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FILE - Ilia Malinin competes in the men's short program during the U.S. Figure Skating Championships Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. All eyes will be on 17-year-old Ilia Malinin when he makes his senior Grand Prix debut at Skate America this weekend. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski, File)
Malinin headlines Grand Prix opener at Skate America
By Dave Skretta
Oct. 20, 2022 01:40 PM EDT
Olympic officials talk with 10 bidders for 2036 Summer Games
Oct. 20, 2022 11:38 AM EDT
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The IOC is in talks with 10 potential candidates to host a future Summer Games, the global group of national Olympic leaders was told...
The president of Iran's national Olympic committee (NOC) Mahmoud Khosravi Vafa answers a reporter's question during an interview in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. Khosravi Vafa claimed that competitive climber Elnaz Rekabi will not be punished or suspended after competing in South Korea over the weekend without wearing her nation’s mandatory headscarf. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Iran's Olympic chief claims no punishment coming for climber
By Kim Tong-Hyung
Oct. 20, 2022 09:42 AM EDT
This computer-generated image distributed Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022, by organizers of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games shows how they imagine the Paralympic opening ceremony might look. In a first, the Paralympic opening show will be freed from a traditional stadium setting and instead be held in the open in the French capital's heart, on the Champs-Elysées boulevard and the city's biggest square, Place de la Concorde, organizers announced. (Paris 2024 via AP).
The 2024 Paralympics in Paris won't open in stadium
By John Leicester
Oct. 20, 2022 09:24 AM EDT
FILE - Kamila Valieva, of the Russian Olympic Committee, reacts after the women's free skate program during the figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Beijing. Eight months after finishing behind the Russians at the Winter Games, the U.S. team has yet to receive its medals, or even know whether they will be silver or gold. That’s because only recently did the Russian Anti-Doping Agency complete its painfully slow investigation into Kamila Valieva, the now-16-year-old whose positive doping test that surfaced during the opening week of the Olympics led to its biggest scandal in years. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)
US figure skaters still await medals from Beijing Games
By Dave Skretta
Oct. 19, 2022 02:48 PM EDT
Kadokawa Corp. Chairman Tsuguhiko Kadokawa speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Sept. 5, 2022. Kadokawa was charged Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022 with bribing a former Tokyo Olympics organizing committee member. (Kyodo News via AP)
Bribes scandal continues to sully Tokyo Olympic legacy
By Yuri Kageyama And Stephen Wade
Oct. 19, 2022 01:10 AM EDT
FILE - In this Aug. 11, 1936, file photo, America's Jesse Owens, center, salutes during the presentation of his gold medal for the long jump, alongside silver medalist Luz Long, right, of Germany, and bronze medalist Naoto Tajima, of Japan, during the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. The silver medal captured by Luz Long, the German long jumper who befriended Jesse Owens at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, sold at auction for $488,000, a sum the auction house said was a record price for a publicly sold second-place prize. (AP Photo/File)
Luz Long's Olympic silver auctioned for nearly $500K
Oct. 18, 2022 11:22 AM EDT
FILE - National Women's Soccer League commissioner Jeff Plush presents FC Kansas City with the trophy after the NWSL soccer championship match in Portland, Ore., Oct. 1, 2015. A majority of USA Curling's diversity task force has called for the removal of Plush as the national governing body’s CEO, accusing him of failing to act when confronted with allegations of sexual abuse and other misconduct while serving as the commissioner of the National Women’s Soccer League. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer, File)
Diversity task force members want USA Curling CEO Plush out
By Jimmy Golen
Oct. 17, 2022 07:54 PM EDT
