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FILE - J'Den Cox of the United States celebrates his win over Ivan Yankouski of Belarus in the final of men's freestyle 92kg category of the Wrestling World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, in this Monday, Oct. 22, 2018, file photo. Two-time world champion and 2016 Olympic bronze medalist J'den Cox is out of the U.S. Olympic wrestling trials in Fort Worth, Texas, after not making weight Friday, April 2, 2021, USA Wrestling announced. (Tibor Illyes/MTI via AP, File)
Dake gets shot at Burroughs with wins at wrestling trials

Apr. 02, 2021 11:54 AM EDT

FILE - United States' Kyle Dake, right, celebrates after defeating Japan's Sohsuke Takatani, left, in a 79kg match in the Freestyle Wrestling World Cup in Iowa City, Iowa, in this Saturday, April 7, 2018, file photo. The spotlight is on Jordan Burroughs and Kyle Dake heading into the U.S. Olympic wrestling trials. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
Burroughs, Dake on collision course at US wrestling trials

By Eric Olson Mar. 31, 2021 01:53 PM EDT

A man and a woman stand with a backdrop of the Olympic rings floating in the water in the Odaiba section Thursday, March 18, 2021, in Tokyo. Tokyo Olympics creative director Hiroshi Sasaki is resigning after making demeaning comments about Naomi Watanabe, a well-known female celebrity. Sasaki who was in charge of the opening and closing ceremonies for the Olympics, told planning staff members last year that Watanabe could perform in the ceremony as an “Olympig.” (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Tokyo Olympics: Yet another scandal over sexist comments

By Stephen Wade And Yuri Kageyama Mar. 17, 2021 09:19 PM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 21, 2015, file photo, Jack O'Callahan, left, and Mark Pavelich of the 1980 U.S. ice hockey team talk during a "Relive the Miracle" reunion at Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, N.Y. Pavelich has died at a treatment center for mental illness. Officials in Anoka County, Minnesota, confirmed Friday, March 5, 2021, that Pavelich, 63, died at the Eagle's Healing Nest in Sauk Centre, Minn., Thursday morning. The cause and manner of death are still pending. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)
'Miracle on Ice' star Mark Pavelich dies at treatment home

Mar. 05, 2021 06:19 PM EST

FILE - In this Sunday, June 30, 2019 file photo, South Africa's Caster Semenya smiles after winning the women's 800-meter race during the Prefontaine Classic, an IAAF Diamond League athletics meeting, in Stanford, Calif. USA. Caster Semenya's lawyer said Tuesday Nov. 17, 2020, they will take her case against the world track and field federation to the European Court of Human Rights in what's likely to be a last-ditch legal challenge against regulations that require the South African and some other female athletes to artificially lower their natural testosterone levels to compete. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
Semenya taking case to European Court of Human Rights

By Gerald Imray Feb. 25, 2021 07:15 AM EST

FILE - In this Feb. 15, 1978, file photo, Leon Spinks celebrates as his entourage holds him aloft after his 15-round split decision victory over world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali in Las Vegas. Former heavyweight champion Leon Spinks Jr. died Friday night, Feb. 5, 2021, after battling prostate and other cancers. He was 67. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi, File)
Former heavyweight champion Leon Spinks dies at 67

By Tim Dahlberg Feb. 06, 2021 08:36 PM EST

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Feb. 04, 2021 01:22 PM EST
Feb 10 1908 — Tommy Burns knocks out Jack Palmer in the fourth round to defend his world heavyweight title in London. ...

FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016 file photo, Nijat Rahimov, of Kazakhstan, sets a world record with a lift of 214kg during the men's 77kg weightlifting competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Rahimov has been charged with swapping his urine samples in a doping case that could threaten his gold medal. The International Testing Agency says it charged Rahimov with “an anti-doping rule violation for ‘Urine Substitution’ which would have occurred over a period of time in 2016.” It is unclear if the allegations span the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Rahimov took gold with a world record lift in the men’s 77-kilogram class. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)
Olympic weightlifting champion charged in doping case

