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PRI's The World
May 04, 2016
It's usually quite a celebratory moment when the torch arrives, and of course it is in Brazil, too. But the country also has plenty of other big concerns, like serious government, economic and health crises keeping Brazilians occupied.
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Univision's World Cup Spanish commentary has surprised some Latinos
PRI's The World
June 20, 2014
Felix Sanchez isn't a big soccer buff, but this year he decided to catch some World Cup matches. When he tuned into the Spanish language broadcaster Univision he was surprised by what he heard.
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A stray dog adopts a team of Swedish trekkers on an endurance race in the Amazon
PRI's The World
November 24, 2014
Sometimes we choose dogs — and sometimes they choose us. A scruffy, yellow Ecuadorean street dog followed a team of Swedish trekkers on a race through the Amazon. He became the star of the race and ended up becoming the trusty companion to the team's captain.
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Women's bodies as recruiting tools: How Louisville basketball welcomed high schoolers with paid escorts
November 13, 2015
The truly scandalous aspect of the whole ordeal is that institutionalized sexism has become such a routine part of the game behind the game.
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Why Formula 1 has a sound problem
PRI's The World
March 18, 2014
Fans of Formula 1 car racing are upset over a new move to go green. This season, all F1 cars are required to use hybrid technology. The engines cut down on pollution, but also the noise.
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Iranians share their anger, and apologies, over the World Cup draw in Brazil
PRI's The World
December 11, 2013
Brazilian supermodel Fernanda Lima has received a torrent of online abuse from Iranian soccer fans, following her appearance at last week's World Cup draw. Lima's dress was too revealing for Iranian TV, which interrupted the live program every time the cameras focused on the model — which was often.
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A baseball player hits a double, and it launches the career of Haruki Murakami
PRI's The World
September 03, 2015
Haruki Murakami, the perennial favorite to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, says his desire to write is all due to a double hit by an American baseball player named Dave Hilton. Really? We tracked down that player, and an expert on creativity to see if the story is truth, or fiction.
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Want company while cheering your World Cup team? Help create our World Cup venue guide
PRI's The World
June 04, 2014
Welcome to PRI's crowd-sourced guide of the bars, restaurants, community halls and other places where fans are flocking to cheer their home countries during the 2014 World Cup.
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How to sound simultaneously English and Spanish at the World Cup
The World in Words
July 03, 2014
Native Spanish speaker Fernando Palomo does English language TV commentary for ESPN. He offers US viewers instant analysis that draws on his soccer-obsessed Latin American background.
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European Games are going swimmingly, although no one seems to know they're happening
PRI's The World
June 19, 2015
Updated
The first-ever European Games is wrapping up its first week. By all accounts it's been a roaring success. In Baku, Azerbaijan, where the games are being held. Elsewhere in Europe, folks don't really seem to know that the "Olympics for Europe" is taking place.
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Why the Boston Marathon bombing made me watch mixed martial arts
PRI's The World
April 21, 2014
The Tsarnaevs trained at the mixed martial arts gym under reporter Andrea Crossan's home. And, it turns out, that some of the best fighters in MMA come from the Caucasus region that also produced the Tsarnaevs.