Sports Root, root, root for Opening Day! What the upcoming season looks like for MLB The Major League Baseball season kicks off on Thursday. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to Keith Law, a senior baseball writer for The Athletic, about what fans should look out for. Jeffrey Pierre Ailsa Chang Justine Kenin Play AudioListen 4 mins
Sports A U.S. women's professional rugby league is starting its first season with big dreams A new women's professional rugby league kicked off this spring with half a dozen teams. The U.S. women won their first Olympic rugby medal last summer, and the league has its eyes on the World Cup. Madison Browning Play AudioListen 4 mins
Sports It's the best day of the year — for baseball fans It's opening day of the Major League Baseball season. 14 games are scheduled to take place. Off of the win of the LA Dodgers over the NY Yankees at the 2024 World Series, we bring you a preview of the 2025 baseball season. Steve Futterman A Martínez Play AudioListen 4 mins
Sports A check-in on the NCAA women's basketball tournament — as its biggest star is injured The NCAA Women's Sweet 16 is set. NBC Sports Insider Nicole Auerbach breaks down the matchups ahead, the domino effect of the game's BIGGEST star JuJu Watkins' injury. Jason Fuller Juana Summers Patrick Jarenwattananon Play AudioListen 5 mins
National Lindsay Vonn sets a record straight out of retirement The decorated skier returned to the sport after six years away due to an injury and has already made a splash. Manuela López Restrepo
Sports Alexander Ovechkin aims for NHL scoring record Patrick Jarenwattananon Gabriel J. Sánchez Scott Detrow Scott Detrow Play AudioListen 7 mins
Sports Saturday Sports: First rounds in men's and women's college basketball, MLB in Japan NPR's Sarah McCammon and Meadowlark Media's Howard Bryant discuss the NCAA basketball tournaments' first rounds for both men and women. Sarah McCammon Howard Bryant Play AudioListen 5 mins
Sports George Foreman, the fearsome heavyweight who became a beloved champion, dies at 76 The heavyweight who lost the "Rumble in the Jungle" to Muhammad Ali before authoring an inspiring second act as a 45-year-old champion and a successful businessman was 76. The Associated Press
Sports McNeese Cowboys upset the Clemson Tigers, starting a March Madness Cinderella story The McNeese State University Cowboys beat out the Clemson Tigers on Thursday, marking its first March Madness victory in its 52-year history. Jason Fuller Christopher Intagliata Play AudioListen 3 mins
Arts & Life Remembering award-winning sports journalist John Feinstein Feinstein, who died March 13, was known for his insights, and inside portraits, of some of the most talented and temperamental characters in sports. Originally broadcast in 2011. Dave Davies Play AudioListen 19 mins
