Too rad to retire? Surfing GOAT Kelly Slater is looking at the bigger picture
You want to talk GOATS? How about surfer Kelly Slater winning title at Billabong Pipeline Pro, days before his 50th birthday.
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U.S. snowboarders Lindsey Jacobellis and Nick Baumgartner make history in Beijing
At their ages, Jacobellis' and Baumgartner's win over Italy and Canada during the first-ever Olympic mixed team snowboard cross events broke multiple records.
The Superb Owl is back, and the crowd goes wild
This Sunday, football fans will choose sides in Super Bowl 56. But while much of the country is preoccupied with football, many others will spend the day rooting for another team: the owls.
What it looks like in Inglewood, Calif., as the city prepares to host the Super Bowl
The Super Bowl is taking place in Southern California this weekend for the first time since 1993. The city of Inglewood is preparing for the massive sporting event in the midst of the pandemic.
50 and fabulous: Kelly Slater beat out a surfer less than 1/2 his age to win Pipeline
NPR's Adrian Florido talks with surfing legend Kelly Slater about winning the Billabong Pro Pipeline contest days before his 50th birthday.
Russian figure skater was allowed to compete in the Olympics despite failed drug test
A top Russian figure skater was allowed to compete despite testing positive for a banned substance before the Games. Kamila Valieva, age 15, helped Russia win the team event earlier this week.
This Super Bowl Sunday, it's the Bengals and Rams... and owls?
Every year around the time of the Super Bowl, birding enthusiasts celebrate a different phenomenon with the same "#superbowl" hashtag: the Superb Owl.
Look back at the McTwists and turns of Shaun White's golden snowboarding career
The man who fiercely shreds halfpipes openly shed tears on the snow, saying he was proud of his effort. It closed the book on a record-setting Olympic career.
Excitement builds in Cincinnati as the Bengals prep for the Super Bowl
The Cincinnati Bengals will be in the Super Bowl for the first time in more than three decades. On Sunday, they'll take on the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl LVI.
With a 9th place finish in Beijing, Mikaela Shiffrin shows signs of bouncing back
"Coming back out and getting the chance to race again was just the perfect thing to do, actually," Shiffrin said. She had failed to finish qualifying runs in two events earlier this week.