Jan. 19, 2021 04:28 AM EST

FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008 file photo, United States' relay swimmer Klete Keller reacts after a men's 4x200-meter freestyle relay heat during the swimming competitions in the National Aquatics Center at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Five-time Olympic swimming medalist Klete Keller was charged Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021 with participating in a deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol after video emerged that appeared to show him among those storming the building last week. (AP Photo/Thomas Kienzle, File)
Olympic swimmer released but ordered to stay away from DC

By Colleen Slevin Jan. 14, 2021 06:26 PM EST

FILE - In this Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2008 file photo, United States' relay swimmer Klete Keller reacts after a men's 4x200-meter freestyle relay heat during the swimming competitions in the National Aquatics Center at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Five-time Olympic swimming medalist Klete Keller was charged Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021 with participating in a deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol after video emerged that appeared to show him among those storming the building last week. (AP Photo/Thomas Kienzle, File)
Olympian Keller charged with taking part in US Capitol riot

By Paul Newberry Jan. 13, 2021 05:18 PM EST

Johnny Weir among three elected to skating Hall of Fame

Dec. 27, 2020 05:42 PM EST
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Three-time U.S. champion Johnny Weir has been elected to the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame. Also elected...

Ski great Northug to be jailed for traffic and drug offenses

Dec. 21, 2020 11:21 AM EST
HELSINKI (AP) — A court in Norway has found two-time Olympic cross-country skiing champion Petter Northug guilty of serious traffic offenses and possession of...

USA Bobsled and Skeleton adds six to its Hall of Fame

Dec. 09, 2020 05:22 PM EST
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — Olympic gold medalists Tristan Gale Geisler, Steve Mesler and Vonetta Flowers are among a six-person class of enshrinees to the USA...

Rafer Johnson, who won the decathlon at the 1960 Olympics and helped subdue Robert F. Kennedy's assassin, has died

Dec. 02, 2020 01:40 PM EST
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rafer Johnson, who won the decathlon at the 1960 Olympics and helped subdue Robert F. Kennedy's assassin, has died. ...

John Daly returns to skeleton, wins Day 1 of US team trials

By Tim Reynolds Nov. 20, 2020 05:04 PM EST
John Daly had not been in a skeleton race for nearly three years. He wasn’t rusty. The two-time U.S. Olympian won the first USA Skeleton...

FILE - In this Friday, Oct. 4, 2019 file photo, Conseslus Kipruto of Kenya, gold medal winner in the the men's 3000 meter steeplechase final, celebrates at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar. Olympic steeplechase champion Conseslus Kipruto of Kenya has been charged with having sexual intercourse with a 15-year-old girl and was released on bail Monday, Nov. 16, 2020 after pleading not guilty. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)
Olympic champ Kipruto charged with having sex with minor

Nov. 16, 2020 09:52 AM EST

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Oct. 29, 2020 11:42 AM EDT
Nov. 5 1927 — Walter Hagen beats Joe Turnesa 1-up to capture the PGA Championship for the fourth consecutive year and fifth overall. ...

Brazil volleyball star Castro to play in new US pro league

Oct. 14, 2020 09:01 AM EDT
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Three-time Brazilian Olympian Sheilla Castro is coming out of retirement to play in a new U.S. professional volleyball league early...

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2013, file photo, John Fahey, president of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), speaks during a news conference in Johannesburg, South Africa. Fahey, a former president of the World Anti-Doping Agency and a key player in getting the 2000 Summer Olympics for Sydney, has died. He was 75. New South Wales state government officials on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, confirmed Fahey's death. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)
Former World Anti-Doping Agency chief John Fahey dies at 75

By Dennis Passa Sep. 11, 2020 10:14 PM EDT

FILE - In this July 23, 2020, file photo, Japanese swimming athlete Rikako Ikee holding the lantern containing Olympic flame poses during a photo session at the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo. Japanese swim sta Ikee will compete on Saturday, Aug. 29, in a meet for the first time since being treated for leukemia. Ikee won six gold medals in the Asian Games two years ago in Jakarta, Indonesia, and would have been a favorite in several events going into the now-postponed Tokyo Olympics. (Du Xiaoyi/Pool Photo via AP, File)
Swimmer Rikako Ikee back in pool after leukemia treatment

Aug. 28, 2020 12:12 AM EDT