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David Wiegand, a 31-year-old mortgage underwriter from Portland, Ore., is the new national Scrabble champion. He was crowned in Reno, Nev., after winning three out of the five games in the final match against Panupol Sujjayakorn, 21, an economics student from Thailand.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to Peter Bodo, senior editor of TENNIS Magazine, about Martina Navratilova's win yesterday at the Wimbledon tennis tournament outside London. In her first singles match in 10 years, the 47-year-old tennis legend defeated 24-year-old Catalina Castano of Colombia.

NPR's Edward Lifson reports from Germany on the preparations for Christmas in Berlin. There's a huge Christmas fair in the eastern part of the city. Visitors can see the Weihnachtsman (VY-nawks-mahn) who is nothing like the jolly old elf we know here...buy ornaments and carved nativity scenes the size of match boxes, or listen to a huge calliope and ride a giant ferris wheel.

The U.S. women's soccer team wins a fiercely competitive gold-medal game against Brazil in the Summer Olympics. Abby Wambach headed in a crossing corner kick from the left side to end the match in overtime. Hear NPR's Robert Siegel and NPR's Tom Goldman.

Two recent deaths of New York City firefighters from 9/11-related illnesses brought the total to 343, matching the FDNY's death toll from 9/11.

The U.S. Open swings into action next week in New York City. In addition to the action on the court, the grand slam tennis tournament is already dealing with doping of the world's top-ranked male player.

After a historic triple-double flip in the floor exercise, Simone Biles collected her sixth title Sunday in Kansas City, Missouri. The Olympic champion is preparing for the 2020 games.

Brian Ulrich pleaded guilty to seditious conspiracy and obstruction, and agreed to cooperate with government investigators.

States like Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Missouri and North Carolina will be decisive, and they're all moving Democrats' way as Republicans are put further on the defensive by Donald Trump.

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