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Women's Tennis Stands Up To China

Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai made an assault allegation in November, then disappeared from the public eye. She has since re-emerged, but in protest of her treatment, the Women's Tennis Association's has now suspended all tournaments in China. That decision by the WTA could cost the organization a…

Women's Tennis Stands Up To China

Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai made an assault allegation in November, then disappeared from the public eye. She has since re-emerged, but in protest of her treatment, the Women's Tennis Association's has now suspended all tournaments in China. That decision by the WTA could cost the organization a…

Climate Change Amps Up Extreme Weather; U.S. Women's Soccer Team Loses

Over the past few weeks, deadly flooding rocked Germany and a blistering heat wave struck the American West. Professor Friederike Otto discusses climate change and extreme weather events. And, Sweden beat the U.S. women's soccer team in Tokyo on Wednesday. The U.S. team has a chance to recover with…

The Olympics on thin ice

This year’s weird Winter Olympics were overshadowed by politics, Covid-19, and the threat of war. But as NPR’s Tom Goldman explains, the biggest scandals were still about the sports. This episode was produced by Will Reid with help from Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Pa…

Phil Mickelson Justin Thomas LIV Questions US Open Live-Fairways of Life w Matt Adams-Tues June 14

Matt Adams broadcasts live from the US Open at Brookline. Phil Mickelson and Justin Thomas face the press and answers a barrage of LIV Golf questions. Tom Goldman from NPR joins us to break down all this from a wider lens plus Nathan Grube talks next week's Travelers.

Watching the World Cup, from Qatar and Connecticut

7.2 million Americans watched the FIFA World Cup opener, AP reports. Live viewership on Fox "was up 88% from the 2018 opener." Christine Huber, a sports analyst who organizes local Team USA watch parties in the New Haven area through American Outlaws New Haven, says she's observed an increase in l…

Hollywood's depiction of Brown girls; Earthquake displaces Syrian refugees once again

After moving to Turkey 12 years ago, Syrian refugee Assalah Shikhani is, again, one of the thousands displaced by the recent earthquakes. She joins us. And, the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs clash this weekend in Super Bowl 57 in Arizona. NPR sports correspondent Tom Goldman gives us a…

RPGCast – Episode 65: “Get!!”

RPGCast breaks the January news drought with a huge exposé of the Final Fantasy XI Return Home to Vana’diel program. Take notes, there’ll be a test on the flow chart. Tom Goldman, our epic news writer, also makes his first podcast appearance. Welcome, Tom! The post RPGCast – Episode 65: “Get!!” ap…

Beyond the Scoreboard: Tom Goldman's 30 Years as NPR's Sports Anchor

Join Tom Goldman, former NPR global sports correspondent and UO School of Journalism and Communication alum (’79) as he sits down with SOJC instructor Charlie Deitz, for a lively conversation about Tom’s path from UO to the living rooms of millions of people. From his early days as an associate pro…

Reading Baseball: Should Pete Rose be in the Hall of Fame?

Pete Rose (front, right) poses with fans Scott and Tiffany Van Alstyne at the Art of Music memorabilia store in Las Vegas. (Tom Goldman/NPR) Since his recent death, the debate has been reignited as to whether Pete Rose should be in the Baseball Hall of Fame. In his latest edition of Reading Baseb…