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      <title>How well do you know your March Madness trivia? Take our quiz</title>
      <description>Do you know your saint schools from state schools? Your legendary coaches from your little brothers? Find out if you&apos;re in the Final Four — or didn&apos;t even get seeded.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2025 05:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/2025/03/20/g-s1-54770/march-madness-quiz-ncaa-tournament</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/11308x6364+0+0/resize/11308x6364!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F7e%2F66%2F338a5c94470fb073a378de54c45d%2Fpenny-caitlin-cooper.jpg' alt='From left: coach and former player, former player, current player.'/><p>Do you know your saint schools from state schools? Your legendary coaches from your little brothers? Find out if you're in the Final Four — or didn't even get seeded.</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=g-s1-54770' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Holly J. Morris</dc:creator>
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      <title>NCAA bars transgender athletes from women&apos;s sports after Trump order</title>
      <description>The move came one day after President Donald Trump signed an executive order intended to ban transgender athletes from girls&apos; and women&apos;s sports. </description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Feb 2025 00:35:28 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/2025/02/07/g-s1-46938/ncaa-transgender-athletes-ban-trump</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/6865x4577+0+0/resize/6865x4577!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F6d%2F7c%2Ffc8db4f74eba85a3f677f3dce3d9%2Fap25035690342749.jpg' alt='The San Jose State players take the court for warm-ups before an NCAA women's college volleyball match against Air Force on Oct. 31, 2024, in San Jose, Calif.'/><p>The move came one day after President Donald Trump signed an executive order intended to ban transgender athletes from girls' and women's sports. </p><p>(Image credit: Eakin Howard)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=g-s1-46938' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
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      <title>How Pitbull got his name on a college football stadium</title>
      <description>Recently, singer/rapper/entrepreneur Pitbull agreed to pay $6 million to Florida International University for the naming rights to its football stadium ... an unusual move for both parties: a musician &lt;em&gt;paying&lt;/em&gt; for their name on a stadium, and for a college to name their stadium after a &lt;em&gt;musician&lt;/em&gt;. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;How does this move benefit the college? How does this move benefit Mr. Worldwide?&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;In today&apos;s episode, what Pitbull and FIU&apos;s deal tell us about the fast-changing economics of college sports.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Related Episodes:&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.npr.org/2022/07/19/1112316993/the-monetization-of-college-sports&quot;&gt;The monetization of college sports&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.npr.org/2024/08/29/1197972330/the-olympics-to-influencer-pipeline-fred-richard-gymnastics&quot;&gt;The Olympian to influencer pipeline&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;em&gt;For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://plus.npr.org/&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;plus.npr.org&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Music by &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://dropelectric.bandcamp.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Drop Electric&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;. Find us: &lt;/em&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.tiktok.com/@planetmoney&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;TikTok&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.instagram.com/planetmoney/&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Instagram&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/planetmoney&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Facebook&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.npr.org/newsletter/money&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Newsletter&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;. &lt;/em&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 05 Sep 2024 16:35:05 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/2024/09/05/1197972461/pitbull-ncaa-fiu-college-football</link>
