Blackhawks' 6-2 victory. "You just kind of black out after that."

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Accountant Gets His Big Break As Blackhawks Emergency Goalie

7:01am March 30, 2018

A series of injuries caused the Chicago Blackhawks to call on an unexpected emergency goalie, 36-year-old Chicago accountant Scott Foster.

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Baseball's Back And So Are The Yankees. Here Are This Season's Super Teams

12:32am March 30, 2018

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with ESPN reporter Marly Rivera about what to expect as another season of Major League Baseball starts up. She says the Yankees aren't the only talented team to watch.

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Groundskeepers prepare the infield before an opening-day baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday in Baltimore.

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Opening Day: Baseball Is Longer Than Ever, But MLB Is Trying To Change That

4:22pm March 29, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

Winter is over, and the game is going to look slightly different than last year. The league is trying to speed up the pace of play with rule changes.

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March Meh-ness? Poll Finds Folks In NC Not Too Interested In NCAAs

3:57pm March 29, 2018

by Paul Garber

The Final Four of the NCAA men's basketball tournament begins this weekend just as a new poll is released by High Point University finding that this year North Carolinians just aren't feeling the M

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Contract Extension Will Keep Basketball Coach Wes Miller In Gate City Through 2029

3:42pm March 28, 2018

by Associated Press and Keri Brown

UNC Greensboro has extended men's basketball coach Wes Miller's contract through 2029.

The deal comes after he led the Spartans to their first NCAA Tournament since 2001.

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The 1963 'Game Of Change,' Or Lack Thereof

5:20am March 28, 2018

The 1963 men's basketball game between Loyola University Chicago and Mississippi State was dubbed "The Game of Change." But ESPN's Kevin Blackistone tells David Greene that name might be misleading.

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