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Indiana Girls Swim Team Hopes To Make History In High School Sports

5:39pm December 22, 2015

by Jill Sheridan

The Carmel, Ind., high school girls swim team is poised to make history at state this year. A win will break the record for most consecutive wins for any high school team of any sport or any gender.

FIFA Bans Soccer President Sepp Blatter For 8 Years

2:53pm December 22, 2015

by Tom Goldman

In a statement, FIFA said Blatter's ban was tied to a $2 million payment he made to FIFA Vice President Michel Platini. FIFA says that Blatter was not able to provide a "legal basis" for that payment.

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Commercial Space Industry Would Benefit From Space Act, Critics Say

2:51pm December 22, 2015

by Audrey Quinn

Lawmakers in the House passed the Space Act, which says U.S. companies can harvest, own and trade resources from space. Two companies have put millions of dollars into the vision of mining asteroids.

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Seau's Suicide Helped To Make Concussions In Football A National Issue

6:10am December 22, 2015

As Morning Edition examines the dangers of concussions, David Greene talks to football analyst Jim Trotter about Junior Seau. The NFL star's 2012 suicide elevated the issue of concussions.

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Parents Break Down Why Their Child Should Or Shouldn't Play Tackle Football

12:29am December 22, 2015

David Greene talks to three parents about youth football: one who allows his child to play, one who won't let his child play for fear of injury and one who is reluctantly allowing her child to play.

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Carolina Panthers Remain Undefeated As NFL Regular Season Winds Down

4:19pm December 21, 2015

With two weeks remaining in the NFL's regular season, the Carolina Panthers remain undefeated. NPR's Robert Siegel discusses the Panthers, their quarterback, and the last two weeks of the season with Jane McManus of ESPN.com.

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Top College Quarterback Isn't A Rookie To Adversity

8:34am December 20, 2015

by Joe Corcoran

When Western Kentucky takes on South Florida in the Miami Beach Bowl, they'll be led by the country's top-ranked quarterback two years running, and he's as concerned about his soul as he is about TDs.

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This Week In Sports: Team Leaders

8:34am December 20, 2015

Mike Pesca, host of Slate's The Gist podcast, has some opinions about how Adam Silver of the NBA and Roger Goodell of the NFL run thir respective sports leagues.

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What Were 2015's Biggest Sports Stories?

8:04am December 19, 2015

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Howard Bryant of ESPN.com and ESPN the magazine about the big sports stories of 2015, and what to expect in the new year.

Two young Afghan women, Shopirai Otmonkhel and Zahra Karimi Nooristani, hold the Afghan flag on an unnamed peak in Panjshir. They were among 13 Afghan girls and young women who took part in a 16-day climbing expedition in northeast Afghanistan.

For Young Afghan Women, Scaling Mountain Peaks Brings Highs And Lows

6:14am December 19, 2015

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

Months of training culminated with reaching the summit of a 16,500-foot peak, which they named. But there were frustrations and squabbles along the away, and uncertainties as they returned to Kabul.