NPR's Scott Simon talks to Michele Steele of ESPN about the NFL playoffs, the college football national championship, and remembers Milwaukee Baseball legend Bob Uecker. And now it's time for sports.

Major League Baseball heads into the playoffs and the NFL gets two reminders of football's dangers. NPR's Scott Simon and ESPN's Michele Steele discuss the latest sports news. SIMON: Baseball's ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Michele Steele of ESPN about the soccer fandom of Pope Francis, the NFL draft and hockey's Stanley Cup playoffs. SIMON: Remembering the holiest of soccer fans ...

(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) SIMON: Baseball's playoffs are shaping up. The Oakland Athletics packing up. And two more sobering reminders about the dangers of pro football. Michele Steele of ESPN joins us.

SIMON: Remembering the holiest of soccer fans, the NFL draft, the NHL playoffs. And, for the first time live, Michele Steele... MICHELE STEELE: Yay. SIMON: ...Of ESPN joins us in our studios.

SIMON: Remembering the holiest of soccer fans, the NFL draft, the NHL playoffs. And, for the first time live, Michele Steele... MICHELE STEELE: Yay. SIMON: ...Of ESPN joins us in our studios. Michele, ...