Gus Contreras
Stories
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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.
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Sports
MLB player switches team mid game in unusual scenario
No matter the outcome of today’s Toronto Blue Jays and Boston Red Sox game, catcher Danny Jansen will be able to call himself a winner.
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Sports
Pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis is breaking records at the Olympics
Pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis soared roughly a foot higher than the silver and bronze medalists. And he kept setting the bar higher, breaking the world record.
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Sports
Tennis player Coco Gauff is named as USA flag bearer for Olympics
Coco Gauff the 23-year-old tennis player seemed floored today when she learned she'll be the first tennis player to have the honor of being flag bearer for the American team at the Paris Olympics.
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Sports
Angel City FC becomes the world’s most valuable women’s sports team
NPR's Scott Detrow talks with The Athletic's Meg Linehan about Angel City FC, the National Women’s Soccer League team, becoming the world’s most valuable women’s sports franchise.
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Sports
Where does the U.S. Men's Soccer team go after Gregg Berhalter's firing?
Spain won the European Championship for soccer this year. NPR's Juana Summers talks with The Athletic senior writer Felipe Cardenas about the news and what it means.
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Politics
Why Democratic Rep. Adam Smith thinks Biden isn't the right party pick for this moment
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Washington Congressman Adam Smith, the top Democrat on the Armed Services Committee and one of the people publicly calling on President Biden to get out of the race.
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Sports
Here's what's coming in the Copa America and Euro 2024 men’s semifinals
NPR's Juana Summers talks with The Athletic's Greg O'Keeffe about the Copa America and Euro 2024 semi final matches that kick off this week.
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Sports
What to watch for in tonight's Copa America 2024 men’s soccer game
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with ESPN soccer writer Luis Miguel Echegaray about the Copa America tournament and the U.S. men's team performances.
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National
This ultra-distance swimmer became the first to take 24-mile route up Chesapeake Bay
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Katie Pumphrey, who recently completed a goal to swim across the Chesapeake Bay.