Saturday Sports: Remembering a NASCAR icon: NBA playoffs; MLB

NPR | By Scott Simon

Published May 23, 2026 at 6:39 AM CDT

NPR's Scott Simon and sports reporter Michele Steele talk about an epic NBA conference finals.

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Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy.

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