Becky Sullivan

She finished in 14th place in the GS race here on Saturday after she said she was thrilled with her progress.

Her next race is next weekend in Canada.

The Olympics are in February.

Becky Sullivan, NPR News, Copper Mountain, Colorado.

For nearly 30 years, MLS has played a spring-to-fall schedule.

Its seasons run from February through the summer and into the fall.

But other international soccer leagues, including the English Premier League, begin in August and run through the spring.

That incompatibility caused problems for players transferring between leagues and complicated participation in international competitions like the FIFA World Cup.

MLS Commissioner Don Garber called the shift, quote, one of the most important decisions in our history.

The league will begin the new calendar in 2027.

It includes a winter break from mid-December to mid-February, but winter will be new for MLS.

There are a handful of MLS teams in wintry locations like Montreal and Minnesota.

Becky Sullivan, NPR News.

In many sportsbooks, both online and in person, gamblers can bet on specific pitches in a baseball game, on things like whether a certain pitch will be a strike or a ball, or whether the speed of a pitch will be faster or slower than a certain speed.

Now, those bets at nearly all authorized gambling sites will be capped at $200.

and they can't be part of a parlay.

MLB is the latest major professional league to deal with players accused of secretly working with gamblers.

Prosecutors say that Cleveland's all-star closer Emmanuel Classe and starting pitcher Luis Ortiz each earned thousands of dollars to intentionally throw certain pitches, usually slow and outside the strike zone.

Becky Sullivan in PR News.

He faces a count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to money launder.