Sports
Today in history: Pelé, greatest soccer player ever, turns 75
October 23, 2015Pelé, the now retired Brazilian professional soccer player widely regarded as the greatest player of all time, was born on this date in 1940.
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Labor board punts college athletes’ try to unionize on technicality
August 18, 2015By a 5-0 vote, the National Labor Relations Board on August 17 tossed out college athletes' - in this case, Northwestern University's football players' - attempt to unionize.
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Some extraordinarily special Olympics days in Los Angeles
July 30, 2015The 6,500 athletes are accompanied by their 2,000 coaches, along with 30,000 volunteers and an anticipated 500,000 spectators in attendance.
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Indigenous news: WNBA and Native heritage, hula protest, lacrosse comeback
June 24, 2015Braids flying, sticks scooping, American Indian lacrosse players of all ages bring back a tradition that's more than a game.
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Today in history: Olympic runner Wilma Rudolph born 75 years ago
June 22, 2015"My doctors told me I would never walk again, my mother told me I would; I believed my mother."
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