Saturday Sports: Paralympics, Tiger Woods, March Madness
We have an update on the Paralympics now underway in South Korea, plus Tiger Woods and college basketball.
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Paralympians Say Wheelchair Curling Opens Up Possibilities
The U.S. Paralympic wheelchair curling team says the sport changed its members lives. Before they left for South Korea, two U.S. team members shared their sport with paralyzed veterans.
Why 1 U.S. Snowboarder Competing In His First Paralympics Is Helping His Competition
Mike Schultz lost his leg in a snowmobile race accident in 2008. Since then, he created a successful business making prosthetic legs and learned to snowboard so well that he's about to compete in the 2018 Winter Paralympics.
A Pitch For Getting Girls In The Game
There is a growing movement to get more girls and women in baseball.
In Ethiopia, Soccer Stadiums Have Become Political Battlefields
Protests have raged across Ethiopia for three years — and they're spilling over to the country's favorite sport.
Woody Durham, Longtime Voice Of Tar Heel Sports, Dies At 76
Woody Durham, the retired "Voice of the Tar Heels" who called North Carolina football and basketball games for four decades, died Wednesday. He was 76.
Talk About Madness: How The NCAA Deals With Scandals
As March Madness approaches, sports commentator Mike Pesca opines on the absurdity of the way the NCAA deals with fraud and scandal.
How 'Icarus' Accidentally Exposed A Major 'Ocean's Eleven-Style' Doping Scheme
Bryan Fogel set out to make a film about taking performance-enhancing drugs. He stumbled upon a much bigger scandal of Russian state-sponsored doping — and won the Oscar for best documentary feature.
Roger Bannister, First Runner To Break 4-Minute Mile Mark, Dies At 88
Roger Bannister's 3:59:4 mile in 1954 unlocked the door to what was possible in track — both physically and psychologically.
Musher Mutiny, Dog Doping: Scandals Mire The Super Bowl Of Sled Dog Races
The uniquely Alaskan sled dog race now draws scrutiny, protest and even allegations of doping and sabotage.