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Yufei Zhang of Team China competing during the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. Zhang won four medals in Tokyo including two gold and now is among 23 Chinese swimmers embroiled in a doping scandal. Tom Pennington/Getty Images hide caption

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'Ban them all.' With Paris Games looming, Chinese doping scandal rocks Olympic sport

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New York Yankees radio broadcaster John Sterling speaks during the teams 63rd Old Timers Day before the game against the Detroit Tigers on July 19, 2009, at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx borough of New York City. Jim McIsaac/Getty Images hide caption

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Opinion: The voice of Yankees legends bids farewell

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Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, center left, and Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., attend a news conference with dozens of women and girls who were sexually abused by Larry Nassar, a former doctor for Michigan State University athletics and USA Gymnastics, July 24, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption

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Toronto Raptors center Jontay Porter (right) pulls in a rebound as Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic defends in an NBA game on March 11 in Denver. On Wednesday, the NBA banned Porter after a league probe found he disclosed confidential information to sports bettors and bet on games. David Zalubowski/AP hide caption

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Boxer Morelle McCane speaks to reporters at the Team USA Media Summit on Monday in New York City. Dustin Satloff/Getty Images for the USOPC hide caption

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With 100 days before the Paris Olympics, Team USA hopefuls meet the press

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Evy Leibfarth navigates a slalom course at Montgomery Whitewater Park in Alabama. She won an Olympic trial there and punched her ticket to the Paris games this summer. Montgomery Whitewater Park hide caption

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'Wait Wait' for April 13, 2024: Live from Pittsburgh with Bill Cowher!

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Bill Cowher talks winning the Super Bowl and encourages yelling on NPR

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O.J. Simpson listens as Judge Lance Ito announces that the jury in the Simpson trial had reached a verdict. The verdict in the OJ Simpson case highlighted racial divisions in how Americans viewed the American justice system. Simpson died this week at 76 years old. MYUNG CHUN/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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O.J. Simpson's trial divided the nation. What legacy does he leave behind?

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Accompanied by a sword-bearer, grand champion Akebono, right, performs the ring-entrance ritual during the annual New Year's dedication at Meiji Shrine in Tokyo, on Jan. 8, 1997. Koji Sasahara/AP hide caption

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O.J. Simpson, accompanied by his parents, his son, Jason, and Ralph Wilson, owner of the Buffalo Bills, is inducted into the Wall of Fame in Rich Stadium on Sept. 14, 1980. Ross Lewis/Getty Images hide caption

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O.J. Simpson, football legend acquitted of notorious killings, dies at 76

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Shaunae Miller-Uibo of the Bahamas wins the gold medal during the women's 400-meters during the Tokyo Olympic Games in August 2021. Matthias Hangst/Getty Images hide caption

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World Athletics will pay $50,000 to Olympic gold medalists in track and field events

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Freed-Hardeman guard Quan Lax wears the championship banner after the NAIA men's national championship college basketball game against Langston, Tuesday, March 26, 2024, in Kansas City, Mo. Charlie Riedel/AP hide caption

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Yu Darvish #11 of the San Diego Padres throws a pitch during the third inning against the St. Louis Cardinals at Petco Park on April 2, 2024 in San Diego, California. Brandon Sloter/Getty Images hide caption

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How climate change and physics affect baseball, America's favorite pastime

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South Carolina's players and coach celebrate after the college basketball championship game against Iowa in the women's NCAA Tournament on Sunday. South Carolina won 87-75. Morry Gash/AP hide caption

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Iowa guard Caitlin Clark (22) with head coach Lisa Bluder during a Final Four college basketball game against UConn in the women's NCAA Tournament, Friday, April 5, 2024, in Cleveland. Morry Gash/AP hide caption

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