Gregg Popovich
San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich signals to players during the first half of the team's NBA basketball game against the Detroit Pistons in San Antonio, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Detroit Pistons at San Antonio Spurs 1/6/2023

Jan. 11, 2023 08:53 PM EST

Today in Sports History-Week Ahead-Dec. 30- 1/6

By The Associated Press Dec. 29, 2022 10:00 AM EST
Dec. 30 1956 — The New York Giants win the NFL title with a 47-7 rout of the Chicago Bears. 1962 — The Green Bay Packers beat the New...

Las Vegas Aces head coach Becky Hammon, right, celebrates with Las Vegas Aces' A'ja Wilson after their win in the WNBA basketball finals against the Connecticut Sun, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, in Uncasville, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
Las Vegas Aces win first WNBA title, Chelsea Gray named MVP

By Pat Eaton-Robb Sep. 18, 2022 06:39 PM EDT

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Feb. 03, 2022 10:57 AM EST
Body Feb. 4 1861 — The Philadelphia Athletics beat Charter Oak 36-27 in a baseball game played on frozen Litchfield Pond in Brooklyn, N.Y...

Chicago Bulls head coach Billy Donovan gestures during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Miami Heat, Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021, in Miami. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
Unknowns remain as Bulls try to come back from COVID issues

By Andrew Seligman Dec. 16, 2021 06:25 PM EST

San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, right, talks to San Antonio Spurs forward Keldon Johnson during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Charlotte Hornets in Charlotte, N.C., Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
San Antonio Spurs at Charlotte Hornets 2/14/2021

Feb. 22, 2021 12:58 PM EST

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Jan. 28, 2021 12:32 PM EST
Feb. 3 1944 — Syd Howe of the Detroit Red Wings scores six goals in a 12-6 victory over the New York Rangers. Howe is the first player to...

San Antonio Spurs assistant coach Becky Hammon calls a play during a timeout in the second half of the team's NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Lakers in San Antonio, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020. Hammon became the first woman to direct an NBA team, taking over the Spurs after coach Gregg Popovich was ejected in a 121-107 loss. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Los Angeles Lakers at San Antonio Spurs 12/30/2020

Dec. 31, 2020 04:10 PM EST

FILE - Vanderbilt kicker Sarah Fuller walks along the sideline during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Tennessee in Nashville, in this Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020, file photo. (AP Photo/Wade Payne, File)
Breakthroughs come on, off field in 2020 for women's sports

By Eric Olson Dec. 31, 2020 04:08 PM EST

San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich, right, talks to assistant coaches Becky Hammon, center, and Will Hardy during the second half of the team's NBA basketball game against the Toronto Raptors, Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020, in San Antonio. San Antonio won 119-114. (AP Photo/Darren Abate)
Toronto Raptors at San Antonio Spurs 12/26/2020

Dec. 28, 2020 05:48 PM EST

LA Clippers' Kawhi Leonard drives past Milwaukee Bucks' Wesley Matthews during the first half of an NBA basketball game Friday, Dec. 6, 2019, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
The Fun Guy: Kawhi Leonard is the AP's male athlete of 2019

By Tim Reynolds Dec. 27, 2019 01:05 PM EST