The 146th U.S. Open Tennis Championship tournament starts on Sunday.

The history and impact of the Black Caps, Louisville's former Negro League team, is being celebrated at a special baseball game Thursday night.

The history and impact of the Black Caps, Louisville's former Negro League team, is being celebrated in a special baseball game tonight [8/27]

Football season officially kicks off in a couple weeks, but some alarming new data out this week has put a damper on any tailgating preparations.

NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Dr. Teena Shetty, a neurologist who specializes in treating concussion, how the youngest football players should be thinking about the risks of CTE.

A new study finds that 1 in 4 NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 had CTE, the degenerative brain disease. Researchers have long known about the link between repeated head hits and CTE.

The classic combat sport is making a major resurgence in the U.S.

Playing football has long been linked to the brain disease known as CTE, but how prevalent it is is still unknown. A new study of former NFL players who died recently found that at least 25% had CTE.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with The Athletic's Ralph Russo about professional football players leaving the NFL to play in the collegiate division.

Team budgets and stability are part of the reason. Another is that women's soccer doesn't have the same robust system for training and mentoring that men's soccer has.