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The city is exploring a bid for the 2022 Winter Games. It has the advantage of extensive and specialized facilities. But Olympic officials may want to give another place a chance.
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There are three weapons in fencing: epee, foil and sabre. Mariel Zagunis is the best woman in sabre, having won Olympic gold medals in 2004 and 2008. Zangunis says sabre fencers are the "punk rockers" of her sport — they are aggressive, explosive and a little crazy.
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Four years ago, Elena Delle Donne was the top basketball recruit in the country. But Delle Donne walked away from an elite college program — so she could be with her severely disabled sister and the rest of their family. Now she's the best college player in America.
For the second time in four years, New Yorkers celebrated a Super Bowl win by the Giants with a tickertape parade through Manhattan's "Canyon of Heroes" on Tuesday.
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What began as an impish prank by office boys in 1866, who threw spools of paper out of windows to celebrate the dedication of the Statue of Liberty, has evolved over the years. Now, that's recycled paper floating down on the New York Giants.
On Sunday, the New England Patriots lost to the New York Giants in the Super Bowl. The wife of defeated quarterback Tom Brady. supermodel Gisele Bundchen, complained about receivers dropping his passes.
It's estimated more than 111 million people watched Sunday's Super Bowl — the biggest TV audience ever for the championship game. Morning Edition has an update of stories that may have gotten lost during the Super Bowl hype.
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Stanley became a poster boy for tough losses, only to come back roaring a week later.
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You could say Tyrieshia Douglas' boxing career began at 16, when she was arrested for street fighting. Now, at 23, Douglas is one of 24 fighters competing for three spots on the first ever U.S. Olympic women's boxing team.
Women's boxing will be an Olympic sport for the first time in London later this year and the trials to choose the U.S. competitors will be held in Spokane in February. Tyrieshia Douglas from Baltimore is one of the competitors. When she was 16-years-old, she was arrested for street-fighting and says her juvenile court judge recommended she take her skills into the gym. Now she's 23-years-old and ranked No. 2 in the country in her weight category.
With an ad costing about $3.5 million per 30 seconds, the stakes were high as advertisers pulled out all their tricks to wow viewers on Super Bowl Sunday. To review the most talked about ads, guest host Jacki Lyden hears from Tampa Bay Times TV and media critic Eric Deggans, and Detroit News TV critic and writer Mekeisha Madden Toby. They also discuss Madonna's halftime show performance.
Jamie King's NFL dreams never took off, but he got a second chance when he was asked to coach the Fredericksburg Generals, a little-known team in Virginia. He talks with guest host Jacki Lyden about helping a group of misfits become champions, and how it changed his life in the process. King is profiled in this week's The Washington Post Magazine.
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And speaking of the Super Bowl, did you catch the obscene gesture by singer M.I.A. during the halftime show? We missed it, but so did the person with a finger on the button that would have blurred the offending finger on TV.
The New York Giants came back with a last-minute score to beat the New England Patriots 21-17 Sunday night for New York's fourth Super Bowl title. It was a rematch of the 2008 NFL championship, when Eli Manning led New York past New England to ruin the Patriots' bid for a perfect season.
The New England Patriots have kicked off to the New York Giants to begin the Super Bowl.
The Super Bowl game Sunday between the New York Giants and New England Patriots is just one part of a week full of events. Thousand of corporate executives are in Indianapolis for the Super Bowl — both the game and some big-league schmoozing.
NASCAR Hall Of Fame driver Darrell Waltrip has a new book, Sundays Will Never Be the Same. Waltrip discusses his long and successful career as a driver and his time afterward in the announcer's booth. Host Rachel Martin also speaks with Waltrip about the day his longtime friend and rival Dale Earnhart died in a crash.
In football, defense wins championships, or so the saying goes. That hasn't been true recently. In fact, both teams in Sunday's Super Bowl, the Giants and the Patriots, featured less-than-stout defenses through the season. NPR's Mike Pesca has some possible reasons why.
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In the question of who will win the Super Bowl, there is a growing consensus: the Giants over the Patriots. Some solid analysis backs this up, but mostly we're relying on no good reasons.
The Buffalo Sabres coach had plenty to smile about after a 6-0 win over the Boston Bruins.
Paul Pierce passed Larry Bird for No. 2 on Boston’s career scoring list as the Celts won their fifth straight.
BELCHERTOWN, Mass. — Fourteen people arrested during a post-Super Bowl disturbance at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst have pleaded not guilty to various charges including disorderly conduct and failure to disperse.
INDIANAPOLIS — It was a long wait Monday for many New England Patriots fans who were trying to get home from the Super Bowl in Indianapolis.
INDIANAPOLIS — It will be a long flight home for the New England Patriots and their fans after the team’s devastating Super Bowl loss to the New York Giants in Indianapolis Sunday night. The Pats made some key mistakes that left many players — and fans — wondering what went wrong and what might have been.
AMHERST, Mass. — Out in Amherst, more than a dozen University of Massachusetts students face disciplinary action after police dispersed a rowdy crowd following the Super Bowl game.
WASHINTON — The Bruins snapped a two-game losing streak with a 4-1 win over the Washington Capitals.
BOSTON — The 35-year-old Kevin Garnett matched his season-high with 24 points and grabbed nine rebounds to lead the Celtics to their fourth straight win, a 98-80 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday.
INDIANAPOLIS — This was the first Super Bowl with two starting quarterbacks who previously won the big game’s MVP award. They took turns being brilliant but Eli Manning and the Giants one-upped Tom Brady and the Pats again, coming back with a last-minute touchdown to beat New England.
BOSTON — A lot of people at Lucus Oil Stadium have landed their Super Bowl seats through big-time connections, sponsors and promotions, but some “regular folks” also score tickets.
BOSTON — Super Bowl Sunday is as much about eating and drinking as it is about football.
BOSTON — Mike Giardi, anchor and reporter for Comcast SportsNet, joined WBUR from Indianapolis, where some of the Pat’s youngest players are prepping for their first Super Bowl.
BOSTON — The waiting is almost over. We preview Super Bowl XLVI with ESPNBoston’s Mike Reiss.
INDIANAPOLIS — In Indianapolis on Sunday, the New England Patriots will wear on their jerseys two patches bearing meaningful letters. One is for Super Bowl 46: the Roman numerals XLVI. The other spells MHK, the initials of the team owner’s late wife.
BOSTON — Cam Ward made 47 saves – 22 in the first period and 20 in the third – Brandon Sutter had a goal and an assist, and the Hurricanes finished their first season sweep of the Bruins with a 3-0 victory on Thursday night.
BOSTON — Ahead of Sunday’s big game, have a look back at the team’s history with our interactive timeline.
INDIANAPOLIS — A former UMass Minuteman is suiting up, not for the Patriots, but for the Giants in the Super Bowl. Victor Cruz’s great season has helped put the football program in Amherst on the map.
The helmet-to-helmet shot knocked Tony Dorsett out cold in the second quarter of a 1984 Cowboys-Eagles game, the hardest hit he ever took during his career.
Paul Pierce had 17 points and eight assists as the Boston Celtics crept above .500 for the second time this season.
