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Sportlight-Week Ahead, Aug. 19-25

By The Associated Press 2 hrs ago
Aug. 19 1909 — The first race is held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Twelve-thousand spectators watch Austrian engineer Louis Schwitzer win a five...

FILE - Kimi Raikkonen, of Finland, pauses during a news conference in Concord, N.C., May 20, 2011. Raikkonen will take a break from his retirement to return to racing this weekend in the NASCAR race at Watkins Glen. (AP Photo/Mike McCarn, File)
Kimi Raikkonen hits pause on retirement to race NASCAR

Jenna Fryer 9 hrs ago

Editorial Roundup: Kansas

By The Associated Press Aug. 17, 2022 12:39 AM EDT
Kansas City Star. August 15, 2022. Editorial: Republicans are supposedly good with money. Why waste it on Kansas abortion recounts? ...

Sportlight-Week Ahead, Aug. 12-18

By The Associated Press Aug. 11, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
Aug. 12 1876 — Madeleine wins two straight heats over Canada’s Countess of Dufferin to defend the America’s Cup. 1936 — Rosalind, driven...

Bubba Wallace (23) leads the field to the start during an NASCAR Cup Series auto race at the Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Mich., Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Kevin Harvick ends 65-race drought with 6th win at Michigan

By Larry Lage Aug. 07, 2022 07:50 PM EDT

Kyle Busch watches during NASCAR Cup Series auto race qualifying at the Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Mich., Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
NASCAR's Kyle Busch thankful family escaped mall shooting

By Larry Lage Aug. 06, 2022 05:12 PM EDT

Kyle Busch sits on pit wall during qualifications for the NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Saturday, July 30, 2022, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
NASCAR's Kyle Busch, family escape Mall of America shooting

Aug. 04, 2022 10:59 PM EDT

FILE - Alex Palou, of Spain, talks with crew before the final practice for the Indianapolis 500 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Friday, May 27, 2022, in Indianapolis. There is no love lost between rival team owners Chip Ganassi and Zak Brown, and the two now find themselves entangled over the reigning IndyCar champion. Ganassi says he picked up the option on Alex Palou for 2023, but McLaren Racing says it has signed the Spaniard for next year.(AP Photo/Darron Cummings, FIle)
Ganassi sues IndyCar champion Palou over contract disupte

By Jenna Fryer Jul. 27, 2022 10:30 AM EDT

Brittany Force races to 4th NHRA Funny Car win of year

Jul. 24, 2022 08:58 PM EDT
SONOMA, Calif. (AP) — Brittany Force raced to her fourth Top Fuel victory of the season and 15th overall in a record-setting Sunday in the Denso NHRA Sonoma...

Josef Newgarden taken to hospital by helicopter for evaluation after collapsing following late wreck in IndyCar race

Jul. 24, 2022 07:04 PM EDT
NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — Josef Newgarden taken to hospital by helicopter for evaluation after collapsing following late wreck in IndyCar race. ...

Sportlight-Week Ahead, July 22-28

By The Associated Press Jul. 21, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
July 22 1921 — Jim Barnes wins the U.S. Men’s Open golf championship by edging Walter Hagen, Leo Diegel, Jock Hutchinson and Fred McLeod. ...

NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace poses for photographers near Buckingham Fountain on Tuesday, July 19, 2022, in Chicago during a promotional visit to announce a NASCAR Cup Series street race in the city, to be held July 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
NASCAR to hit the streets of Chicago with downtown race

By Jay Cohen Jul. 19, 2022 03:48 PM EDT

Johnny Weissmuller breaks 1 minute in the 100m freestyle.

By The Associated Press Jul. 18, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
July 19 1877 — Spencer Gore beats William Marshall in 48 minutes (6-1, 6-2, 6-4) in the first men’s singles tennis championship at the All England Club...

Champion driver Bobby East fatally stabbed at gas station

Jul. 16, 2022 05:16 PM EDT
WESTMINSTER, Calif. (AP) — Bobby East, a three-time U.S. Auto Club national champion driver, has died after being stabbed this week at a Southern California gas...

Climate activist Lina Schinkoethe, left, and her mother Solvig Schinkoethe, second from left, sit with their hands glued to the ground during a protest with the group Uprising of the Last Generation in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. The group claims the world has only a few years left to turn the wheel around and avoid catastrophic levels of global warming. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
German climate activists aim to stir friction with blockades

By Frank Jordans Jul. 15, 2022 02:00 AM EDT

Sportlight: Week Ahead, July 15-21, Take Two

By The Associated Press Jul. 14, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
July 19 1877 — Spencer Gore beats William Marshall in 48 minutes (6-1, 6-2, 6-4) in the first men’s singles tennis championship at the All England Club...

FILE - Three-time world champion Formula One racer Nelson Piquet of Brazil attends the shooting of the Hungarian Television's Formula One magazine in Budapest, Hungary, July 23, 2015. Piquet apologized to Lewis Hamilton on Wednesday, June 29, 2022 saying the racial term he used about the Mercedes driver was “ill thought out” but was not meant to be offensive. The 69-year-old Brazilian has faced heavy criticism this week over comments he made in Portuguese last November on a podcast where he referred to Hamilton as “neguinho,” which means “little Black guy.” (Janos Marjai/MTI via AP, file)
Brazil court probes Piquet over racist, homophobic slurs

By Mauricio Savarese Jul. 11, 2022 09:12 PM EDT

FILE - Former Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone walks in the paddock during the first free practice at the Yas Marina racetrack in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Friday Nov. 23, 2018. British prosecutors say former Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone will be charged with fraud by false representation following a government investigation into his overseas assets. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)
Ex-F1 boss Ecclestone to be charged with fraud over assets

Jul. 11, 2022 09:25 AM EDT

Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc, right, of Monaco, celebrates on the podium with second placed Red Bull driver Max Verstappen, of the Netherlands, after winning the Austrian F1 Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring racetrack in Spielberg, Austria, Sunday, July 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Leclerc's smile is back after Austrian GP win, Sainz unhappy

Jul. 10, 2022 10:51 AM EDT

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press Jul. 10, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
July 11 1914 — Babe Ruth makes his major league pitching debut for the Boston Red Sox against Cleveland, getting the 4-3 victory over the Indians. ...