Sports

Friends remember Dale Webster, who surfed every day for decades, and who died this month at the age of 76.

American tennis player Taylor Townsend is gearing up for the U.S. Open. She'll take to the court as the top-ranked doubles player. Her story is one of resilience and overcoming preconceived notions.

The city of Grand Junction, Colorado, recently adopted a new name for its minor league baseball team. The name embraces a local, rare and endangered animal, but it didn't come without controversy.

Generations of spectators and competitors take over a small hamlet in Western N.Y. each summer to participate in a motorsport with roots in farming: the tractor pull.

Kansas City will be the smallest city in America to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup. But it may not have become a destination on the global soccer map if it weren't for the immigrants who elevated its prominence in the city years ago.

The NCAA fined University of Michigan football millions of dollars for a scheme to figure out the signs other teams use in games. NPR speaks with Larry Lage, sports reporter for the Associated Press.

NPR's Scott Simon and sportswriter Michele Steele talk about sports (DRAFT)

John DeMarsico is the broadcast director for Mets baseball -- and he shoots games like they're movies.

With a wild card invitation, the tennis legend is making history in her return to the U.S. Open later this month as the oldest singles player to take the court in more than 40 years.

Between replay review, automated balls and strikes and viral lowlights on social media, the work of baseball umpires has been transformed by technology. But none of that has deterred aspiring umpires.