Novak Djokovic of Serbia plays a backhand against Marin Cilic of Croatia during the Davis Cup Semi Final match between Croatia and Serbia at Madrid Arena pavilion in December in Madrid, Spain. Juan Naharro Gimenez/Getty Images for Lexus hide caption
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A frozen section of the Ross Sea at Scott Base in Antarctica on Nov. 12, 2016. Britain's Preet Chandi made history by trekking 700 miles from Hercules Inlet to the South Pole in an unsupported expedition. Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Novak Djokovic will play in the 2022 Australian Open, after getting an exemption from vaccine requirements. He's seen here removing his mask at the 2021 ATP Cup at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne last February. Darrian Traynor/Getty Images hide caption
Washington Football Team fans cheer during a game against the Falcons in Atlanta in October 2021. Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images hide caption
Seattle Kraken fan Nadia Popovici (center) looks toward Vancouver Canucks assistant equipment manager Brian "Red" Hamilton (left) at the end of an NHL hockey game in Seattle on Saturday. Popovici had written Hamilton a note months earlier urging him to see a doctor about a suspicious mole, which turned out to be cancerous. Ted S. Warren/AP hide caption
Dan Reeves, former coach of the New York Giants, Denver Broncos and Atlanta Falcons died at 77 Saturday. With a career spanning 39 years, he was one of the most successful coaches in NFL history. Mark Lennihan/AP hide caption
Whitney Houston sings the National Anthem prior to Super Bowl XXV on January 27, 1991. George Rose/Getty Images hide caption
Former Oakland Raiders coach John Madden practices the electronic charting device telestrator on Jan. 21, 1982, for the Super Bowl broadcast on CBS. Madden, the Hall of Fame coach turned broadcaster, died Tuesday morning. AP hide caption
Boston College quarterback Phil Jurkovec prepares to hand the ball off during a game earlier this season. The team had to withdraw from the Military Bowl because of the pandemic. Mary Schwalm/AP hide caption
The degenerative brain condition CTE can be diagnosed only through autopsy. But there's a quiet population of everyday people afraid they have it — and they're turning to dubious treatments. Boston University CTE Center and Getty Images/Aaron Marin for NPR hide caption
Everyday people fear they have CTE. A dubious market has sprung up to treat them.
Leo Perez played football in college and believes he may struggle with CTE. Sebastián Hidalgo for NPR hide caption
New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams announced on Tuesday he will be postponing his planned Jan.1 inauguration ceremony. Brittainy Newman/AP hide caption
Fans pose below the NHL logo outside Falcon Stadium at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., in February 2020. David Zalubowski/AP hide caption
This combination of file photos shows tennis player Peng Shuai of China (L) during her women's singles first round match at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne in January 2017; and Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli (R) during a visit to Russia at the Saint Petersburg International Investment Forum in Saint Petersburg in 2015. Paul Crock/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
People wait in line at a coronavirus testing site in Times Square in New York on Dec. 13. Seth Wenig/AP hide caption
Fans do the wave during a preseason game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Las Vegas Raiders at Allegiant Stadium on Aug. 14 in Las Vegas. Ethan Miller/Getty Images hide caption
Tiger Woods smiles and gestures as he prepares to tee off during the first round of the PNC Championship golf tournament Friday in Orlando, Fla. Woods is back playing after getting injured in a car accident. He is paired with his son Charlie during the tournament. Scott Audette/AP hide caption
Real-life quidditch has been around since at least 2005, but now the sport's two large leagues are moving to drop the name and distance themselves from the fictional sport created by author J.K. Rowling in the Harry Potter series. Many universities, including Oxford University pictured above, have teams that compete in tournaments around the world. Carl Court/Getty Images hide caption
Scientists say that underdog wins, like when Leicester City beat 5000-to-1 odds against them to take the 2016 Premier League, may be a thing of the past as matches become more predictable. Michael Regan/Getty Images hide caption
European soccer matches have become predictable, study finds. Salary caps might help
Researchers examined all 19,423 NFL players who took the field for at least one game from 1960 to 2019 in what the scientists said was the largest study of ALS risk in professional football players. Katelyn Mulcahy/Getty Images hide caption
Urban Meyer is out as the head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars, after compiling a 2-11 record. A former player, Josh Lambo, says Meyer kicked him and called him names. Andy Lyons/Getty Images hide caption
In the past three days, nearly 100 NFL players have tested positive for COVID-19. Patrick Smith/Getty Images hide caption
O.J. Simpson attends a parole hearing at Lovelock Correctional Center in 2017 in Nevada. Jason Bean/Getty Images hide caption