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Linda talks with Robin Roberts of ESPN and ABC's Wide World of Sports. The Green Bay Packers will face off against the Dallas Cowboys this weekend in the NFC Championship Game while the Pittsburgh Steelers will host the Indianapolis Colts for the AFC title. Robin reviews the two match-ups and discusses the Australian Open.

Linda Wertheimer talks to Tim Boggan, historian for the United States Table Tennis Association. Boggan was a member of the U.S. table tennis team that made the historic visit to China in 1971. He recounts the team's reception in China and the matches against the Chinese players.

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf travelled to India Saturday for informal talks with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The meeting also includes the two attending a once-rare cricket match between India and Pakistan Sunday.

Tonight, the women's basketball NCAA semifinals take place in Atlanta, GA. Monday night is the men's basketball championship. NPR Sports Correspondent Tom Goldman joins All Things Considered guest host John Ydstie to discuss some of the highlights of the NCAA matches.

A close listen by NPR reporters yields observations about how closely President Bush's rhetoric in the State of the Union address matched the facts.

Typhoon Noru blew out of the northern Philippines on Monday, leaving five rescuers dead, causing floods and power outages and forcing officials to suspend classes and government work.

Joey Chestnut faced off against Takeru Kobayashi in a Netflix showdown on Monday. Chestnut downed 83 hot dogs and buns to Kobayashi's 66 in 10 minutes, beating his own world record from 2021.

A Pew Research Center survey shows that 63 percent of Republicans under the age of 34 favor legalization.

A 32-page indictment by federal prosecutors charges the six with economic espionage and trade secret theft. They are accused of stealing wireless technology from a pair of U.S. companies.

Researchers at Italy's National Institute for Astrophysics discovered a celestial map believed to be from between 1800 to 400 BC. Scientists say there's one star on it that doesn't match our sky.