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AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press May. 19, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
May 20 1900 — The second modern Olympic games open in Paris. 1919 — Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox wins a game on the mound and at the...

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press May. 19, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
May 24 1905 — Harry Payne Whitney’s Tanya becomes the second filly to win the Belmont Stakes. Ruthless was the first filly to win the Belmont, in 1867....

FILE - In this March 2, 2017, file photo, Mike Tirico attends the NBC Universal mid-season press day at the Four Seasons in New York. Tirico will host his fifth Kentucky Derby from Churchill Downs on Saturday, May 7, 2022, which begins a stretch that includes the Triple Crown, Indianapolis 500, the U.S. Open and the British Open. he will then begin preparing for the upcoming NFL season as he takes over as the play-by-play voice for “Sunday Night Football”. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)
NBC's Tirico ready to begin another busy stretch with Derby

By Joe Reedy May. 05, 2022 02:02 PM EDT

Driver's Corey LaJoie (7), Alex Bowman (48) and Noah Gragson (16) wreck coming out of Turn 2 during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race, Sunday, April 17, 2022, in Bristol, Tenn. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)
Fox Sports makes Easter Sunday a NASCAR ratings success

By Jenna Fryer Apr. 20, 2022 05:44 PM EDT

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Apr. 14, 2022 11:26 AM EDT
April 19 1897 — John J. McDermott wins the first Boston Marathon in 2 hours, 55 minutes, 10 seconds. 1930 — Clarence DeMar wins the...

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Apr. 14, 2022 11:05 AM EDT
April 19 1897 — John J. McDermott wins the first Boston Marathon in 2 hours, 55 minutes, 10 seconds. 1930 — Clarence DeMar wins the...

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Feb. 24, 2022 11:17 AM EST
Feb. 25 1940 — The first telecast of an American hockey game is transmitted over station W2XBS in New York. The viewing audience watches the New York...

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Feb. 17, 2022 11:13 AM EST
Feb. 22 1919 — The first dog race track to use an imitation rabbit opens in Emeryville, Calif. 1936 — Figure skater Sonja Henie wins her...

FILE -Tiger Woods fist bumps his son Charlie Woods on the 16th green during the second round of the PNC Championship golf tournament, Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021, in Orlando, Fla. Speculation for 2022 starts with where Woods will show up next on the PGA Tour. (AP Photo/Scott Audette, File)
Golf goes to Netflix and it has competition from tennis

By Doug Ferguson Jan. 18, 2022 01:18 PM EST

FILE - Four-time winner of the Indianapolis 500, Al Unser, poses with the Borg-Warner Trophy at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Tuesday, July 20, 2021. Al Unser was the third member of one of America’s most-accomplished racing families to die in 2021, following his older brother Bobby, a three-time Indy champion, and Bobby Unser Jr. Al Unser was one of four drivers who won the Indy 500 a record four times, with victories in 1970, 1971, 1978 and 1987. (AP Photo/Doug McSchooler, File)
Aaron, Elder overcame hate to achieve records, milestones

By Bernie Wilson Dec. 27, 2021 03:41 PM EST

FILE - Fans cheer outside Fiserv Forum after the Milwaukee Bucks defeated the Phoenix Suns in Game 6 of the NBA basketball finals to win the NBA championship Tuesday, July 20, 2021, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)
Veterans fill 2021 sports year with memorable moments

By John Marshall Dec. 20, 2021 04:26 PM EST

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press Nov. 23, 2021 10:00 AM EST
Nov. 24 1904 — Fullback Sam McAllester is thrown for a touchdown to give Tennessee a 7-0 victory over Alabama. McAllester, wearing a wide...

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Nov. 18, 2021 10:51 AM EST
Nov. 23 1947 — Sammy Baugh throws six touchdown passes as the Washington Redskins beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 45-21. ...

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press Sep. 26, 2021 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

By The Associated Press Sep. 24, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
Sept. 25 1866 — Jerome Park, named for its founder Leonard Jerome, opens in the Bronx in New York. Jerome, seeking to emulate the British...

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Sep. 23, 2021 03:34 PM EDT
Sept. 24 1930 — The Portsmouth Spartans beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 12-0 in the first NFL game played under floodlights. More than 6,000 fans...

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press Sep. 20, 2021 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. 16, 2021 11:41 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. 09, 2021 02:19 PM EDT
Sept. 14 1923 — Jack Dempsey knocks out Luis Firpo in the second round for his last successful defense of his world heavyweight title, at...

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press Aug. 25, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
Aug. 26 1933 — Helen Hull Jacobs captures the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association singles title when Helen Wills Moody defaults in the third set...