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This artist rendering, provided by the National Football League Buffalo Bills, Thursday, March 2, 2023, shows the team's proposed new stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y. Kimberly Sass has traded in her goal crease for a construction hat and football. The former goalie, who won a National Women's Hockey League championship with the Metropolitan Riveters in 2018, has been hired on as project manager in overseeing the building of the Buffalo Bills new stadium. (Courtesy of Buffalo Bills via Populous, via AP)
Sass trades goal crease to oversee Bills new stadium project

By John Wawrow Mar. 10, 2023 04:30 PM EST

AP Sportlight

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Dec. 11 1938 — New York Giants beats the Green Bay Packers 23-17 to win the NFL championship. 1946 — The Chicago Stags and Cleveland...

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Dec. 09, 2021 11:03 AM EST
Dec. 10 1939 — The Green Bay Packers register the first shutout in an NFL championship game by beating the New York Giants 27-0. 1961 —...

FILE - Van C. Kussrow, left, from the Orange Bowl Committee, presents Baltimore Colts quarterback Tom Matte with the Most Valuable Player trophy after the Colts defeated the Dallas Cowboys 53-3 on Jan. 9, 1966, in Miami. Matte, who spent his entire 12-year NFL career as a gritty running back for the Baltimore Colts _ except for a star turn for three games in 1965 as their quarterback _ has died. He was 82. The Baltimore Ravens confirmed Matte's death during coach John Harbaugh's news conference Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021. No details were provided.(AP Photo/File)
Baltimore Colts RB/fill-in QB Tom Matte, dead at age 82

By David Ginsburg Nov. 03, 2021 12:55 PM EDT

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Mar. 25, 2021 12:25 PM EDT
March 27 1939 — Oregon beats Ohio State 46-33 in the NCAA’s first national basketball tournament. 1942 — Joe Louis...

Manchester City's Sergio Aguero after taking a tumble during the English Premier League soccer match between Manchester City and Newcastle United at the Etihad stadium in Manchester, Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020. (Peter Powell/Pool via AP)
The Latest: Vegas tests positive ahead of PGA Tour event

By The Associated Press Jan. 12, 2021 02:01 PM EST

Virginia hosted St. Francis during the first home game of the season Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020 in Charlottesville, Va. (Andrew Shurleff/The Daily Progress via AP)
The Latest: Sun Belt championship game canceled

By The Associated Press Dec. 17, 2020 09:31 AM EST

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press Dec. 10, 2020 10:00 AM EST
Dec. 11 1938 — New York Giants beats the Green Bay Packers 23-17 to win the NFL championship. A record crowd of 48,120 is in attendance at...

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Dec. 03, 2020 05:14 PM EST
Dec. 10 1939 — The Green Bay Packers register the first shutout in an NFL championship game by beating the New York Giants 27-0. ...

A fan wearing a face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus cheers during Game 2 of the Korean Series, the Korea Baseball Organization's championship round, between Doosan Bears and NC Dinos at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
The Latest: Iowa St women's hoops coach in quarantine

By The Associated Press Nov. 23, 2020 01:36 PM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2020, file photo, spectators wear face masks to protect against COVID-19 during the first half of an NFL football game between the Baltimore Ravens and the Pittsburgh Steelers, in Baltimore. A new set of rules are coming in just about every sport, almost all with enhanced health and safety in mind. If they work, games could get out of bubbles and return to arenas and stadiums with some fans in attendance sometime soon. Perhaps more importantly, they could also provide some common-sense solutions to virus issues in the real world.(AP Photo/Gail Burton, File)
The Latest: Crawford joins Dalton on Cowboys’ COVID-19 list

By The Associated Press Nov. 11, 2020 12:56 PM EST

Fans wear face masks and use social distancing during the first half of an NCAA college football game between Texas and TCU, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
The Latest: Raiders' Maurice Hurst placed on COVID-19 list

By The Associated Press Oct. 06, 2020 12:51 PM EDT

AP Sportlight

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March 1 1919 — Newsy Lalonde of the Montreal Canadiens sets a Stanley Cup Playoff record by scoring five goals in a 6-3 win against the...

FILE - In this May 15, 2019, file photo, San Jose Sharks defenseman Erik Karlsson (65), of Sweden, scores the winning goal past St. Louis Blues goaltender Jordan Binnington (50) during overtime in Game 3 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Western Conference final series in St. Louis. A major officiating gaffe occurred in the Stanley Cup playoffs when San Jose’s Karlsson scored a goal set up by a hand pass. While hockey officials have the toughest job _ they must be able to skate like the players _ they do not get a pass for their mistakes, either. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)
Officiating woes are not monopolized by NFL

By Barry Wilner Sep. 12, 2019 08:23 PM EDT