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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. 23 1898 — Malcolm Whitman wins the men’s singles title in the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association championship. 1926 — Molla Bjurstedt...

Sportlight-Week Ahead, Aug. 5-11

By The Associated Press Aug. 04, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
Aug. 9 1936 — Jesse Owens becomes the first American to win four Olympic gold medals as the United States sets a world record in the 4x100 relay at the...

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press Aug. 22, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
Aug. 23 1898 — Malcolm Whitman wins the men’s singles title in the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association championship. 1926 —...

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Aug. 19, 2021 11:49 AM EDT
Aug. 23 1898 — Malcolm Whitman wins the men’s singles title in the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association championship. 1926 —...

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Aug. 19, 2021 11:43 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. 05, 2021 11:35 AM EDT
Aug. 10 1900 — The first Davis Cup is held with the United States beating Britain, 3-0. 1949 — Ezzard Charles knocks...

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press Aug. 22, 2020 11:03 AM EDT
Aug. 23 1898 — Malcolm Whitman wins the men’s singles title in the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association championship. 1926 —...

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Aug. 20, 2020 11:48 AM EDT
Aug. 23 1898 — Malcolm Whitman wins the men’s singles title in the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association championship. 1926 —...

The Arena Football League has filed for bankruptcy

By The Associated Press Nov. 27, 2019 04:54 PM EST
The Arena Football League has filed for bankruptcy. The indoor league was reduced to six teams before it suspended operations in October....

Former Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Ron Jaworski, now part of an ownership group in the Arena Football League, speaking at a news conference Thursday, Feb. 21, 2019, in Atlantic City, N.J., about the new expansion team that will play there beginning in April. The Arena League and the Alliance of American Football are among football leagues drawing action from sports bettors this year. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
Other football leagues seek boost from legal sports betting

By Wayne Parry Feb. 21, 2019 03:41 PM EST