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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with ESPN's Howard Bryant about sports and COVID-19 bubbles. The NHL has two bubbles and the NBA, which has started its playoffs, is in a solo bubble.

New research suggests that penguins' ancestors originated not in frozen Antarctica but, instead, off the coasts of Australia and New Zealand, adapting to new climes over 22 million years.

Former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio has been found guilty of criminal contempt, stemming from a 2011 racial profiling case. Arpaio faces a maximum of 6 months in jail and a monetary fine.

NPR's Audie Cornish discusses the billion-dollar business of detaining immigrant children with New York Times reporter Katie Benner.

By the end of the first week, Norway's team led in medals, with 19. Athletes from Team USA won eight medals, including five gold — the first of which went to 17-year-old snowboarder Red Gerard.

She went up the hill a snowboarder but came down an Olympic champion skier. That's one way to tell the story of Ester Ledecka, the Czech athlete who stunned the world in South Korea.

Russian athletes went one-two in the women's single figure skating competition. Alina Zagitova took gold and Evgenia Medvedeva the silver. Bradie Tennell was the top U.S. finisher in ninth.

Temperature records have been broken around the globe. In North America, tens of millions of residents have been under watches, advisories and warnings.

In which we learn how to prevent a hangover (drink water), cure a hangover (you can't) and good cocktails to ease you back into more drinking on New Year's Day.

Helene St. James, hockey reporter at the Detroit Free Press, remembers Red Wings legend Gordie Howe. Howe's five-decade professional hockey career earned him the nickname "Mr. Hockey."