      <guid>https://www.npr.org/2024/09/05/1197972461/pitbull-ncaa-fiu-college-football</guid>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/09/05/spitbullstadium-86d49b6a49fd89b6aab1f5f587fa54c9928f3292.jpg' alt='undefined'/><p>Recently, singer/rapper/entrepreneur Pitbull agreed to pay $6 million to Florida International University for the naming rights to its football stadium ... an unusual move for both parties: a musician <em>paying</em> for their name on a stadium, and for a college to name their stadium after a <em>musician</em>. <br><br>How does this move benefit the college? How does this move benefit Mr. Worldwide?<br><br>In today's episode, what Pitbull and FIU's deal tell us about the fast-changing economics of college sports.<br><br><strong>Related Episodes:<br></strong><a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/07/19/1112316993/the-monetization-of-college-sports">The monetization of college sports</a><br><a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/08/29/1197972330/the-olympics-to-influencer-pipeline-fred-richard-gymnastics">The Olympian to influencer pipeline</a><br><br><em>For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at </em><a href="http://plus.npr.org/"><em>plus.npr.org</em></a><em>. <br><br>Music by </em><a href="https://dropelectric.bandcamp.com/"><em>Drop Electric</em></a><em>. Find us: </em><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@planetmoney"><em>TikTok</em></a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/planetmoney/"><em>Instagram</em></a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/planetmoney"><em>Facebook</em></a>, <a href="https://www.npr.org/newsletter/money"><em>Newsletter</em></a><em>. </em></p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=1197972461' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Adrian Ma</dc:creator>
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      <title>NAIA all but bans transgender athletes from women&apos;s sports</title>
      <description>The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, which oversees some 83,000 athletes competing in more than 25 sports, is thought to be the first college sports organization to take such a step.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2024 18:04:36 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/2024/04/08/1243548261/naia-transgender-athlete-sports-ban</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, which oversees some 83,000 athletes competing in more than 25 sports, is thought to be the first college sports organization to take such a step.</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=1243548261' />]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Is DEI a slur now? Plus, control &amp; basketball</title>
      <description>Following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore last week, the city&apos;s 39 year old mayor, Brandon Scott, a Black man, stepped out to address the crisis. Hours later, a tweet went viral calling Scott a &quot;DEI Mayor.&quot; To which Brittany and her guests, NPR&apos;s Gene Demby and Alana Wise, say &quot;wait what?&quot; The three dig into the racism lurking under the surface of this kind of rhetoric.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Then, as March Madness reaches its final nail-biting stages, Brittany takes a look at the reality of &quot;student-athletes.&quot; What may feel like an accurate descriptor of these players is actually a legal classification that bars them from asking for worker&apos;s compensation and other benefits - benefits usually given to &lt;em&gt;employees&lt;/em&gt;. Brittany is joined by sports business reporter Amanda Christovich and Assistant Professor of Legal Studies in Business at Boise State University Sam Ehrlich. They discuss how the recent news of Dartmouth men&apos;s basketball team unionizing opens up doors for broader conversations around how we value &quot;work.&quot;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2024 16:02:08 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/2024/04/05/1197956148/its-been-a-minute-dei-mayor-slur-dartmouth-basketball-union</link>
      <guid>https://www.npr.org/2024/04/05/1197956148/its-been-a-minute-dei-mayor-slur-dartmouth-basketball-union</guid>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/04/05/dei-ncaa_wide-446a700e7bf7f92cdeb498e8515228d8e12c6758.jpg' alt='Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott and the Dartmouth men's basketball team.'/><p>Following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore last week, the city's 39 year old mayor, Brandon Scott, a Black man, stepped out to address the crisis. Hours later, a tweet went viral calling Scott a "DEI Mayor." To which Brittany and her guests, NPR's Gene Demby and Alana Wise, say "wait what?" The three dig into the racism lurking under the surface of this kind of rhetoric.<br><br>Then, as March Madness reaches its final nail-biting stages, Brittany takes a look at the reality of "student-athletes." What may feel like an accurate descriptor of these players is actually a legal classification that bars them from asking for worker's compensation and other benefits - benefits usually given to <em>employees</em>. Brittany is joined by sports business reporter Amanda Christovich and Assistant Professor of Legal Studies in Business at Boise State University Sam Ehrlich. They discuss how the recent news of Dartmouth men's basketball team unionizing opens up doors for broader conversations around how we value "work."</p><p>(Image credit: Adam Gray/Getty Images; Rob Carr/Getty Images)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=1197956148' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Barton Girdwood</dc:creator>
