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John Holland, No. 10 of the D-League's Canton Charge, looks to pass the ball against the Sioux Falls Skyforce at Canton Memorial Civic Center on Jan. 23, in Canton, Ohio. The 19 teams of the D-League — the NBA's development league — crisscross the cou

In Basketball's D-League, Player Takes Long Shot At NBA Dream

7:01am May 21, 2016

by Uri Berliner

John Holland made six figures playing pro basketball in Europe. He traded that for $19,000 and Canton, Ohio, playing on the Cleveland Cavaliers' farm team for a chance to play in the NBA.

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Poll Finds Most Native Americans Aren't Offended By Redskins Name

7:55pm May 20, 2016

NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Washington Post reporter John Woodrow Cox about his paper's poll that shows 9 out of 10 Native Americans aren't offended by the name of the Washington football team.

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Ravens Tackle Lobbies The NFL To Approve Medical Marijuana

3:13pm May 20, 2016

Eugene Monroe tells Mary Louise Kelly that the NFL should stop testing players for marijuana. He reasons that players should be allowed to use the drug for medical purposes to treat chronic pain.

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Russia Hires PR Firm Burson-Marsteller To Help Spin Doping Scandal

6:46am May 20, 2016

Russia's track and field program is banned from international competition because of a doping scandal. Mary Louise Kelly talks to Gene Grabowski, a former partner with Burson-Marsteller.

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Ballpark Vendors Need Hustle And A Clear Strategy

6:30am May 20, 2016

by Nick Fountain

Selling hot dogs at a baseball game isn't just about having legs that can run stairs fast, and a loud yell. There's a lot of strategy involved.

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For John Holland, Breaking Into The NBA Came Down To One Shot

7:05pm May 19, 2016

by Uri Berliner

The odds are stacked against any minor league basketball player trying to make the NBA. But one remarkable, contested shot helped pave the way for a player named John Holland.

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Filipino boxing great Manny Pacquiao holds his Certificate of Canvass as he is proclaimed the seventh senator by Commissioner Christopher Lim (right) in a ceremony Thursday.

Boxing Great Manny Pacquiao Wins Senate Seat In The Philippines

3:49pm May 19, 2016

by Laura Wagner

The political victory brings the 37-year-old, who had previously served in the Philippines' House of Representatives, ever closer to an eventual shot at the presidency.

The Canton Charge, in yellow, play against the Idaho Stampede at the NBA D-League Showcase at the Kaiser Permanente Arena in Santa Cruz, Calif., on Jan. 6.

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For Some NBA Hopefuls, A Timeout In Basketball's Lesser-Known League

1:28pm May 19, 2016

by NPR Staff

Basketball players hoping to break into the NBA sometimes play first in the D-League. On this episode of Embedded, we follow two players through the highs and lows of the season.

Will Russian Athletes Be Barred From Rio's Summer Olympics?

6:37am May 19, 2016

by Melissa Block

Russia is dismissing as "slander" allegations of a widespread state-run doping program at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. The IOC says it will take "swift action" based on the outcome of an investigation.

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Russian Officials Deny Reports Of State-Sponsored Doping Of Athletes

8:04am May 18, 2016

by Corey Flintoff

U.S. prosecutors have opened an investigation into allegations that the Russian government ran a doping program that produced winners in several recent Olympic Games, The New York Times reports.

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