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'Let's get it on': Nets, Cavaliers to open play-in Tuesday
By Brian Mahoney Apr. 11, 2022 03:44 PM EDT
AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press Feb. 27, 2022 10:00 AM EST
Feb. 28
1922 — In the first formal college conference basketball tournament, North Carolina beats Mercer 40-26 to win the Southern Intercollegiate...
AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press Feb. 24, 2022 11:21 AM EST
Feb. 25
1940 — The first telecast of an American hockey game is transmitted over station W2XBS in New York. The viewing audience watches the New York...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Feb. 24, 2022 11:17 AM EST
Feb. 25
1940 — The first telecast of an American hockey game is transmitted over station W2XBS in New York. The viewing audience watches the New York...
AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press Feb. 21, 2022 10:00 AM EST
Feb. 22
1919 — The first dog race track to use an imitation rabbit opens in Emeryville, Calif.
1936 — Figure skater Sonja Henie wins her...
AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press Feb. 18, 2022 10:00 AM EST
Feb. 19
1928 — Canada wins the gold medal in ice hockey at the Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Canada, represented by the 1926 Toronto...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Feb. 17, 2022 11:13 AM EST
Feb. 22
1919 — The first dog race track to use an imitation rabbit opens in Emeryville, Calif.
1936 — Figure skater Sonja Henie wins her...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Feb. 17, 2022 11:05 AM EST
Feb. 18
1924 — Theresa Weld Blanchard wins her sixth and final U.S. figure skating championship. Sherwin Badger captures his fifth straight and final...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Feb. 10, 2022 11:08 AM EST
Feb. 11
1878 — The Boston Bicycle Club, the first bicycle club in the United States, is formed.
1949 — Willie Pep becomes the first boxer...
AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press Feb. 09, 2022 10:00 AM EST
Feb. 10
1908 — Tommy Burns knocks out Jack Palmer in the fourth round to defend his world heavyweight title in London.
1949 — Joe Fulks...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Feb. 03, 2022 10:59 AM EST
Feb. 8
1936 — Jay Berwanger, University of Chicago halfback and Heisman Trophy winner, is the first player ever selected in the NFL Draft. The...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Feb. 03, 2022 10:57 AM EST
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Feb. 4
1861 — The Philadelphia Athletics beat Charter Oak 36-27 in a baseball game played on frozen Litchfield Pond in Brooklyn, N.Y...

U.S. coach David Quinn gets second chance to go to Olympics
By Stephen Whyno Jan. 24, 2022 01:59 PM EST

Man charged with giving Olympic athletes performance drugs
By Jim Mustian Jan. 12, 2022 12:03 PM EST

U.S. names Quinn coach, Vanbiesbrouck GM for no-NHL Olympics
By Stephen Whyno Dec. 27, 2021 04:52 PM EST

Ode to Sports: A year when games and fans came off the bench
By Fred Lief Dec. 23, 2021 12:24 PM EST