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Baseball star Shohei Ohtani (right) and his interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara (left), are seen in the dugout in the 2024 MLB Seoul Series game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Diego Padres. The Dodgers have fired Mizuhara after Ohtani's representatives claimed he was the victim of "a massive theft." Jung Yeon-Je/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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From left: JuJu Watkins, Alissa Pili, Hannah Hidalgo and Te-Hina Paopao. Candice Ward/Getty Images, Tyler Tate/AP, Lance King/Getty Images, Eakin Howard/Getty Images hide caption

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The University of Miami Hurricanes (mascot: Sebastian the Ibis) played the University of Indiana Hoosiers (no mascot at all) during the second round of the NCAA men's tournament in 2023. The Hurricanes won, just saying. Patrick Smith/Getty Images hide caption

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The Sports Museum curator Richard Johnson, right, stands near an exhibit that displays cover photos from the sports magazine Sports Illustrated in the museum at the TD Garden, in Boston. Steven Senne/AP hide caption

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Members of the Drexel team celebrate during a game against Stony Brook in the championship of the Colonial Athletic Association conference women's tournament, Sunday, March 17, 2024. Drexel won and qualified for the NCAA women's basketball tournament - and will now face No. 1 bracket seed Texas. Mark Schiefelbein/AP hide caption

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Jessie Diggins celebrates winning the Women's 20 km Mass Start FIS World Cup skiing competition in Falun, Sweden, on Sunday. Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Iowa star Caitlin Clark has helped drive a surge in interest in women's college basketball this season. Look for her Hawkeyes squad to land a 1-seed in the women's tournament. Matthew Holst/Getty Images hide caption

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Republican Senate candidate Steve Garvey, a former Los Angeles Dodgers baseball player, tosses a baseball to supporters at his election night watch party on March 5 in Palm Desert, Calif. Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption

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Former LA Dodger Steve Garvey aims for the wall in U.S. Senate race

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Students walk by the statue of Hecuba, the legendary Queen of Troy, with a quote by William Shakespeare — spelled "Shakespear" — on the campus of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles in 2017. Richard Vogel/AP hide caption

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Omar Iydar, who is a Berber, and Connor Holdsworth from Scotland are experienced mountain guides working in the High Atlas region of Morocco. Brian Mann/NPR hide caption

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African sun and a howling blizzard: trekking through Morocco's High Atlas Mountains

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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. Adam Gray/Getty Images hide caption

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Dartmouth men's basketball team votes to unionize, shaking up college sports

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Iowa guard Caitlin Clark (22) celebrates after becoming the all-time leading scorer in NCAA Division I basketball during the first half of a college game against Ohio State, Sunday, March 3, 2024, in Iowa City, Iowa. Cliff Jette/AP hide caption

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Some critics of the new MLB uniform have pointed to this photo of Los Angeles Dodgers hitter Shohei Ohtani, (left), and starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto, taken on Wednesday, as an example of how see-through the new pants are. Ashley Landis/AP hide caption

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Brazilian soccer star Dani Alves sits during his trial in Barcelona, Spain, on Feb. 5, 2024. Alves has been found guilty of sexually assaulting a young woman in a Barcelona nightclub and has been sentenced Alves to 4 1/2 years in prison. D.Zorrakino/AP hide caption

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Cheyenne Walker and Maya James of Howard University's figure skating team practice their skills at Canal Park Ice Rink in Washington, D.C. Dee Dwyer for NPR hide caption

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Howard University students form America's first HBCU figure skating team

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