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NCAA basketball fans often strive to rattle free throw shooters — but, for commentator Frank Deford, few efforts match Arizona State's Curtain of Distraction, which he sums up as: "shock and awful."

The stripes on zebras have been found to repel flies. But now researchers have found a black-and-white checkered pattern will, too — making them question the optical effect behind the phenomenon.

The Big Ten, Atlantic Coast Conference and Pac-12 are forming an alliance to work together on the future of college athletics and scheduling.

The Pentagon said the paper would shut down by Sept. 30. Shortly afterward President Trump tweeted that it won't happen "under my watch."

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Ernie Gates, ombudsman at the Stars and Stripes newspaper, about the military ordering the publication to shut down.

Hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton return from break with new music by some of their all-time favorite artists, including unexpected sounds from Bon Iver and a previously unreleased White Stripes song.

When a woman in Scotland smashed Matt Grant's guitar, he turned to crowd-funding to raise money. When he showed up at the store, the clerk told him Jack White had already paid for a replacement.

If you’re raising a Star Spangled Banner this Independence Day, it might be made in Ohio. Annin Flagmakers’ Coshocton factory produces more than 3 million full-size American flags every year.

Jack and Meg's 2000 album De Stijl is the kind of art you make for yourself, assured few will hear it. It was the last time they'd have that luxury, but they never forgot the lesson.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Terry Leonard, editorial director of Stars and Stripes. The Pentagon proposes to cut some funding from the military newspaper, which is editorially independent.