Commentary

Sports

Bruce Jenner's Long History Of Clearing Hurdles

9:03am April 22, 2015

by Frank Deford

As Jenner prepares for an interview in which he's expected to talk about his gender identity, commentator Frank Deford looks back at the reality TV star's days as an Olympic athlete adjusting to fame.

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Declared and potential candidates are already in New Hampshire. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and others spoke at the First in the Nation Republican Leadership Summit this week in Nashua.

Politics & Government

Advice For Beleaguered Battleground State Residents: Leave Town

10:59am April 18, 2015

by Linda Wertheimer

With the presidential campaign season already underway, NPR's Linda Wertheimer has a hot tip for swing state voters feeling besieged: Rent your house to a political operative and take a vacation.

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Letters: Russian Memes, Abraham Lincoln Assassination Anniversary

7:45pm April 14, 2015

NPR's Audie Cornish and Robert Siegel read letters from listeners about the memes of Russian President Vladimir Putin on a Ritz cracker and the anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln's assassination Tuesday.

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Jeralean Talley addresses the congregation as her pastor, Reverend Dana Darby, holds the microphone for her during a celebration of her 115th birthday.

Health & Safety

From Pork To Onion Sandwiches: Secrets To Supersurvivors' Long Lives

11:05am April 11, 2015

by Tamara Keith

At 115, Jeralean Talley is the world's oldest living person. She inherited the title from a 116-year-old Arkansan who died this week. NPR's Tamara Keith reflects on the secrets of a good, long life.

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Sports

Deford: Americans Don't Care About Major League Soccer

3:30pm April 08, 2015

by Frank Deford

The curmudgeonly sports commentator is pessimistic about the sport's prospects in the U.S.

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Hard Hats And Loud Vests On The Prime Minister's Campaign Bus

11:19am April 05, 2015

by Jonny Dymond

Correspondent Jonny Dymond is the BBC's man on the David Cameron election bus. He filed an essay with three weeks to go before the UK's national election.

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Sports

Remembering Legendary NBA Announcer 'Hot Rod' Hundley

5:22pm April 01, 2015

by Frank Deford

Hundley, who died last week at age 80, was one of the first former NBA players whom the Basketball Hall of Fame honored for calling games.

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White roses adorn the statue of Richard III outside Leicester Cathedral before the reinterment ceremony of King Richard III.

Books

At Last, A Fitting Farewell For Richard III

10:56am March 28, 2015

by Scott Simon

Richard III has been buried, two years after his abandoned bones were found under an abandoned parking lot. NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the man Shakespeare turned into one of his great characters.

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'Borland Effect' A Fumble For Football? Deford Says It Will Pass

8:18am March 25, 2015

by Frank Deford

San Francisco 49ers player Chris Borland is retiring from the NFL after a single season to avoid potential brain injuries. Some see this as the beginning of the end of football's popularity.

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News From The Charity Stripe

12:23pm March 18, 2015

by Frank Deford

NCAA basketball fans often strive to rattle free throw shooters — but, for commentator Frank Deford, few efforts match Arizona State's Curtain of Distraction, which he sums up as: "shock and awful."

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