Olympic games
Man of Speed: Diffey to call Olympic track and field for NBC
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AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press Feb. 26, 2021 10:00 AM EST
Feb. 27
1918 — The first neutral site game in NHL history is held in Quebec City. Frank Nighbor scores twice in the first period to lead...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Feb. 25, 2021 03:41 PM EST
Feb. 27
1918 — The first neutral site game in NHL history is held in Quebec City. Frank Nighbor scores twice in the first period to lead...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Feb. 18, 2021 12:51 PM EST
Feb. 24
1960 — Bill Cleary’s four goals lead the United States to a 9-1 victory over West Germany in the hockey championship round of the...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Feb. 18, 2021 12:47 PM EST
Feb. 20
1887 — The International Association, the first minor league baseball association, is organized in Pittsburgh.
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AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press Feb. 17, 2021 10:00 AM EST
Feb. 18
1928 — At Moritz, Switzerland, Sonja Henie becomes the youngest Olympic figure skating champion. At 15 years and 315 days, easily...
AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press Feb. 16, 2021 10:00 AM EST
Feb. 17
1923 — Cy Denneny of the Ottawa Senators becomes the NHL’s career scoring leader. He scores his 143rd goal to surpass Joe Malone in...
AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press Feb. 14, 2021 10:00 AM EST
Feb. 15
1932 — Eddie Eagen, as a member of the four-man U.S. bobsled team, wins a gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Feb. 11, 2021 02:38 PM EST
Feb. 17
1923 — Cy Denneny of the Ottawa Senators becomes the NHL’s career scoring leader. He scores his 143rd goal to surpass Joe Malone in...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Feb. 11, 2021 02:34 PM EST
Feb. 13
1923 — The New York Renaissance, the first all-black pro basketball team, is organized. Rens become one of the dominant basketball...
USA Bobsled and Skeleton adds six to its Hall of Fame
Dec. 09, 2020 05:22 PM EST
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — Olympic gold medalists Tristan Gale Geisler, Steve Mesler and Vonetta Flowers are among a six-person class of enshrinees to the USA...
List of sports events affected by the coronavirus pandemic
By The Associated Press Nov. 09, 2020 04:29 PM EST
AQUATICS
Asian water polo championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, from Feb. 12-16 canceled.
Diving Grand Prix in...
List of sports events affected by the coronavirus pandemic
By The Associated Press Oct. 19, 2020 03:55 PM EDT
AQUATICS
Asian water polo championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, from Feb. 12-16 canceled.
Diving Grand Prix in...
List of sports events affected by the coronavirus pandemic
By The Associated Press Oct. 12, 2020 05:20 PM EDT
AQUATICS
Asian water polo championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, from Feb. 12-16 canceled.
Diving Grand Prix in...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Sep. 24, 2020 12:55 PM EDT
Sept. 27
1894 — Aqueduct Race Track opens its doors. The building is torn down in 1955 and the new Aqueduct reopens on Sept. 14, 1959.
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The Latest: Tennessee cancels practice because of virus
By The Associated Press Aug. 28, 2020 09:49 AM EDT
AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press Aug. 20, 2020 10:17 AM EDT
Aug. 21
1901 — William Larned wins the first of seven men’s singles titles in the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association championship.
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AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Aug. 13, 2020 11:38 AM EDT
Aug. 20
1921 — Molla Bjurstedt Mallory beats Mary Browne, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 to win the U.S. women’s national tennis title at the Germantown...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Aug. 13, 2020 11:32 AM EDT
Aug. 16
1920 — Cleveland shortstop Ray Chapman is hit in the head with a pitch by New York’s Carl Mays. Chapman suffers a fractured skull...
List of sports events affected by the coronavirus pandemic
By The Associated Press Aug. 10, 2020 03:29 PM EDT
AQUATICS
Asian water polo championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, from Feb. 12-16 canceled.
Diving Grand Prix in...