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'Never lose courage': A Paralympian who could barely walk as a kid takes 2 track medals

Neighbors told Preeti Pal's parents she'd never marry because she was born with cerebral palsy. She just won two bronzes and is now a hero in India. Oh, and she has no interest in marriage.
Sonia Narang
Sports

How winning a silver medal in the Paralympics feels for one MIT grad student

This year’s U.S. Paralympics mixed-four crew won the silver medal in Paris over the weekend. Their coxswain, Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate student Emelie Eldracher, is not a para-athlete. Eldracher says winning a silver feels incredible.
Sports

U.S. Open: Big favorites head home with American hopes still alive

Both reigning U.S. Open singles champions are headed home after a weekend of upsets.
Health

Whatever happened to ... the Bolivian women who skateboard in Indigenous garb?

Skateboarding women of Bolivia wear Indigenous garb to pay homage to the strength of their mothers and grandmothers. Their motto: When you fall, you have the power to get back up.
Christina Noriega
Sports

College football is going through major changes, and fans and athletes have thoughts

College football looks a lot different than it did last season. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Holly Anderson co-host of the Shutdown Fullcast about all the changes.
Ayesha Rascoe
Sports

Saturday Sports: Shock upsets at the US Open, college football changes

NPR's Scott Simon and ESPN's Michele Steele discuss US Open upsets and try to explain how and why college football looks so different this year.
Scott Simon
Sports

Heading into playoffs, these are the WNBA players delivering the goods

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with The Athletic's Ben Pickman about the closing of the WNBA regular season, and the performance of Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, and A'ja Wilson.
Juana Summers

Justine Kenin

Gus Contreras
Environment

Rising temperatures in the West impact trout fishing in Montana

Trout need cold water to thrive — and the scorching temperatures across the Western U.S. are warming blue-ribbon waters to the point where some anglers are rethinking their approach to the sport.
National

NHL star Johnny Gaudreau and his brother are killed on bicycle ride

The player, nicknamed “Johnny Hockey,” and his younger brother, Matthew, were struck and killed by an SUV one day before they were to appear in their sister's wedding.
Bill Chappell
Sports

The college football season kicks off with several changes

It's time for college football, and this year it's going to be quite different. Colleges have switched conferences and the playoffs are expanding from four teams to 12.
Becky Sullivan

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