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By The Associated Press
Sep. 28, 2021 10:04 AM EDT
Sept. 29 1923 — Gene Sarazen beats Walter Hagen 1 up to capture the PGA championship. 1941 — Joe Louis knocks out Lou...
FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2020, file photo, the Olympic Symbol is reinstalled after it was taken down for maintenance ahead of the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics in the Odaiba section in Tokyo. U.S. athletes trying to make the Winter Olympics will have to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 under a groundbreaking new policy announced Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021 by the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
Tokyo Games CEO: Official costs known early next year
By Stephen Wade
Sep. 28, 2021 08:58 AM EDT
Sophie Goldschmidt taking over as US Ski & Snowboard CEO
Sep. 27, 2021 04:02 PM EDT
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — U.S. Ski & Snowboard appointed Sophie Goldschmidt as president and CEO on Monday, replacing Tiger Shaw. ...
Chile's Sebastian Berti, left, is tackled by Jamaica's Mark Phillips during an HSBC Canada Sevens semifinal rugby match in Edmonton, Alberta, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)
South Africa wins Edmonton Sevens and men's series title
Sep. 26, 2021 09:35 PM EDT
Team Europe's captain Bjorn Borg, left, chats with Team World's captain John McEnroe prior to Laver Cup tennis competition, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
After loss, McEnroe says Laver Cup should get more respect
Sep. 26, 2021 05:28 PM EDT
FILE - In this July 27, 2021, file photo, United States' Cat Osterman pitches during the first inning of a softball game against Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Yokohama, Japan. Osterman is closing out a decorated career during which she won an Olympic gold medal and two silvers and last year became the first Athletes Unlimited individual softball champion. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
Osterman retiring after strong Athletes Unlimited season
By Cliff Brunt
Sep. 26, 2021 12:32 PM EDT
Kenya's Alvin Otieno, center, is tackled by Spain's Alberto Carmona, left, and Josep Serres during an HSBC Canada Sevens rugby match in Edmonton, Alberta, Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press)
South Africa close in on Series title at Edmonton Sevens
Sep. 25, 2021 09:22 PM EDT
Liu wins Nebelhorn to give US 3rd entry for Beijing Olympics
Sep. 25, 2021 05:16 PM EDT
OBERSTDORF, Germany (AP) — Two-time national champion Alysa Liu won the Nebelhorn Trophy women's competition on Saturday, giving the U.S. a third qualifying...
FILE - In this June 28, 2016 file photo, Elizabeth Beisel competes in the women's 200-meter freestyle preliminaries at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials in Omaha, Neb. Beisel competed in three Olympics, but she's never taken on a challenge quite like this. Honoring her late father and raising money for cancer research, she's planning to swim more than 12 miles through cold ocean waters to a popular vacation island off the Rhode Island coast. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)
Beisel completes swim to Block Island to honor late father
Sep. 25, 2021 04:46 PM EDT
French hockey official Luc Tardif elected IIHF president
Sep. 25, 2021 01:03 PM EDT
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — French official Luc Tardif was elected president of the International Ice Hockey Federation on Saturday ahead of the return of...
Suga Yoshihide, Prime Minister of Japan, remotely addresses the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly in a pre-recorded message, Friday Sept. 24, 2021, at UN headquarters. (Peter Foley/Pool Photo via AP)
Japan's leader says Olympics were 'symbol of global unity'
By Jennifer Peltz
Sep. 24, 2021 04:12 PM EDT
Zhou secures 3rd figure skating Olympics men's spot for US
Sep. 24, 2021 02:04 PM EDT
OBERSTDORF, Germany (AP) — Vincent Zhou won the Nebelhorn Trophy men's competition Friday, which secured a third entry in the Beijing Olympics figure skating...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press
Sep. 23, 2021 03:46 PM EDT
Sept. 28 1920 — A Chicago grand jury indicts eight members of the Chicago White Sox on charges of fixing the 1919 World Series, known as...
FILE - In this Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019 file photo, Oleksandr Usyk, left, reacts after defeating Chazz Witherspoon during a heavyweight boxing bout, in Chicago. Usyk is scheduled to take on Anthony Joshua for the heavyweight title, at the London Tottenham Hotspur Stadium next Saturday, Sept. 25. (AP Photo/Kamil Krzaczynski, File)
Heavyweight champ Joshua back in ring and has plenty to lose
By Steve Douglas
Sep. 23, 2021 04:26 AM EDT
FILE - Katie Ledecky reacts after winning the women's 1500-meters freestyle final at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, in this Wednesday, July 28, 2021, file photo. Ledecky announced Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021, that she is moving to the University of Florida to be closer to home and train under Anthony Nesty, a rising star coach who will oversee her preparations for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Ledecky, a seven-time Olympic gold medalist, spent the last five years at Stanford University, where she worked with U.S. national team coach Greg Meehan while earning a psychology degree. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)
Gator Chomp: Ledecky heads to Florida to work with Nesty
By Paul Newberry
Sep. 22, 2021 09:12 PM EDT
In this July 2012 photo provided by Joan Beisel, Olympic medalist swimmer Elizabeth Beisel, right, stands for a photo with her father Ted Beisel, left, at the 2012 Olympics, in London. Beisel competed in three Olympics, but she's never taken on a challenge quite like this. She will attempt to become the first woman to swim from the Rhode Island mainland to Block Island. The 10.4-mile swim is to honor her father, who died July 1 after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Beisel has raised more than $121,000 for the fight against cancer and knows that she brought some meaning to her father's life in his final months. (Joan Beisel via AP)
Olympic swimmer Beisel hits the ocean to honor her father
By Paul Newberry
Sep. 22, 2021 08:59 PM EDT
FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 24, 2014 file photo, People stand under a set of Olympic Rings as they watch the sun set over the Black Sea a day after the close of the 2014 Winter Olympics, in Sochi, Russia. U.S. athletes trying to make the Winter Olympics will have to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 under a groundbreaking new policy announced Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2021 by the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee.(AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
USOPC: American hopefuls for Beijing Games must have vaccine
By Eddie Pells
Sep. 22, 2021 07:05 PM EDT
Simona Halep, of Romania, tosses her racket as she plays Elina Svitolina, of Ukraine, during the fourth round of the US Open tennis championships, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
2-time major champ Simona Halep, coach Darren Cahill split
By The Associated Press
Sep. 22, 2021 06:16 PM EDT
FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019 file photo, UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin listens to reporter's questions during a press conference at the end of the 43rd UEFA congress in Rome. Ceferin says he has “grave concerns” about FIFA’s plans to stage World Cups every two years and is astonished by the lack of consultation by Gianni Infantino’s governing body. The comments were made in a letter to Football Supporters Europe. Ceferin says he backed the group’s “extremely valid and important” concerns about the damage doubling the frequency of World Cups would cause to domestic and regional competitions. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, File)
UEFA says FIFA snubs request for talks on World Cup concerns
By Rob Harris
Sep. 22, 2021 04:48 PM EDT
Team USA's Dustin Johnson, Team Europe's Paul Casey and Team USA's Xander Schauffele putt on the third hole during a practice day at the Ryder Cup at the Whistling Straits Golf Course Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021, in Sheboygan, Wis. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
The Latest: Fleetwood moves on after breakup of 'Moliwood'
By The Associated Press
Sep. 22, 2021 02:43 PM EDT