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Chicago Dominates The Week In Sports

10:21am November 15, 2014

Jay Cutler's having another rough season with the Bears, while Bulls point guard Derrick Rose can't seem to stay off the injured list. NPR's Scott Simon talks Chicago sports with NPR's Tom Goldman.

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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver speaks at a news conference during the NBA Board of Governors meeting in July.

NBA Commissioner Thinks Gambling On Games Should Be Legal

8:37pm November 14, 2014

by Laura Sullivan

Breaking with other major pro sports leagues, Adam Silver says the world is changing and that Congress should allow sports betting that is legal and regulated.

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NBA Commissioner Calls For Legalization Of Sports Gambling

6:34pm November 14, 2014

Sports gambling is widely popular but, outside of Nevada, it's illegal and done largely in the shadows. Now, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has written an op-ed in The New York Times calling for its legalization. Sportswriter Stefan Fatsis talks to Audie Cornish about that and other things NBA.

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After helping the Angels win 98 games this season, outfielder Mike Trout swept the first-place votes for the American League Most Valuable Player.

Baseball's Best, A Hitter And A Pitcher, Are From LA

6:09pm November 14, 2014

by Becky Sullivan

For the Angels' Mike Trout, the third time was the charm. And Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers is just the 11th player to win MVP and Cy Young in the same season.

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Baseball's Cy Young Awards Go To A Newcomer And A Repeat Winner

11:25am November 14, 2014

by Becky Sullivan

The Los Angeles Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw swept the voting for his third Cy Young, while Corey Kluber of the Cleveland Indians narrowly won his first.

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FIFA Won't Reopen Bidding Process For 2018, 2022 World Cups

10:31am November 14, 2014

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with sports correspondent Tom Goldman about the FIFA investigation into the World Cup bidding process. On Thursday, the organization cleared Russia and Qatar of corruption.

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FIFA Clears Qatar, Russia Of World Cup Corruption, Ignites Furor

4:50pm November 13, 2014

by Krishnadev Calamur

A report by a German judge examined the actions of countries that bid to stage the World Cup in 2018 and 2022. But the lawyer on whose work the report was based called it "incomplete and erroneous."

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Unbeaten Dudley Appeals Playoff Disqualification

5:13am November 13, 2014

High School football playoffs have not yet begun in North Carolina.

Tennis Players Are Getting Their First Servings Of Sabermetrics

2:27pm November 12, 2014

by Kevin Fixler

Players and managers in major team sports have leveraged sophisticated data analyses for years to improve game-time performance. Now one-on-one athletes are picking up Moneyball tactics, too.

Joe Tinker of the Chicago Cubs and Bill Bradley of the Cleveland Naps around 1910.

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Chicago Or Cleveland: Whose Teams Had More Downs Than Ups?

8:09am November 12, 2014

by Frank Deford

Commentator Frank Deford ponders which city has had the worst luck in sports. It's hard to decide whether Cubs fans or Cleveland fans deserve the most sympathy for their years of cheering on futility.

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