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Sportlight-Week Ahead, Aug. 12-18
By The Associated Press Aug. 11, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
Aug. 16
1920 — Cleveland shortstop Ray Chapman is hit in the head with a pitch by New York’s Carl Mays. Chapman suffers a fractured skull and dies the...
Sportlight-Usain Bolt wins the 200 meters
By The Associated Press Aug. 08, 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...
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...

Slide over, bobsleds. Curling is coming to tropical Jamaica
By Jimmy Golen Aug. 03, 2022 01:03 PM EDT
US women's hockey forward Dani Cameranesi, 27, retires
Jul. 20, 2022 05:14 PM EDT
COLORADO Springs, Colo. (AP) — U.S. women’s hockey forward Dani Cameranesi announced her retirement from the national team Wednesday.
Cameranesi, 27,...

Slafkovsky, Nemec lead new Slovak hockey golden generation
By Stephen Whyno Jul. 08, 2022 02:28 PM EDT
Executive director Ramsey Baker to leave US Figure Skating
Jun. 24, 2022 07:38 PM EDT
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Ramsey Baker is leaving U.S. Figure Skating at the end of the year, leaving the organization in search of an executive director after...

Léon Marchand lights up swimming worlds with 400 medley win
By Ciarán Fahey Jun. 18, 2022 04:55 PM EDT

Winter Olympics may not include Nordic combined for 1st time
By Larry Lage Jun. 15, 2022 02:37 PM EDT

Shimabukuro inks another 4 years as US speedskating coach
By Paul Newberry Jun. 14, 2022 07:53 PM EDT
FIFA bans player for 18 months for same substance as Valieva
By Graham Dunbar Jun. 13, 2022 10:52 AM EDT
GENEVA (AP) — FIFA banned Ivory Coast goalkeeper Sylvain Gbohouo for 18 months on Monday in a doping case involving the same substance that Russian figure skater...

WADA says fresh court ruling can reopen Russian doping cases
By Graham Dunbar Jun. 11, 2022 02:23 PM EDT

Chinese Olympian Eileen Gu working for Salt Lake Games bid
By Stephen Wade Jun. 08, 2022 01:52 AM EDT
Canadians hire Poulin as player development consultant
Jun. 07, 2022 09:37 AM EDT
MONTREAL (AP) — Hockey great Marie-Philip Poulin has joined the Montreal Canadiens' front office as a player development consultant.
The role with the...