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  4.    <title>NPR Topics: Sports</title>
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  17.      <title>Mystik Dan wins the Kentucky Derby by a nose</title>
  18.      <description>In a close finish, Mystik Dan won the 150th running of the race on Saturday.</description>
  19.      <pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2024 19:35:03 -0400</pubDate>
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  26.      <title>Florida mom runs world-record mile while pushing a stroller</title>
  27.      <description>NPR&apos;s Scott Detrow speaks with Kaitlin Donner, who set a new world record time for running a mile with a child in a stroller.</description>
  28.      <pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2024 17:54:24 -0400</pubDate>
  29.      <link>https://www.npr.org/2024/05/04/1249205459/florida-mom-runs-world-record-mile-while-pushing-a-stroller</link>
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  34.      <title>Caitlin Clark shines in her WNBA debut, a preseason sellout</title>
  35.      <description>The NCAA&apos;s all-time leading scorer played in her first professional game in the Indiana Fever&apos;s match against the Dallas Wings on Friday night. Clark&apos;s 21 points were impressive but not enough to win.</description>
  36.      <pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2024 13:20:38 -0400</pubDate>
  37.      <link>https://www.npr.org/2024/05/04/1249178636/caitlin-clark-wnba-debut</link>
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  40.      <dc:creator>Juliana Kim</dc:creator>
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  43.      <title>Saturday Sports: Milwaukee Bucks end their season, NHL playoffs</title>
  44.      <description>NPR&apos;s Scott Simon speaks to Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media about the disappointing end to the Milwaukee Bucks season, and the rest of the field in the NBA playoffs, and NHL playoffs.</description>
  45.      <pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2024 08:07:16 -0400</pubDate>
  46.      <link>https://www.npr.org/2024/05/04/1249166948/saturday-sports-milwaukee-bucks-end-their-season-nhl-playoffs</link>
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  52.      <title>Basketball star Candace Parker&apos;s high school coach discusses her WNBA retirement</title>
  53.      <description>NPR&apos;s Ailsa Chang speaks with Andy Nussbaum, who coached legendary basketball player Candace Parker when she played in high school. Parker recently said she is retiring from the WNBA after 16 years.</description>
  54.      <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2024 17:16:45 -0400</pubDate>
  55.      <link>https://www.npr.org/2024/05/03/1249036614/basketball-star-candace-parkers-high-school-coach-discusses-her-wnba-retirement</link>
  56.      <guid>https://www.npr.org/2024/05/03/1249036614/basketball-star-candace-parkers-high-school-coach-discusses-her-wnba-retirement</guid>
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  58.      <dc:creator>Gus Contreras</dc:creator>
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  61.      <title>Larry Demeritte will be the first Black trainer in the Kentucky Derby in decades</title>
  62.      <description>Larry Demeritte is the first Black trainer participating in the Kentucky Derby in 35 years. And while the betting-books have his colt West Saratoga running at long odds, Demeritte, who is battling chronic illness and cancer, is feeling confident. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;For the 70-something veteran trainer, this is his first time at the Derby, but he is part of a rich history of Black horsemen who helped shape the Kentucky Derby into the iconic race it is today.  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at &lt;a href=&quot;http://plus.npr.org/&quot;&gt;plus.npr.org&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Email us at &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:considerthis@npr.org&quot;&gt;considerthis@npr.org&lt;/a&gt;.</description>
  63.      <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2024 16:19:48 -0400</pubDate>
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  69.      <title>Katie Ledecky tells NPR about her plans for the Paris Olympics — and LA in 2028</title>
  70.      <description>Katie Ledecky is used to getting medals, having earned 10 at the Olympics. But on Friday she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest award a civilian can get from the U.S. government.</description>
  71.      <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2024 11:56:25 -0400</pubDate>
  72.      <link>https://www.npr.org/2024/05/03/1248888456/katie-ledecky-presidential-medal-of-freedom-paris-olympics-swimming</link>
  73.      <guid>https://www.npr.org/2024/05/03/1248888456/katie-ledecky-presidential-medal-of-freedom-paris-olympics-swimming</guid>
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  75.      <dc:creator>Juana Summers</dc:creator>
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  78.      <title>Biden is giving the Medal of Freedom to a who&apos;s who of Democrats (and Katie Ledecky)</title>
  79.      <description>President Biden is giving the nation&apos;s highest civilian honor to 19 people, a list that includes civil rights leaders, trailblazers and an unusually large contingent of high-profile Democrats.</description>
  80.      <pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2024 05:00:55 -0400</pubDate>
  81.      <link>https://www.npr.org/2024/05/03/1248808320/biden-medal-bloomberg-pelosi-kerry-ledecky</link>
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  84.      <dc:creator>Deepa Shivaram</dc:creator>
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  87.      <title>Peloton is laying off workers and replacing the CEO — again</title>
  88.      <description>It&apos;s déjà vu for the luxury fitness company: Peloton is cutting about 400 more jobs, and its CEO is stepping down just two years after a major shakeup.</description>
  89.      <pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2024 12:33:14 -0400</pubDate>
  90.      <link>https://www.npr.org/2024/05/02/1248663238/peloton-is-laying-off-workers-and-replacing-the-ceo-again</link>
  91.      <guid>https://www.npr.org/2024/05/02/1248663238/peloton-is-laying-off-workers-and-replacing-the-ceo-again</guid>
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  93.      <dc:creator>Alina Selyukh</dc:creator>
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  96.      <title>Why The Sports Bra, a bar for women&apos;s sports, is expanding nationwide</title>
  97.      <description>And a bar that only plays women&apos;s sports on its TVs has announced that it&apos;s expanding. The Sports Bra just has one location in Portland, Ore., for now. It hopes to go nationwide with a franchise.</description>
  98.      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2024 16:49:27 -0400</pubDate>
  99.      <link>https://www.npr.org/2024/04/30/1248246858/why-the-sports-bra-a-bar-for-womens-sports-is-expanding-nationwide</link>
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  102.      <dc:creator>Mallory Yu</dc:creator>
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