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NPR's Scott Simon talks with Howard Bryant of Meadowlark Media about the University of Michigan sign stealing controversy and the inaugural NBA in-season tournament.

Notre Dame and Ohio State University are set to tangle Monday in the college football national championship game. The expanded playoffs have led to some surprising results leading up to this unexpected final.

Meridah Nandudu was a single mom of two kids, unemployed and in despair. Then she had an idea: Maybe the "humble" coffee beans she'd grown up with on her parents' farm could lead her to a better life.

For the first seven years of her life, Alonzo lived in an abandoned diner in a south Texas border town. Her new Netflix stand-up special is called Upper Classy.

On this episode, Ben Schachtman and Rachel Keith sit down with John Biewen and Michael Betts, writers and co-hosts of Echoes of a Coup — the sixth season of the Scene on Radio podcast from Duke University’s Kenan Institute for Ethics. The five-part series takes a deep dive into Wilmington’s 1898 coup and massacre.

The NBA created the tournament within its regular season. NPR's A Martinez talks to sports reporter Mark Medina about whether it will bring more excitement and viewers to the early days of the season.

The potato may seem rather ordinary. But this tuber's origins story is quite fascinating, and we don't really know all the details yet.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with sportswriter Howard Bryant about the past week in the world of sports.

Protests targeting an Israeli-owned team have seized the limelight at Spain's version of the Tour de France. The team under fire issued a statement saying that quitting the race is out of the question.

The price of groceries has skyrocketed. Beans and lentils are inexpensive and offer a huge source of plant-based protein, iron and fiber.