How one NCAA basketball team plays the game using sign language
The Bisons, Gallaudet University's women's basketball team, is holding its own in its NCAA division. Almost all Bison players are deaf or hard of hearing,
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Las Vegas' famed Tropicana resort will close this week to make way for a new ballpark
When the Tropicana opened in 1957, it was the "Tiffany of the Strip," complete with showgirl revues, mob deals and James Bond. It will be demolished in October to build a new home for the Oakland A's.
Saturday sports: Elite Eight begins; Colorado and Iowa face off in women's Sweet 16
NPR's Scott Simon talks with Michele Steele of ESPN about UConn's dominance in the March Madness basketball tournament. Also, a heartwarming update.
This North Carolina speedway discovery may have roots in prohibition
Workers at a racetrack in North Carolina have discovered a hidden space under the grand stand that some say was once a moonshine cave.
TX Rangers hope for rare repeat as World Series champs
The Texas Rangers are still riding the high from last year's first-ever World Series win. Fans are hopeful Texas can repeat as champs as a new baseball season gets underway.
Why the University of Idaho marching band members are heroes in Connecticut
When Yale's marching band wasn't able to make it to March Madness, the Sound of Idaho stepped in — and went viral. A week later, Connecticut's governor proclaimed a "University of Idaho Day."
Looking for Cinderella? Here's the biggest underdog left in March Madness
North Carolina State isn't a prototypical Cinderella — they're from a major conference, and they won it all in the 1970s and '80s — but they're the only double-digit seed left. Learn to love them.
What to look out for in this weekend's NCAA Women's Sweet Sixteen
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with The Athletic's Sabreena Merchant about what to expect in the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA's Division 1 women's basketball tournament.
The Wizards and Capitols aren't leaving DC anymore. What happened?
D.C.'s pro basketball and hockey teams will stay in their arena in downtown Washington, a reversal of earlier news that they'd move to a brand new arena across the Potomac in Alexandria, Virginia.
D.C.'s Capitol Hill Classic can attest club volleyball tournaments are big business
Every weekend in cities across the country, youth volleyball tournaments provide life lessons for players and pump millions of dollars into local economies.