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Sportlight-The Dream Team picks up its gold medal

By The Associated Press Aug. 07, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
Aug. 8 1902 — The United States, led by William Larned, beats Britain three matches to two to capture the Davis Cup. 1903 — Britain wins...

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Aug. 05, 2021 11:32 AM EDT
Aug. 6 1958 — Glen Davis of Columbus, Ohio, sets a world record in the 400 hurdles with a time of 49.2 in Budapest, Hungary. ...

Alison Cerutti, right, of Brazil, hugs teammate Alvaro Morais Filho during a men's beach volleyball match against the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Howdy, partner! New beach pairings find success at Olympics

By Jimmy Golen Jul. 28, 2021 12:49 AM EDT

FILE - In this July 25, 2021, file photo, Leita Consuelo Martinez Ortega, of Cuba, is covered in sand as she waits for a shot during a woman's beach volleyball match against Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Tokyo, Japan. Most of the women playing beach volleyball at the Olympics wear bikinis as their uniform, but it's not required. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)
EXPLAINER: Why Olympic beach volleyball players wear bikinis

By Jimmy Golen Jul. 27, 2021 03:40 AM EDT

Kelly Claes, left, of the United States, reaches for the ball as Tina Graudina, of Latvia, defends during a women's beach volleyball match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, July 26, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Olympic beach volleyball puts college stars on display

By Jimmy Golen Jul. 25, 2021 10:53 PM EDT

FILE - In this Saturday, Aug. 6, 2016, file photo, Japan's Naohisa Takato, left, competes against Georgia's Amiran Papinashvili during the men's 60-kg judo competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. “I had enough of the humiliating experience of ending up with a bronze medal in Rio," Takato said. "In the Tokyo Olympics, I’ll definitely seize the gold. With whatever kind of judo, however unrefined that could be, I’ll get a gold medal and play ‘Kimigayo’ (Japan’s national anthem) in the awarding ceremony.” (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)
Japan's judoka stars look to calm nation's Olympic angst

By Jenna Fryer Jul. 23, 2021 12:03 PM EDT

This Aug. 2, 2020, photo provided by the Association of Volleyball Professionals shows Alix Klineman, left, and April Ross, far right, during a match against Kelly Claes, foreground, and Sarah Sponcil, not shown, at the AVP Champions Cup in Long Beach, Calif. Ross was 24 years old when she first started playing beach volleyball, the sport that would eventually send her to four Olympics. At that age, Sponcil is already headed to the Summer Games. Sponcil and her 25-year-old partner, Claes, are the first generation to come up through an NCAA beach volleyball program that didn’t exist until 2012 — long after Ross graduated from Southern California. They are the youngest U.S. beach team ever to qualify for the Olympics. (Robert Beck/AVP via AP)
For new generation of Olympians, path was through NCAA beach

By Jimmy Golen Jul. 11, 2021 11:39 AM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2016, file photo, United States' Kerri Walsh Jennings awaits a serve against Australia during a women's beach volleyball quarterfinal match at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The three-time beach volleyball gold medalist was defeated in her bid to reach a sixth Olympics when she and partner Brooke Sweat lost in a qualifying match on Wednesday, June 2, 2021 in Ostrava, Czech Republic (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
With Walsh Jennings out, new generation hits the beach

By Jimmy Golen Jul. 01, 2021 01:37 PM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2016, file photo, United States' Kerri Walsh Jennings awaits a serve against Australia during a women's beach volleyball quarterfinal match at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The three-time beach volleyball gold medalist was defeated in her bid to reach a sixth Olympics when she and partner Brooke Sweat lost in a qualifying match on Wednesday, June 2, 2021 in Ostrava, Czech Republic (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
3x Olympic beach champ Walsh Jennings foiled in Tokyo bid

By Jimmy Golen Jun. 02, 2021 02:31 PM EDT

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Jul. 30, 2020 11:51 AM EDT
Aug. 6 1926 — Nineteen-year-old Gertrude Ederle of New York City becomes the first woman to swim the English Channel as she crosses the...