Women's sports
AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press Sep. 26, 2020 10:00 AM 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.
...
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.
...
AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press Sep. 24, 2020 10:00 AM EDT
Sept. 25
1866 — Jerome Park, named for its founder Leonard W. Jerome, opens in the Bronx in New York. Jerome, seeking to emulate the...
AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press Sep. 20, 2020 10:00 AM EDT
Sept. 21
1940 — For the first time in the history of photo finishes a triple dead heat for first place is recorded, at Willow’s Park,...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Sep. 17, 2020 02:15 PM EDT
Sept. 24
1950 — Philadelphia’s Russ Craft has four interceptions to lead the Eagles in a 45-7 rout of the Chicago Cardinals. Chicago...
F1 champ Lewis Hamilton sets up electric offroad team
Sep. 08, 2020 09:56 AM EDT
LONDON (AP) — Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton has launched a team to compete in an all-electric offroad racing series, though he won't be behind the wheel....
AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press Sep. 01, 2020 09:49 AM EDT
Sept. 2
1901 — Seven-year-old Ogden wins two races in a single day at Sheepshead Bay race track in Coney Island, New York. Ogden edges...
The Latest: Tennessee cancels practice because of virus
By The Associated Press Aug. 28, 2020 09:49 AM EDT
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Aug. 27, 2020 10:54 AM EDT
Aug. 30
1887 — Seven U.S. men’s national tennis championships and Richard Sears captures his seventh title. Sears beats Henry Slocum, 6-1,...
AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press Aug. 25, 2020 10:20 AM EDT
Aug. 26
1912 — Maurice McLoughlin beats Wallace F. Johnson, 3-6, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2 to win the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association men’s singles...
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.
...
AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press Aug. 18, 2020 10:20 AM EDT
Aug. 19
1909 — The first race is held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Twelve-thousand spectators watch Austrian engineer Louis...
AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press Aug. 14, 2020 10:01 AM EDT
Aug. 15
1914 — The United States beats Australia 3-2 in matches to take the Davis Cup.
1948 — Babe Didrikson Zaharias...
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...
The Latest: Asian football cancels Oct., Nov. qualifiers
By The Associated Press Aug. 11, 2020 10:07 PM EDT
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...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Aug. 06, 2020 10:57 AM EDT
Aug. 13
1919 — Upset scores a win against Man o’ War in the Sanford Memorial Stakes at Saratoga. The defeat is Big Red’s only loss in 21...
List of sports events affected by the coronavirus pandemic
By The Associated Press Aug. 03, 2020 04:07 PM EDT
AQUATICS
Asian water polo championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, from Feb. 12-16 canceled.
Diving Grand Prix in...
NASCAR banks on minority drivers to broaden sport's exposure
By Dan Gelston Jul. 28, 2020 02:06 AM EDT