A men's NCAA Sweet 16 Preview As the Men's Sweet 16 round of the NCAA tournament kick off tomorrow, NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with TNT Sports sideline reporter and bracketology expert, Andy Katz. Jason Fuller
Kickoffs will look radically different in the NFL next year. Here's how and why For years, the NFL has tweaked kickoff rules to reduce injuries, resulting in kickoffs that were safer but more boring. The changes aim to re-introduce excitement while keeping injuries low. Becky Sullivan
Indigenous trailblazer to be inducted into Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame Ross Anderson set out to represent people of color in professional skiing. He's one of the US Ski and Board Hall Hall of Fame's 2023 inductees. Adam Burke
Shohei Ohtani says he's sad, shocked over Mizuhara's gambling and theft allegations The Los Angeles Dodgers fired Ippei Mizuhara last week. Three months earlier, the team called Mizuhara "Shohei's best buddy." Maquita Peters
NCAA men's tournament bracket reaches the Sweet 16 milestone March Madness basketball play reaches the Sweet 16 on the men's side — the women's will be solidified by the end of the day. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Nicole Auerbach with The Athletic.
So your NCAA bracket is busted. Should you have just chosen all the top seeds? As the dust settles from the early rounds of the NCAA Tournament, we bid farewell to the would-be Cinderellas who couldn't pull off the upset and take stock of your tattered bracket. Becky Sullivan
Saturday Sports: Shohei Ohtani's interpreter fired, March Madness begins Baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani's longtime interpreter fired over allegations of illegal gambling, and March Madness begins. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media. Scott Simon
How baseball turned two strangers into family In this week's StoryCorps, a youth baseball coach and one of his former players talk about how they ended up becoming close. Esther Honig
Theft in translation? Dodgers fire Shohei Ohtani's interpreter over gambling scandal The Los Angeles Dodgers have fired Ippei Mizuhara. He gave conflicting accounts about paying large gambling debts, ESPN's Tisha Thompson tells NPR. Bill Chappell
Why the Los Angeles Dodgers fired Shohei Ohtani's interpreter The interpreter is accused of using the superstar ballplayer's money to cover millions of dollars in alleged illegal bets. NPR's Michel Martin talks to ESPN investigative reporter Tisha Thompson.