Sports It's that time of year again — March Madness is here NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Kareem Copeland of The Washington Post about the NCAA men's basketball bracket. The UConn men's basketball program earned the No. 1 overall seed in the tournament.
Sports NAACP president on its call for Black athletes to avoid Florida public universities NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Derrick Johnson, president and CEO of the NAACP, about his organization's call for Black student athletes to avoid public colleges and universities in Florida. Ayesha Rascoe
Sports Pittsburgh Penguins had to cancel bobblehead giveaway because they were stolen The giveaway was in honor of Penguin legend Jaromir Jagr, who played 11 seasons and won two Stanley Cups for the team in the early 90s. Fans got a voucher instead — Jagr still showed up to the game.
Sports Seattle Reign fans gear up for a new era, minus Rapinoe and plus a new look When the Seattle Reign kick off their 2024 season, the team and its fans will enter territory they haven't seen in many years — a season without Megan Rapinoe. Clare McGrane Kim Malcolm
Sports Lindy And Meagan Rig The Election For one shining moment you reached for the sky…and voted for the WINNER of Text Me Bracket, our deranged bracket game that pitted the Best Animals against the Worst People! Lindy West Meagan Hatcher-Mays
Sports (Re)Introducing: the Seattle Reign Seattle's National Women's Soccer League team is back this Sunday for a new season, and things will look a lot Patricia Murphy Kim Malcolm Clare McGrane
Sports A new Kobe Bryant statue has multiple errors. It's not the first memorial with typos Officials say they will correct the misspellings on a recent 19-foot bronze statue of the late Kobe Bryant at Crypto.com Arena. Several other prominent monuments have had similar issues. Diba Mohtasham
Arts & Life With a few days likely left in the Iditarod, a frontrunner gets a time penalty With days likely left in the sled dog race, one of the frontrunners has been given a 2-hour time penalty after officials deemed he didn't sufficiently gut a moose that got tangled with his dog team. Casey Grove - Alaska Public Media
Sports Former Seahawk, and Bronco, Russell Wilson is headed to a new team Six days after former Seahawk Russell Wilson was let go from the Denver Broncos, the quarterback is already slated to play for a new NFL team. Dyer Oxley
Sports Saturday Sports: March Madness NPR's Scott Simon and Meadowlark Media's Howard Bryant discuss March Madness basketball. The women's bracket has all the stars, while the Dartmouth men's team is trying to make history off the court. Scott Simon