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Babe Ruth gave the home run its status as a potent weapon in the game of baseball, the author of a new biography says. "Before [he] came along, the home run was kind of a mistake...," Leigh Montville says.

Eight states voted on Tuesday. California Democrats look like they will avoid getting shut out of key House races. Republican John Cox got on the ballot for governor to face Democrat Gavin Newsom.

Michelle Smith, a women's basketball writer for ESPNW, offers a preview of Tuesday's NCAA women's basketball final.

Gavin Grimm was a high school student in Virginia when his local school board denied him access to the boys' bathroom. His case has stretched for years; now a federal judge has decided in his favor.

Sad news from the sports world: UNC coach Dean Smith passed away Saturday night. Mike Pesca of Slate.com's The Gist podcast tells NPR's Rachel Martin what kind of coach Smith was.

It's time for college football, and this year it's going to be quite different. Colleges have switched conferences and the playoffs are expanding from four teams to 12.

JONESBORO, Ark. (3/1/17) – The Arkansas State Athletics Department announced Wednesday its full 2017 football schedule, which features the Red Wolves’…

NPR's Scott Simon and ESPN's Michele Steele discuss the new era of college sports and the latest running of a very old auto race.

The massive Justice Department investigation into the Jan. 6 riot is ongoing, but the picture so far shows "small cells" of conspiracy, rather than an overarching one. Here's what's publicly known.

You'd think that the popular kids don't get picked on, but as a teenager's social status rises, they're more apt to be bullied. Increased social combat may be to blame.