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AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Aug. 19, 2021 11:43 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...

Nneka Ogwumike returns, helps Sparks beat Fever 75-70

Aug. 15, 2021 11:27 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nneka Ogwumike had 12 points in her return from a knee injury to help Los Angeles beat the Indiana Fever 75-70 on Sunday night in the Sparks...

FILE - United States' Janie Reed smiles during a softball game against Italy at the Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Fukushima, Japan, in this Wednesday, July 21, 2021, file photo. Getting ready to reach softball's peak and make her Olympic debut for the United States, Janie Reed was on a training field at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, in western Japan. Across the Pacific Ocean, 7,452 miles away, another important family first was unfolding in Miami: husband Jake Reed was about to walk onto a major league mound for the first time. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
Games people play: A marriage of majors and the Olympics

By Ronald Blum Jul. 24, 2021 09:07 AM EDT

The San Francisco Giants celebrates a win over the Los Angeles Dodgers in a baseball game Wednesday, July 21, 2021, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Giants at Dodgers 7/21/2021

Jul. 22, 2021 02:39 AM EDT

In this June 21, 2021, file photo, a resident receives a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine shot at their office in Tokyo. Tokyo's COVID-19 infections surged to a six-month high Wednesday, July 21, 2021, with the Olympic host city logging 1,832 new cases just two days before the Games open. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
The Latest: Top shooter tests positive, will miss Tokyo

Jul. 20, 2021 10:34 PM EDT

Luka Doncic #77 of the Dallas Mavericks reacts after shooting a three pointer against the LA Clippers in the second half of game five of the Western Conference First Round NBA Playoff basketball game at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Wednesday, June 2, 2021. (Keith Birmingham/The Orange County Register via AP)/The Orange County Register via AP)
Dallas Mavericks at LA Clippers 6/2/2021

Jun. 30, 2021 04:33 PM EDT

Los Angeles Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard, left, and forward Nicolas Batum, right, defend against Dallas Mavericks center Boban Marjanovic (51) during the third quarter of Game 7 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series Sunday, June 6, 2021, in Los Angeles, Calif. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Dallas Mavericks at LA Clippers 6/6/2021

Jun. 29, 2021 06:35 PM EDT

Dominican Republic outfielder Johan Mieses, left, is congratulated by his teammates after he scored a run against Venezuela during a final Olympic baseball qualifier game, in Puebla, Mexico, Saturday, June 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Dominicans beat Venzeuela, get final Olympic baseball berth

By The Associated Press Jun. 26, 2021 05:53 PM EDT

Members of the first U.S. Olympic skateboarding team arrive on their boards for a news conference in downtown Los Angeles on Monday, June 21, 2021. The team was introduced in Southern California, where the sport was invented roughly 70 years ago. Skateboarding is an Olympic sport for the first time in Tokyo, and the Americans are expected to be a strong team. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
US Olympic skateboarding team unveiled, rolling toward Tokyo

By Greg Beacham Jun. 21, 2021 07:52 PM EDT

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Jun. 10, 2021 11:41 AM EDT
June 11 1898 — Willie Simms becomes the only African American jockey to win the Preakness Stakes when he rides Sly Fox to victory and the...

Wieters, Frazier, Kemp on US roster for Olympic qualifying

May. 23, 2021 01:53 PM EDT
CARY, N.C. (AP) — Pitchers Homer Bailey, Edwin Jackson and David Robertson, catcher Matt Wieters, infielder Todd Frazier and outfielders Matt Kemp and John Jay...

Chicago Sky trade Gabby Williams to Los Angeles Sparks

May. 09, 2021 10:19 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Sparks acquired Gabby Williams from the Chicago Sky for rookie Stephanie Watts and the rights to German guard Leonie Fiebich...

Los Angeles Kings' Quinton Byfield, right, is pressured by Anaheim Ducks' Jamie Drysdale during the first period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, May 1, 2021, in Anaheim, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Ryan Miller wins final home start, Ducks beat Kings 6-2

By Greg Beacham May. 02, 2021 12:41 AM EDT

FILE - Lenin Stadium, the main stadium for the 1980 Moscow Summer Olympic Games and a Lenin statue are shown in this July, 1980 file photo. Just to hear chatter in the nation’s capital about a possible boycott of the Winter Olympics in China had to be enough to alarm athletes already deep in preparation for the games. The United States and 65 other countries boycotted the Moscow Olympics. (AP Photo/File)
Column: Olympic boycott chatter shouldn't go any further

By Tim Dahlberg Apr. 13, 2021 03:17 PM EDT

FILE - Commissioner Roger Goodell gestures during the NFL Honors ceremony as part of Super Bowl 55 in Tampa, Fla., in this Friday, Feb. 5, 2021, file photo. The NFL is increasing the regular season to 17 games, as expected, and reducing the preseason to three games. Team owners on Tuesday, March 30, 2021, approved the 17th game, marking the first time in 43 years the regular season has been increased.(AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
NFL owners approve 17-game regular season, 3 preseason games

By Barry Wilner Mar. 30, 2021 03:22 PM EDT

FILE - In this April 29, 2006, file photo Paul Cayard, skipper of the Pirates of the Caribbean Volvo Ocean Race boat steers his boat as they team readies for the start of the Baltimore in Port race on the Chesapeake Bay. Cayard has raced in the America's Cup, the Olympics and was the first American skipper to win one of sailing's toughest challenges, the Whitbread Round the World Race. Now he faces another arduous task, guiding the underperforming U.S. Olympic sailing team as its new executive director. (AP Photo/Chris Gardner, File)
Cayard takes helm of underperforming US Olympic sailing team

By Bernie Wilson Mar. 25, 2021 06:02 PM EDT

Comcast signs deal with LA 2028 Olympic organizers

Mar. 15, 2021 12:01 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The company that owns NBC is pumping more money into the Olympic business, signing a deal with the 2028 Los Angeles organization as a ...

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Feb. 25, 2021 03:41 PM EST
Feb. 27 1918 — The first neutral site game in NHL history is held in Quebec City. Frank Nighbor scores twice in the first period to lead...

Efrain Álvarez on US, Mexico rosters for Olympic qualifying

Feb. 23, 2021 01:20 PM EST
MIAMI (AP) — Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder Efrain Álvarez is on the 48-man preliminary roster for both the United States and Mexico for the Olympic men’s...

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Feb. 11, 2021 02:34 PM EST
Feb. 13 1923 — The New York Renaissance, the first all-black pro basketball team, is organized. Rens become one of the dominant basketball...