Soccer star Dani Alves is found guilty of rape and sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison Dani Alves, one of the most successful soccer players of his generation, was found guilty of raping a woman in a Barcelona nightclub in 2022. The Associated Press
NBA All-Star Game: East beat the West 211-186. Did fans watch the game? After last year's NBA All-Star Game hit a ratings low, the league went back to its classic format. Did it pay off? NPR's A Martinez talks with Jesse Washington of ESPN's Andscape.
MLS will open its season this week with replacement referees after labor talks falter Major League Soccer said it would be turning to replacement refs, after members of the referees' union voted overwhelmingly against a new contract offer from the Professional Referee Organization. Joe Hernandez
Lefty Driesell, coach who put Maryland on college basketball's map, dies at 92 The Hall of Famer whose folksy drawl belied a fiery on-court demeanor was the first coach to win more than 100 games at four NCAA Division I schools. The Associated Press
Saturday Sports: College basketball, NBA all-star weekend, Kansas City parade shooting NPR's Scott Simon and USA Today columnist Christine Brennan talk about women's college basketball, the NBA all-star weekend, and the Kansas City Super Bowl parade shooting. Scott Simon
Caitlin Clark's scoring record reveals legacies of Lynette Woodard and Pearl Moore The scoring records of two Black American college basketball stars from the 1970s and 1980s are overlooked by the NCAA as Caitlin Clark takes the mantle as women's scoring champion. Devan Schwartz
The Oakland A's hire the first female primary play-by-play announcer in MLB history Jenny Cavnar will call most of the games during the 2024 season. She was the backup play-by-play announcer for the Colorado Rockies for 12 years and has five Emmys. Ayana Archie
Sunday's Super Bowl was the most watched telecast in U.S. TV history NPR's Juana Summers talks with NPR TV critic Eric Deggans about Super Bowl viewership and the reach and dominance of NFL programming. Eric Deggans
The 2024 Super Bowl becomes the most watched NFL championship in history About 123 million people tuned in across platforms, including CBS, Paramount+, Univision and Nickelodeon. The Kansas City Chiefs defeated the San Francisco 49ers in a game that went to overtime. Ayana Archie
A major UW sports record* is about to fall. Why the asterisk? The NCAA fought bringing women’s sports into the fold for a decade after the passage of Title IX John O'Brien
