issue with While statement - php

Question

So I am trying to pull HEADLINES.. that I have saved in a DB, they all have unique IDs.. I need a way to be able to call them but type or ID for instance.
$stmt = $con->prepare("SELECT * FROM news WHERE type = 'sports'");
$stmt->execute();
while($rfr=$stmt->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC))
{
?>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-lg-4">
<img src="<?php echo $rfr['folder'] . $rfr1['file'];?>.jpg" >
<h2><?php echo $rfr['headline'];?></h2>
<p>V.A. conducts study to determine effectiveness</p>
<p><a class="btn btn-primary" href="#" role="button">Read More »</a></p>
</div>
<div class="col-lg-4">
<img src="imgs/news/n4.jpg">
<h2><?php echo $rfr['headline'];?></h2>
<p>The Rev. Daniel Berrigan, a Roman Catholic priest and peace activist who was imprisoned for burning draft files in a protest against the Vietnam War, died Saturday. He was 94.</p>
<p><a class="btn btn-primary" href="#" role="button">Read More »</a></p>
</div>
<div class="col-lg-4">
<img src="imgs/news/n1.jpg">
<h2><?php echo $rfr['headline'];?></h2>
<p>President Barack Obama is getting one more chance to poke fun at fellow politicians, the press and himself at the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner.</p>
<p><a class="btn btn-primary" href="#" role="button">Read More »</a></p>
</div>
<?php
}
?>
Every time I run this code though.. It just enters only the headline from ID 1 everytime. and it makes a ton of duplicate post..
I want it to select through all the headlines in that type.. thats why im using the WHILE()

Answer 1

Please try this:
$stmt = $con->prepare("SELECT * FROM news WHERE type = 'sports'");
$stmt->execute();
$result = $stmt->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
foreach($result as $rfr) {
?>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-lg-4">
<img src="<?php echo $rfr['folder'] . $rfr1['file'];?>.jpg" >
<h2><?php echo $rfr['headline'];?></h2>
<p>V.A. conducts study to determine effectiveness</p>
<p><a class="btn btn-primary" href="#" role="button">Read More »</a></p>
</div>
...
</div>
<?php } ?>

Answer 2

Why don't you just use a foreach? That way you don't have to worry about handling iterations and possible infinite loops that while loops have.
Also, I personally prefer not to make function calls and assignments in a while/foreach.. It's not that big of a deal to add 1 extra line just before the declaration. Will improve readability and make it easier to debug your code.