Allyson Felix
Today in Sports History: Tiger Woods wins PGA Championship

By The Associated Press Aug. 19, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
Aug. 20 1921 — Molla Bjurstedt Mallory beats Mary Browne, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 to win the U.S. women’s national tennis title at the Germantown Cricket Club in...

Sportlight-Week Ahead, Aug. 19-25

By The Associated Press Aug. 18, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
Aug. 19 1909 — The first race is held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Twelve-thousand spectators watch Austrian engineer Louis Schwitzer win a five...

Sportlight-Babe Ruth is the first to hit 500 home runs.

By The Associated Press Aug. 10, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
Aug. 11 1929 — Babe Ruth is the first MLB player to hit 500 home runs. 1943 — Volo Song, driven by Ben White, wins the Hambletonian...

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...

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 10:39 AM EDT

FILE - In this July 28, 1984 file photo, balloons are released into the air from the field of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum as part of the opening ceremony for the Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Track is a niche sport in the United States when it comes to the fan base, even while the country hosts its first track world championships. They say that with sagging viewership totals and flat revenue across the broader Olympic world, it's critical to bring the cornerstone sport of the games back to its glory days in the U.S. before they return to Los Angeles in 2028. (AP Photo/Dave Tenenbaum, FIle)
Track looks to pump up US fan base ahead of 2028 LA Olympics

By Eddie Pells Jul. 24, 2022 02:06 PM EDT

Shaunae Miller-Uibo, of Bahamas, wins the final of the women's 400-meter run at the World Athletics Championships on Friday, July 22, 2022, in Eugene, Ore. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Sydney McLaughlin shatters 400 hurdles record with 50.68

By Eddie Pells Jul. 22, 2022 11:12 PM EDT

Allyson Felix, of the United States holds her bronz medal at the World Athletics Championships Friday, July 15, 2022, in Eugene, Ore. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Felix postpones retirement for women's 4x400 relay at worlds

By Pat Graham Jul. 22, 2022 07:57 PM EDT

Allyson Felix, of the United States holds her bronz medal at the World Athletics Championships Friday, July 15, 2022, in Eugene, Ore. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Felix gets a bronze on her farewell at world championships

By Eddie Pells Jul. 15, 2022 11:19 PM EDT

FILE - Allyson Felix of the United States reacts after winning the gold medal in the final of the Women's 200m during the World Athletics Championships in Berlin, Friday, Aug. 21, 2009. Felix, retiring after the 2022 world championships in Eugene, Oregon, is looking forward to a much slower pace. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)
Allyson Felix reflects on footprints she's leaving on track

By Pat Graham Jul. 14, 2022 02:26 PM EDT

FILE - The United States' Ryan Crouser competes in the men's shot put during the Prefontaine Classic track and field meet at Hayward Field Saturday, May 28, 2022, in Eugene, Ore. Among those who might break their own world records are hurdlers Sydney McLaughlin and Karsten Warholm and shot putter Ryan Crouser. Jamaican speedster Elaine Thompson-Herah could make a run at 100-meter record that Florence Griffith-Joyner has held since 1988. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman, File)
McLaughlin leads speedy group to 1st track worlds on US soil

By Eddie Pells And Pat Graham Jul. 13, 2022 02:24 PM EDT

FILE - Allyson Felix, of the United States, prepares to start in a semifinal of the women's 400 meters at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Aug. 4, 2021, in Tokyo. Felix was named to her 10th world championships team, where she will have a chance to run in the mixed relay event and add to her record medal collection. Felix, whose 18 medals are the most in world-championship history, has announced that this will be her final season in track. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)
Allyson Felix gets mixed relay nod, heading to 10th worlds

Jul. 05, 2022 08:35 PM EDT

Sydney McLaughlin, center, clears the last hurdle on her way to setting a new world record in the women's 400 meter hurdles at the U.S. outdoor track and field championships, Saturday, June 25, 2022, in Eugene, Ore. (Chris Pietsch/The Register-Guard via AP)
Sydney McLaughlin does it again, breaks own world record

By Anne M. Peterson Jun. 25, 2022 06:24 PM EDT

Kerley, Jefferson win at the US outdoor championships

By Anne M. Peterson Jun. 25, 2022 12:36 AM EDT
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Olympic silver medalist Fred Kerley flashed a peace sign at the crowd after winning the 100 meters at the U.S. outdoor track and field...

United States' Sha'Carri Richardson, right, celebrates her second-place finish in the women's 100 meters during the Prefontaine Classic track and field meet Saturday, May 28, 2022, in Eugene, Ore. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman)
Richardson fails to make 100 final at the U.S. championships

By Anne M. Peterson Jun. 23, 2022 12:43 PM EDT

FILE - Allyson Felix, of United States races in a women's 400-meter heat at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. As the most decorated female track athlete in the history of the Olympics, hardly a day goes by when Allyson Felix isn’t reminded of her long list of accomplishments. Introduce her by mentioning that huge haul of 11 Olympic medals and the 18 pieces of gold (mostly), silver and bronze hardware that make her the most decorated competitor -- male or female -- in the history of the athletics world championships, and she’s hardly phased. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
AP Interview: Allyson Felix 'humbled' by rivals' praise

By Andrew Dampf Jun. 08, 2022 10:59 AM EDT

FILE - Allyson Felix, of United States races in a heat of the women's 400 meters at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Aug. 3, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. Felix says she will retire after the 2022 season. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
Allyson Felix says she's retiring after 2022 track season

By The Associated Press Apr. 13, 2022 11:49 PM EDT

Erin Jackson of the United States competes in the speedskating women's 500-meter race at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
US looks to build off Jackson's historic speedskating gold

By Beth Harris Feb. 13, 2022 02:12 PM EST

Tiger Woods fist bumps his son Charlie Woods on the 16th green during the second round of the PNC Championship golf tournament, Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/Scott Audette)
Ode to Sports: A year when games and fans came off the bench

By Fred Lief Dec. 23, 2021 12:24 PM EST

FILE - Naomi Osaka, of Japan, speaks to the crowd after beating Marie Bouzkova, of the Czech Republic, during the first round of the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York, in this Monday, Aug. 30, 2021, file photo. Osaka earned the Wilma Rudolph Courage Award for bringing awareness to social justice and mental health issues at the Annual Salute to Women in Sports on Wednesday night, Oct. 13, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)
Allyson Felix, Naomi Osaka earn women's sports awards

Oct. 14, 2021 11:58 AM EDT