'Boxing Is The Love Of My Life': A Woman Fights For A Shot At Gold[ Feb 06, 2012 16:46 ]

You could say Tyrieshia Douglas' boxing career began at 16, when she was arrested for street fighting. Now, at 23, Douglas is one of 24 fighters competing for three spots on the first ever U.S. Olympic women's boxing team.

As Olympic Trials Near, Women's Boxing Heats Up[ Feb 06, 2012 15:00 ]

Women's boxing will be an Olympic sport for the first time in London later this year and the trials to choose the U.S. competitors will be held in Spokane in February. Tyrieshia Douglas from Baltimore is one of the competitors. When she was 16-years-old, she was arrested for street-fighting and says her juvenile court judge recommended she take her skills into the gym. Now she's 23-years-old and ranked No. 2 in the country in her weight category.

Super Bowl XLVI: Dogs In Ads, Madonna At Halftime[ Feb 06, 2012 12:00 ]

With an ad costing about $3.5 million per 30 seconds, the stakes were high as advertisers pulled out all their tricks to wow viewers on Super Bowl Sunday. To review the most talked about ads, guest host Jacki Lyden hears from Tampa Bay Times TV and media critic Eric Deggans, and Detroit News TV critic and writer Mekeisha Madden Toby. They also discuss Madonna's halftime show performance.

From Struggle To Glory In Minor League Football[ Feb 06, 2012 12:00 ]

Jamie King's NFL dreams never took off, but he got a second chance when he was asked to coach the Fredericksburg Generals, a little-known team in Virginia. He talks with guest host Jacki Lyden about helping a group of misfits become champions, and how it changed his life in the process. King is profiled in this week's The Washington Post Magazine.

Eli Has Two Rings, Peyton Has One; Time For Little 'Bro To Get More Respect?[ Feb 06, 2012 08:10 ]

And speaking of the Super Bowl, did you catch the obscene gesture by singer M.I.A. during the halftime show? We missed it, but so did the person with a finger on the button that would have blurred the offending finger on TV.

Cyclist Alberto Contador Banned 2 Years For Doping[ Feb 06, 2012 06:35 ]

The Court of Arbitration for Sport's decision will strip the 2010 Tour de France champion of his title. Contador will become only the second Tour champion to lose his title for doping. The first was American Floyd Landis.

Giants Tower Over Patriots As Super Bowl Champs[ Feb 06, 2012 04:00 ]

The New York Giants came back with a last-minute score to beat the New England Patriots 21-17 Sunday night for New York's fourth Super Bowl title. It was a rematch of the 2008 NFL championship, when Eli Manning led New York past New England to ruin the Patriots' bid for a perfect season.

Giants Edge Out Patriots For Super Bowl Win[ Feb 05, 2012 20:25 ]

Eli Manning and the Giants one-upped Tom Brady and the Patriots again, coming back with a last-minute score to beat New England 21-17 Sunday night for New York's fourth Super Bowl title.

Photos: Super Bowl XLVI[ Feb 05, 2012 18:49 ]

The New England Patriots have kicked off to the New York Giants to begin the Super Bowl.

Corporate America Drives Super Bowl Action[ Feb 05, 2012 15:00 ]

The Super Bowl game Sunday between the New York Giants and New England Patriots is just one part of a week full of events. Thousand of corporate executives are in Indianapolis for the Super Bowl — both the game and some big-league schmoozing.

NASCAR's Waltrip: Why It 'Will Never Be The Same'[ Feb 05, 2012 08:00 ]

NASCAR Hall Of Fame driver Darrell Waltrip has a new book, Sundays Will Never Be the Same. Waltrip discusses his long and successful career as a driver and his time afterward in the announcer's booth. Host Rachel Martin also speaks with Waltrip about the day his longtime friend and rival Dale Earnhart died in a crash.

On Defense, Neither Super Bowl Team Wins[ Feb 05, 2012 08:00 ]

In football, defense wins championships, or so the saying goes. That hasn't been true recently. In fact, both teams in Sunday's Super Bowl, the Giants and the Patriots, featured less-than-stout defenses through the season. NPR's Mike Pesca has some possible reasons why.

Why Do We Love The Giants? It's All Psychology[ Feb 05, 2012 06:11 ]

In the question of who will win the Super Bowl, there is a growing consensus: the Giants over the Patriots. Some solid analysis backs this up, but mostly we're relying on no good reasons.

Angelo Dundee, More Than Just A Good Cornerman[ Feb 04, 2012 15:00 ]

Boxing champion Sugar Ray Leonard remembers the trainer who stood in his corner through some of his greatest fights ever. Along with Leonard, Angelo Dundee trained a long list of boxing champions including George Foreman and the great boxing legend Muhammad Ali. The renowned trainer and cornerman died this week at age 90 at his home in Tampa, Fla.

Why We Debate If Eli Manning Is Elite[ Feb 04, 2012 08:00 ]

Tom Brady will lead the New England Patriots into Super Bowl 46 in Indianapolis on Sunday. He's already won the Super Bowl three times before. Standing in the way of yet another Patriots victory are Eli Manning and the New York Giants. But a debate is raging over whether Manning belongs among the elite in the game.