Oct 2nd, 2008 · This Saturday, Alaskans will be watching the state's first-ever high school football playoff game north of the Arctic Circle. The Barrow Whalers host the top-of-the-world game against the Houston Hawks.
Oct 1st, 2008 · For many sports lovers, October means Major League Baseball. The Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night grabbed the final spot in the postseason by defeating the Minnesota Twins in a one-game tie-breaker. John Feinstein talks with Steve Inskeep about the upcoming playoff season.
Oct 1st, 2008 · The Chicago Cubs are in the playoffs, seeking their first World Series in 100 years. We're not saying that Cubs fans might have trouble restraining themselves. We don't have to. The city of Chicago says it. The city persuaded bar owners to a temporary ban on alcohol around the Cubs' Wrigley Field. It also applies to the White Sox' U-S Cellular Field. In either case, if there's a title-clinching game coming to an end, area bar taps go dry.
Sep 28th, 2008 · NPR's Tom Goldman speaks to host Andrea Seabrook about the end of Major League Baseball's regular season and the playoff picture.
Sep 22nd, 2008 · New York City said goodbye to Yankee Stadium Sunday. New York beat Baltimore 7-3, but they missed the playoffs. So they go directly to New York's traditional postseason recriminations. The Yankees are replacing the stadium where Babe Ruth hit home runs, and Lou Gehrig said goodbye. The stadium's epitaph comes form Yogi Berra, the Yankee who famously said, "It ain't over til it's over." Berra says, "I'm sorry to see it over."
Sep 20th, 2008 · The final days of the baseball season have arrived. ESPN's Howard Bryant looks ahead to the playoffs and the world series, and talks with Scott Simon about the last game at Yankee Stadium, scheduled for Sunday against the Baltimore Orioles.
Jun 17th, 2008 · Tiger Woods won the U.S. Open in a nail-biting "sudden death" playoff that followed an 18-hole playoff that ended in a draw Monday. Woods overcame Rocco Mediate to win his 14th major. Now, he says he'll take a break from golf to rest his injured knee.
Jun 16th, 2008 · Golf superstar Tiger Woods overcomes a surprising challenge from unheralded Rocco Mediate, winning the U.S. Open on an extra playoff hole. It's the 14th major championship title for Woods, 32.