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Athletes compete in the women's individual triathlon at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, Friday, July 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira)
Triathlon lets transgender women compete under tighter rules
Aug. 03, 2022 06:38 PM EDT
In this photo provided by Curling Jamaica, Jamaica's Ben Kong looks out at the sheet during a practice game against Hong Kong on Saturday, April 2, 2022, at the Unionville Curling Club in Markham, Ontario, Canada. The Jamaican curlers are sliding into the footsteps of the bobsledders that brought the tropical island nation to the Winter Olympics and became an international sensation. (Sandy Ewart/Curling Jamaica photo via AP)
Slide over, bobsleds. Curling is coming to tropical Jamaica
By Jimmy Golen
Aug. 03, 2022 04:19 PM EDT
Sportlight-Rod Carew gets his 3,000th hit
By The Associated Press
Aug. 03, 2022 10:02 AM EDT
Aug. 4 1945 — Byron Nelson wins his 11th consecutive PGA Tour event, beating Herman Barron by four strokes. Nelson finishes the year with a record for...
FILE - Lauren Jackson, left, is presented with a jersey by Seattle Storm co-owner Lisa Brummel after the Storm defeated the Washington Mystics 80-51 in a WNBA basketball game, Friday, July 15, 2016, in Seattle. The team formally retired her jersey No. 15. The jersey was unveiled in the arena's rafters, next to the two banners signifying the WNBA championships she helped win in 2004 and 2010. Jackson is savoring every minute of her basketball comeback, in 2022, even though the battle-tested Australian hoops icon knows she can't do things that once captivated fans before retiring from the sport in 2016. (Lindsey Wasson/The Seattle Times via AP, File)
Ex-WNBA star Lauren Jackson savors each day of her comeback
By Doug Feinberg
Aug. 02, 2022 07:39 PM EDT
Steve Stricker reacts as his tee shot lands in a fairway bunker on the ninth hole during the second round of the Bridgestone Senior Players Championship golf tournament at Firestone Country Club, Friday, July 8, 2022, in Akron, Ohio. (Jeff Lange/Akron Beacon Journal via AP)
Shanshan Feng got everything from golf but a proper farewell
By Doug Ferguson
Aug. 02, 2022 04:32 PM EDT
USOPC chooses triathlon exec Rocky Harris as sports leader
By Eddie Pells
Aug. 02, 2022 01:02 PM EDT
DENVER (AP) — The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee hired USA Triathlon and onetime Arizona State athletics executive Rocky Harris on Tuesday to head its sports...
Sportlight-The National Basketball Association is formed
By The Associated Press
Aug. 02, 2022 10:02 AM EDT
Aug. 3 1852 — The first intercollegiate rowing race is held on Lake Winnipesaukee, N.H., where Harvard beats Yale by four lengths on the 2-mile course....
Gold medal winner, Aaron Gate of New Zealand, center, celebrates during the men's 40km points race final during the Commonwealth Games track cycling at Lee Valley VeloPark in London, Monday, Aug. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Ian Walton)
Aussies change handlebars at Commonwealths and keep winning
By Courtney Walsh
Aug. 01, 2022 08:43 PM EDT
Washington Nationals' Juan Soto takes a lead from first during the first inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Sunday, July 31, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
LEADING OFF: Soto on the block as Nats host Scherzer, Mets
By The Associated Press
Aug. 01, 2022 12:00 PM EDT
Sportlight-Jackie Joyner sets heptathlon world record
By The Associated Press
Aug. 01, 2022 10:12 AM EDT
Aug. 2 1864 — The first Travers Stakes at Saratoga is won by Kentucky, a horse that scores 20 consecutive victories. 1912 — John...
Sportlight-Cal Ripken plays in his 2,000th consecutive game.
By The Associated Press
Jul. 31, 2022 10:02 AM EDT
Aug. 1 1936 — The Berlin Olympics begin. 1945 — New York’s Mel Ott hits his 500th home run in a 9-2 victory over the Boston Braves at the...
England's Alex Yee, right, New Zealand's Hayden Wilde, left, and Australia's Matthew Hauser celebrates after winning the gold, silver and bronze respectively in the men's individual triathlon at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, Friday, July 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira)
Yee wins 1st gold medal of this year's Commonwealth Games
By Courtney Walsh
Jul. 29, 2022 10:34 AM EDT
Sportlight-Ron Hansen pulls off an unassisted triple play
By The Associated Press
Jul. 29, 2022 10:02 AM EDT
July 30 1870 — Monmouth Park opens with a five-day meet. 1930 — Host Uruguay beats Argentina 4-2 for soccer’s first World Cup in...
FILE - Jayson Terdiman poses for a portrait at the 2017 Team USA Media Summit in Park City, Utah, on Sept. 25, 2017. The two-time Olympian has been hired as a junior national team coach, USA Luge announced Thursday, July 28, 2022, while also making his retirement from competitive racing official. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
USA Luge doubles slider Jayson Terdiman retires, will coach
By Tim Reynolds
Jul. 28, 2022 04:32 PM EDT
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By The Associated Press
Jul. 28, 2022 10:04 AM EDT
Aug. 2 1864 — The first Travers Stakes at Saratoga is won by Kentucky, a horse that scores 20 consecutive victories. 1912 — John...
Sportlight-Week Ahead, July 29-Aug.4
By The Associated Press
Jul. 28, 2022 10:02 AM EDT
July 29 1751 — The first International World Title Prize Fight takes place in Harlston, England. The champion, Jack Slack of England, beats the...
Sportlight-Javier Sotomayor is the first to high jump 8 feet
By The Associated Press
Jul. 28, 2022 10:02 AM EDT
July 29 1751 — The first International World Title Prize Fight takes place in Harlston, England. The champion, Jack Slack of England, beats the...
France supporters wave flags during the Women Euro 2022 semifinal soccer match between Germany and France at Stadium MK in Milton Keynes, England, Wednesday, July 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Women's final will cap Olympic soccer tournament in Paris
By Anne M. Peterson
Jul. 28, 2022 07:26 AM EDT
FILE - Track and field runner Allyson Felix arrives at the ESPY Awards, July 20, 2022, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. American sprint great Allyson Felix and a refugee cyclist originally from Afghanistan have joined the International Olympic Committee’s athletes' commission, it was announced Wednesday, July 27, 2022. Felix is a seven-time Olympic champion. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, file)
US sprint great Allyson Felix joins IOC athletes' commission
Jul. 27, 2022 10:40 AM EDT
Sportlight-Dennis Martinez pitches a perfect game.
By The Associated Press
Jul. 27, 2022 10:02 AM EDT
July 28 1913 — The United States wins its first Davis Cup since 1902 by beating Britain three matches to two. 1928 — The Summer Olympics...