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FILE - In this March 6, 2007 file photo, Topps baseball cards are seen in Boston. Sports trading card company Topps is combining with a special purposes acquisition company in a deal valued at $1.3 billion and seeking a public listing. Topps Co. said Tuesday, April 6, 2021, that it will join with Mudrick Capital Acquisition Corp., which will make a $250 million investment. (AP Photo/Chitose Suzuki, file)
Trade announcement: Topps will offer stock to the public

By Michelle Chapman Apr. 06, 2021 12:13 PM EDT

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Apr. 01, 2021 12:58 PM EDT
April 3 1930 — The Montreal Canadiens win the NHL Stanley Cup with a two-game sweep of the Boston Bruins. 1933 — Ken...

FILE - Hooters 500 winner Bill Elliott, left, and NASCAR Winston Cup champion Alan Kulwicki celebrate in Victory Lane following the Hooters 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Ga., in this Nov. 15, 1992, file photo. Chase Elliott will honor the late Alan Kulwicki by racing the same Hooters paint scheme that was on Kulwicki’s car in the 1992 season finale at Atlanta Motor Speedway when Kulwicki beat Bill Elliott for the Winston Cup title. Chase Elliott will run the paint scheme at Darlington Raceway on May 9, 2021. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
Elliott honors Kulwicki with 1992 championship paint scheme

By Jenna Fryer Mar. 30, 2021 10:00 AM EDT

Adam Wirdzek stops to look at a utility building that was carried down a flooded creek Sunday, March 28, 2021, in Nashville, Tenn. Heavy rain across Tennessee flooded homes and roads as a line of severe storms crossed the state. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Record rains cause flash flooding in Tennessee; 4 dead

By John Raby And Sarah Rankin Mar. 28, 2021 03:35 PM EDT

FILE - Peter Falk of "Columbo" gives Jessica Walter of "Amy Prentice" a kiss after both won Emmys on May 19, 1975. Walter won for best actress in a limited series while Falk was named best actor in a lined series. Walter, who played a scheming matriarch in TV's "Arrested Development," has died. She was 80. Walter's death was confirmed Thursday, March 25, 2021, by her daughter, Brooke Bowman. The actor's best-known film roles included playing the stalker in Clint Eastwood's 1971 thriller, "Play Misty for Me." (AP Photo, File)
'Arrested Development' actor Jessica Walter dies at 80

By Lynn Elber Mar. 25, 2021 03:27 PM EDT

Atlanta Falcons head coach Arthur Smith, center, talks with Georgia Tech's coach Geoff Collins, left, during the school's Pro Day football workout on Tuesday, March 16, 2021, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
The Latest: 13 sports joins Willie Nelson for vaccine PSA

By The Associated Press Mar. 23, 2021 12:26 PM EDT

FILE - Kyle Larson celebrates after winning a NASCAR Cup Series auto race in Las Vegas, in this Sunday, March 7, 2021, file photo. Kyle Larson will return to iRacing this week almost a year after a slur he used while on the online racing platform nearly cost him his career. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
Larson to highlight charitable causes in return to iRacing

By Jenna Fryer Mar. 23, 2021 09:17 AM EDT

Kevin Harvick makes a pit stop during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race Sunday, March 7, 2021, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
NASCAR returns to its roots with 1st of 2 visits to Atlanta

By Paul Newberry Mar. 20, 2021 02:14 PM EDT

Patients arrive to receive the the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine during the state's first mass vaccination clinic at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Friday, March 5, 2021, in Indianapolis. The state health department said nearly 17,000 people had filled up four days of appointments for the speedway clinic being held Friday through Monday. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Indiana governor gets virus shot at state's 1st mass clinic

By Tom Davies Mar. 05, 2021 01:40 PM EST

Fans line up outside Madison Square Garden for an NBA basketball game between the New York Knicks and the Golden State Warriors in New York on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Brittainy Newman)
Another wave of fans returning to sports despite COVID-19

By Jay Cohen Feb. 25, 2021 01:47 PM EST

Police: street racer crashes into parked car, killing man

Feb. 21, 2021 02:51 PM EST
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police say a driver who appeared to be street racing crashed into a parked car early Sunday in St. Louis, killing the man inside it. ...

Joey Logano stands by his car on pit road before the start of the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race at Daytona International Speedway, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Logano wants peace at Penske following Daytona 500 crash

By Jenna Fryer Feb. 19, 2021 03:50 PM EST

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. ...

FILE - In this file photo dated Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, former Formula One driver Spain's Fernando Alonso as he walks on the track ahead of Sunday's Emilia Romagna Formula One Grand Prix, at the Dino and Enzo Ferrari racetrack, in Imola, Italy. Formula One driver Fernando Alonso should fully recover from an operation on a fractured upper jaw following a cycling accident, his Alpine F1 team said Friday Feb. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, FILE)
F1 driver Alonso leaves hospital after cycling crash

Feb. 15, 2021 10:35 AM EST

Michael McDowell crosses the finish line ahead of Austin Dillon to win the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race at Daytona International Speedway, Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
McDowell beats 100-1 odds for upset Daytona 500 victory

By Jenna Fryer Feb. 15, 2021 12:41 AM EST

Michael McDowell wins rain-delayed Daytona 500 after last-lap wreck

Feb. 15, 2021 12:18 AM EST
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Michael McDowell wins rain-delayed Daytona 500 after last-lap wreck. ...

Michael McDowell crosses the finish line ahead of Austin Dillon to win the NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race at Daytona International Speedway, Monday, Feb. 15, 2021, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
The Latest: Keselowski has no regrets about Daytona 500 end

By The Associated Press Feb. 14, 2021 02:28 PM EST

FILE - Retired Philadelphia police officer Aliya Taylor (in pink) observes the Azawakh breed compete at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show in New York, in this Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020, file photo. Seeing an Azawakh at the Garden was unusual. Loosely called an African greyhound, they made their debut at Westminster debut last year. Seeing the woman cheering them on was even more eye-catching. Dressed in hot pink and wearing a colorful hijab, Aliya Taylor realized she stood out. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)
Good dogs! 20 years of covering Westminster Kennel Club show

By Ginger Tidwell And Ben Walker Feb. 14, 2021 11:49 AM EST

FILE - In this July 5, 2015, file photo, race fans make a photo with a Confederate flag in the Fan Zone before a NASCAR Sprint Cup series auto race at Daytona International Speedway. in Daytona Beach, Fla. A predominantly white sport with deep Southern roots and a longtime embrace of Confederate symbols, NASCAR was forced last summer to face its own checkered racial history during the country’s social unrest. (AP Photo/Terry Renna, File)
Social justice at NASCAR's forefront as new season begins

By Jenna Fryer Feb. 13, 2021 04:59 PM EST