NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Michael Bamberger, a senior writer at Sports Illustrated, about the legacy of Arnold Palmer. He died Sunday at age 87.
As we mourn the golf great, we acknowledge another contribution he made to our culture: the tasty and refreshing iced tea and lemonade beverage that carries his name.
José Fernández defected from Cuba as a teenager, and there has been an outpouring from baseball fans in the Cuban community who felt proud of his success and devastation upon word of his death.
In the 1960s, Palmer became golf's first TV star. His good looks and charm were as important to promoting the sport as his 62 PGA victories. His competition with Jack Nicklaus also excited the fans.
The young ace was the National League's Rookie of the Year in 2013. When he died, he had the second most strikeouts of any pitcher in the National League.
Correspondents, editors and producers from NPR's newsroom share the pieces that have kept them reading, using the #NPRreads hashtag.
Football season has begun and there's plenty to talk about. Howard Bryant of ESPN.com talks to NPR's Scott Simon about the week in sports.
One of the few coaches in the Olympic Hall of Fame has died. Ed Temple coached sprinter Wilma Rudolph and the legendary Tigerbelles of Tennessee State University.
Yahoo says 500 million user accounts may have been breached. Social media erupt in jokes.
We're seeing something we did not witness a decade or two ago: Sports as a vehicle not just for making money, but for social change.
Hillary’s milestone. Obama meets Sanders. Mourning Muhammad Ali. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.
During the fight that introduced him to the world, Ali flaunted an idiosyncratic style that matched his famously fast wit.
Young fighters are feeling the impact of hometown hero Muhammad Ali – inside the ring and out.
LeBron James poured in 32 points while the Warriors’ Stephen Curry, the league MVP, had another sub-par game.
Since his conversation with Charlie Pierce last week, Bill Littlefield has been thinking about which athletes he’d most like to have met.
One day, author Davis Miller worked up the courage to knock on Muhammad Ali’s door. That was the beginning of a lifelong friendship.
The footwear company has sued Boris Berian, the world indoor 800-meter champion.
Born Cassius Clay, Ali converted to Islam in 1964, and later became a conscientious objector during the Vietnam War.
As a young journalist, R. B. Scott spent more than a week with the champ in 1974.
OnlyAGame.org is getting a new uniform! Coming June 9, 2016, WBUR — our home station — will release some exciting changes to our website, wbur.org. Here’s what you can expect.
Thousands have flocked to Ali’s boyhood home, as well as to the city’s Muhammad Ali Center.
Boxing legend Muhammad Ali dies at 74. We look back at the life and career of the whole Muhammad Ali.
When a young Jim Palmer went to his first Yankee game, he had no idea he’d be facing off against that team’s best player just 10 years later.
The garment that a hockey player pulls over his shoulder pads: is it a jersey? Or is it a sweater?
One game into the 2016 NBA Finals, is it fair to say LeBron and the Cavs are big underdogs? And why does forward Anderson Varejão have better odds than anyone else of getting a championship ring? Only A Game analyst Charlie Pierce and Bill talk NBA playoffs and more.
We often hear stories of how much a good coach can change an athlete’s life. Hilary Niles reminds us that, sometimes, athletes leave a mark on their coaches, too.
