Track and field
AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press Sep. 12, 2020 10:00 AM EDT
Sept. 13 1930 — Tommy Armour beats Gene Sarazen 1 up to win the PGA Championship. 1964 — Roy Emerson beats fellow...

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Aug. 20, 2020 11:53 AM EDT
Aug. 27 1884 — Richard Sears beats Howard Taylor, 6-0, 1-6, 6-0, 6-2 to win his fourth straight U.S. men’s national tennis championship. ...

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press Aug. 04, 2020 10:22 AM EDT
Aug. 5 1921 — Radio station KDKA and announcer Harold Arlin provide the first broadcast of a major league game as the Pirates beat the...

Mick Hoffman, executive director of the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association, poses for a photo, Thursday, July 16, 2020, sitting in the empty stands of the Renton School District's Renton Memorial Stadium, which is used for high school football, soccer, and track events in Renton, Wash. Hoffman and other administrators across the country are facing difficult decisions regarding the overwhelming uncertainty of whether high school sports can go forward this fall as the clock ticks closer to the start of the 2020-21 school year with little clarity in place for an obvious and safe path moving forward for athletics. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
The Latest: PGA Tour Series-China canceled due to virus

By The Associated Press Jul. 21, 2020 05:15 PM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 3, 2019, file photo, Oklahoma State linebacker Amen Ogbongbemiga poses during an NCAA college football media day in Stillwater Okla. Oklahoma State University officials said Wednesday, June 3, 2020, that three returning student-athletes have tested positive for COVID-19 although they were not showing symptoms. Among them is OSU linebacker Amen Ogbongbemiga, who said on Twitter he tested positive for the virus after he attended a protest in Tulsa. The 21-year-old Ogbongbemiga says he protected himself during the protest. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)
The Latest: Detroit Pistons set to reopen practice facility

By The Associated Press Jun. 03, 2020 01:38 PM EDT

NAIA, backed by NFL, to launch women's flag football

By The Associated Press May. 04, 2020 03:50 PM EDT
Women’s flag football will become a varsity sport for NAIA schools by next year, the organization announced Monday. The National...

Saints add veteran defensive lineman Hunt

May. 01, 2020 07:05 PM EDT
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Saints have signed free-agent defensive end Margus Hunt on Friday. The 6-foot-8, 295-pound Hunt is a...

FILE In this Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020 a general view of the Camp Nou stadium prior of a Spanish Copa del Rey soccer match between Barcelona and Leganes at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, Spain. (AP Photo/Joan Monfort, File)
The Latest: Softball World Cup pushed back to 2022

By The Associated Press Apr. 22, 2020 04:18 PM EDT

FILE - In this April 20, 2015, file photo, Frankline Chepkwony, front left, of Kenya, and Lelisa Desisa, right, of Ethiopia, lead the pack up Heartbreak Hill during the Boston Marathon in Newton, Mass. Due to the COVID-19 virus pandemic, the 124th running of the Boston Marathon was postponed from its traditional third Monday in April to Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
From Hopkinton to Boston, marathon absence is seen and felt

By Jimmy Golen Apr. 19, 2020 02:54 PM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 3, 2010 file photo, former New York Giants player Tiki Barber looks on during the Ring of Honor ceremony during halftime of an NFL football game between the Chicago Bears and the New York Giants at New Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. Barber kept his streak alive Sunday, Jan. 12, 2020, finishing the Walt Disney World Marathon in 5 hours, 12 minutes. It was his 13th marathon. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
Retired NY Giants running back finishes his 13th marathon

Jan. 13, 2020 07:47 AM EST

FILE - This March 31, 1963, file photo showing Boston Celtics' John Havlicek going to the basket against Cincinnati Royals Bob Booser (13) and Hub Reed in the fourth period of a semifinal playoff at Boston Garden in Boston. Havlicek, whose steal of Hal Green's inbounds pass in the final seconds of the 1965 Eastern Conference finals against the Philadelphia 76ers remains one of the most famous plays in NBA history, died April 25, 2019. He was 79. (AP Photo/Frank C. Curtin, File)
Sports losses in 2019: Newcombe, Robinson, Starr, Havlicek

By Fred Lief Dec. 29, 2019 11:26 AM EST

Christian Taylor, of the United States, competes in the men's triple jump final at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019. Taylor won the gold medal in the event. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Taylor made: Triple jumper wins 3rd straight world title

By Pat Graham Sep. 29, 2019 07:19 PM EDT

This Aug. 10, 2018, photo provided by University of Iowa Athletics shows T.J. Hockenson. Hockenson is a possible pick in the 2019 NFL Draft. (Brian Ray/University of Iowa Athletics via AP)
Balvu Sports Center vs RTU FC 8/11/2018

Apr. 18, 2019 03:07 PM EDT