Professional baseball
Sportlight: Week Ahead, Sept. 23-30
By The Associated Press Sep. 22, 2022 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.
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Sportlight: Week Ahead, Sept. 23-29
By The Associated Press Sep. 22, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
Sept. 23
1926 — Gene Tunney beats Jack Dempsey with a 10-round decision to retain the world heavyweight title.
1952 — Rocky Marciano...
Sportlight-Week Ahead, Sept. 2-8
By The Associated Press Sep. 01, 2022 10:00 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 Cameron by a...
Sportlight:Week Ahead, Aug. 26-Sept. 1
By The Associated Press Aug. 25, 2022 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 because of...
Sportlight-Week Ahead, Aug. 19-25
By The Associated Press Aug. 18, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
Aug. 19
1909 — The first race is held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Twelve-thousand spectators watch Austrian engineer Louis Schwitzer win a five...
Today in Sports: Felix Hernandez pitches perfect game.
By The Associated Press Aug. 14, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
Aug. 15
1948 — Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins the U.S. Women’s Open golf title over Betty Hicks.
1950 — Ezzard Charles knocks out Freddie...
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...
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.
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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...
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...
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.
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AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press Jul. 07, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
July 8
1889 — John L. Sullivan defeats Jake Kilrain in the 75th round in Richburg, Miss., for the U.S. heavyweight championship. It’s the last bare...
CA--California Digest
Jun. 11, 2022 04:09 PM EDT
Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select California stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of California...
AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press May. 28, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
May 29
1922 — The Supreme Court rules organized baseball is primarily a sport and not a business and therefore not subject to antitrust laws and...
AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press May. 27, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
May 28
1901 — Parader, ridden by Fred Landry, overcomes a bad start to win the Preakness Stakes by two lengths over Sadie S.
1904 — Bryn...
AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press May. 26, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
May 31
1927 — Detroit first baseman Johnny Neun records an unassisted triple play in the ninth inning to end the 1-0 win over the Cleveland Indians....
AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press May. 26, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
May 27
1823 — A $20,000 match race between American Eclipse (representing The North) and Henry (representing The South) is held at Union Course, Long...
AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press May. 23, 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....
AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press May. 20, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
May 21
1881 — A small group of tennis club members meets at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York City to form the world’s first national governing body...