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      <title>So your NCAA bracket is busted. Should you have just chosen all the top seeds?</title>
      <description>As the dust settles from the early rounds of the NCAA Tournament, we bid farewell to the would-be Cinderellas who couldn&apos;t pull off the upset and take stock of your tattered bracket.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2024 08:40:18 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/2024/03/23/1240296429/bracket-busted-march-madness</link>
      <guid>https://www.npr.org/2024/03/23/1240296429/bracket-busted-march-madness</guid>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/03/22/gettyimages-2103231356_slide-d4a0d951fb66bc25f57f5015b6d8565e7709d716.jpg' alt='Much like your bracket, the trendy upset pick Drake did not beat the odds.'/><p>As the dust settles from the early rounds of the NCAA Tournament, we bid farewell to the would-be Cinderellas who couldn't pull off the upset and take stock of your tattered bracket.</p><p>(Image credit: Jamie Squire)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=1240296429' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Becky Sullivan</dc:creator>
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      <title>These 4 stars are poised for a deep run in March Madness. Here&apos;s who to watch</title>
      <description>It&apos;s been a banner year for women&apos;s college basketball. Now, with March Madness upon us, we&apos;ve talked with some of the star players ready to go big in the NCAA tournament.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2024 05:01:15 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/2024/03/21/1238929213/march-madness-ncaa-tournament-watkins-pili-hidalgo-paopao</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It's been a banner year for women's college basketball. Now, with March Madness upon us, we've talked with some of the star players ready to go big in the NCAA tournament.</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=1238929213' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Jason Fuller</dc:creator>
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      <title>A 2024 March Madness vocabulary: How to sound like you know what you&apos;re talking about</title>
      <description>The NCAA basketball tournaments can be onslaught of unfamiliar names and terms enough to make any casual viewer nervous. We&apos;re here to help. (Except for NET. We can&apos;t explain NET.)</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2024 05:01:19 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/2024/03/19/1239318107/march-madness-vocabulary-names</link>
      <guid>https://www.npr.org/2024/03/19/1239318107/march-madness-vocabulary-names</guid>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/03/18/gettyimages-1785427201_slide-87f5e6a2a6380ca5a7bded6a24e89fcbbaf1d8eb.jpg' alt='JuJu Watkins, the star freshman who has helped lead the resurgence of USC's women's team.'/><p>The NCAA basketball tournaments can be onslaught of unfamiliar names and terms enough to make any casual viewer nervous. We're here to help. (Except for NET. We can't explain NET.)</p><p>(Image credit: Ethan Miller)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=1239318107' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Becky Sullivan</dc:creator>
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      <title>Let the madness begin: 3 things to watch at the NCAA basketball tournaments</title>
      <description>With NCAA brackets formed, the college basketball tournaments dubbed March Madness because of its drama begin this week. Here are some highlights to watch for as the men&apos;s and women&apos;s games begin.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2024 05:11:05 -0400</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>Rebecca Rosman</dc:creator>
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      <title>Dartmouth men&apos;s basketball team votes to unionize, shaking up college sports</title>
      <description>The Dartmouth men&apos;s basketball team voted 13-2 to join SEIU Local 560, making it the first unionized college sports team in the country. Dartmouth believes the election should not have gone forward.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2024 13:11:31 -0500</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/2024/03/05/1235877656/ncaa-dartmouth-mens-basketball-union-election-nlrb</link>
      <guid>https://www.npr.org/2024/03/05/1235877656/ncaa-dartmouth-mens-basketball-union-election-nlrb</guid>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2024/03/05/gettyimages-2008856255-fed0406aa09456be6ac8ff2658782a086558115d.jpg' alt='Dartmouth Big Green gather for a team talk during their game against Columbia Lions in their NCAA men's basketball game on February 16, 2024 in New York City.'/><p>The Dartmouth men's basketball team voted 13-2 to join SEIU Local 560, making it the first unionized college sports team in the country. Dartmouth believes the election should not have gone forward.</p><p>(Image credit: Adam Gray)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=1235877656' />]]></content:encoded>
      <dc:creator>Andrea Hsu</dc:creator>
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