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A rider nurses his elbow, and his pride, after a fall. Bicycle riding was rough in the early days — but this gentleman was lucky. He could have been on the Tour de France, where competitors busted their wheels on broken glass thrown by rowdy fans.

Where There's A Wheel, There's A Way. Where There Are 2, Things Can Get Weird

Boneshakers, gunshots and "hygienic saddles": Cycling's history is littered with oddities. With the Tour de France in full swing, journalist A.J. Jacobs offers some choice nuggets of bike trivia.

Baseball's Second Half; A Power Winner At Wimbledon: The Week In Sports

NPR's Scott Simon and ESPN's Howard Bryant discuss body image in sports. While Serena Williams was winning Wimbledon, some people seemed to focus on her appearance rather than her victory.

For The First Time, An African Country Prosecutes Another's Ex-Leader

Chad's disgraced former leader, Hissene Habre, goes to court on Monday, charged with crimes against humanity. The trial will be conducted in Dakar.

Greg O'Brien and his wife are finding it more difficult to drive to and from their family's secluded house on Cape Cod. As they move out and move on, O'Brien has discovered a bittersweet trove of memories.

When Losing Memory Means Losing Home

As his Alzheimer's progresses, journalist Greg O'Brien and his wife have decided it's time to leave the home where they raised their three kids. The move is turning up some sweet discoveries.

Theodore Roosevelt's 'Summer White House' Reopens To The Public

The 26th U.S. President spent his summers at a mansion on an 83-acre estate on New York's Long Island. Sagamore Hill has reopened to visitors after a three-year restoration project costing $10 million.

Housing, Other Issues Missing From Conference On Aging Meeting

NPR's Ina Jaffe talks with Scott Simon about the White House Conference on Aging earlier this week. It's a one day conference held every 10 years.

During the 2014 Tournament of Roses Parade, SeaWorld's float was accompanied by police in Pasadena, Calif. PETA supporters were arrested for protesting the float that day, and PETA claims that a SeaWorld employee posing as a PETA volunteer tipped police off to the protest.

PETA Says Undercover SeaWorld Employee Posed As Animal Rights Activist

PETA says one of its supporters in California was actually a SeaWorld "agent" who infiltrated its activist network and tried to "incite illegal ... activity." SeaWorld has suspended the employee.

Ryan Phelan rehearses on the set of <em>SportsCenter</em> at ESPN's headquarters in Bristol, Conn., in 2007. Years ago, the network had been thought impervious to the seismic shifts shaking the cable landscape. Now, that appears to be changing.

Once Immune To Cord-Cutting, 'King Of Live Sports' Finds Throne Shaken

Even as other channels tried to adapt to a new TV landscape, ESPN seemed to be impervious for one reason: People want to watch sports live. But ESPN has shed 3.2 million subscribers since May 2014.

The Rubik's Cube world championships were held in Sao Paulo, Brazil, over the weekend, drawing participants from more than 40 countries. The winner completed his cube in 5.69 seconds.

For The Rubik's Cube World Champ, 6 Seconds Is Plenty Of Time

Competition was fierce at the Rubik's Cube world championship in Brazil. There was a 4-year-old and a category for those who do it with their feet. The overall winner needed less than 6 seconds.

Fire And Rain

Areas of the interior received rain, helping to slow wildfires that have charred over 4 point 7 million acres, but as KUAC’s Dan Bross reports, fire…

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