FILE - Shaun White poses in the halfpipe course after the men's halfpipe finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. Shaun White's first full season in retirement also marks the beginning of his first year as a full-fledged business owner. The brand he introduced with a soft open in the lead-up to the Beijing Olympics earlier this year is now fully operational. The name is Whitespace(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Shaun White's next mountain: businessman, snowboard maker
By Eddie Pells
Oct. 17, 2022 09:52 AM EDT
FILE - The Calgary Flames introduce Mike Keenan as the team's new head coach at a news conference in Calgary, Canada, June 14, 2007. Keenan was named coach of Italy’s men’s national ice hockey team on Friday, Oct. 14, 2022, giving the Stanley Cup winner a chance to guide the host country at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics. (Jeff McIntosh/Canadian Press via AP, File)
Mike Keenan to coach host Italy in hockey at 2026 Olympics
Oct. 14, 2022 04:46 PM EDT
FILE - Serena Williams talks with her daughter Olympia and husband Alexis Ohanian after defeating Danka Kovinic, of Montenegro, during the first round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Aug. 29, 2022, in New York. Alexis Ohanian called out the need for a safe work environment in the National Women's Soccer League while receiving the Champions for Equality Award at the annual Salute to Women in Sports event on Wednesday night, Oct. 12. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
Alexis Ohanian gets sports award, calls for reforms in NWSL
By Melissa Murphy
Oct. 13, 2022 11:30 AM EDT
Today in Sports History-Week Ahead, Oct. 14-20
By The Associated Press
Oct. 13, 2022 10:02 AM EDT
Oct. 18 1924 — Harold “Red” Grange accounts for six touchdowns in Illinois’ 39-14 win over Michigan. Grange returns the opening kickoff 95 yards for a...
Boston set to host 2025 figure skating world championships
By Dave Skretta
Oct. 12, 2022 04:56 PM EDT
The International Skating Union awarded the 2025 world figure skating championships to Boston on Wednesday, giving the U.S. the opportunity to host the last worlds...
FILE - Kamalpreet Kaur, of India, competes during the qualification round of the women's discus throw at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 31, 2021, in Tokyo. Olympic discus finalist Kamalpreet Kaur was banned for three years for doping with an anabolic steroid, track and field’s Athletics Integrity Unit said Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)
Olympic discus finalist Kaur of India gets 3-year doping ban
Oct. 12, 2022 10:16 AM EDT
Buffalo Bills wide receiver Stefon Diggs (14) celebrates after scoring on a pass from quarterback Josh Allen during the first half of an NFL football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Orchard Park, N.Y., Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus)
Bills draw inspiration from Kobe-led Olympic 'Redeem Team'
By John Wawrow
Oct. 10, 2022 03:16 PM EDT
Philadelphia Phillies interim manager Rob Thomson, right, talks with Darick Hall during baseball practice Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, in St. Louis. The Phillies and St. Louis Cardinals are set to play Game 1 of a National League Wild Card baseball playoff series on Friday in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Thomson signs 2-year deal to remain as Phillies manager
By Paul Newberry
Oct. 10, 2022 01:36 PM EDT
British sprinter Chijindu Ujah gets 22-month doping ban
Oct. 10, 2022 07:20 AM EDT
LONDON (AP) — British sprinter Chijindu Ujah was banned for 22 months on Monday after testing positive for two prohibited substances during the Tokyo Olympics last...
Seattle Kraken's Matty Beniers (10) celebrates a goal against the Edmonton Oilers during the second period of an NHL hockey preseason game Friday, Oct. 7, 2022, in Edmonton, Alberta. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)
Not rushing top prospects to NHL is becoming a popular path
By Stephen Whyno
Oct. 09, 2022 02:44 PM EDT
FILE - Cleveland Browns cornerback Joe Haden practices before an NFL football game against the New York Jets, on Oct. 30, 2016, in Cleveland. Haden has a formal NFL retirement date. The three-time Pro Bowl cornerback told The Associated Press he is planning to sign a one-day contract with Cleveland on Oct. 30 2022, so he can retire as a member of the team that drafted him in the first round in 2007. The Browns will honor the 33-year-old Haden a day later during their home game against Cincinnati on Monday Night Football. (AP Photo/Ron Schwane, File)
Haden enters Florida's Hall of Fame, plans NFL retirement
By Mark Long
Oct. 08, 2022 12:48 PM EDT
FILE - In this Aug. 11, 1936, file photo, America's Jesse Owens, center, salutes during the presentation of his gold medal for the long jump on, alongside silver medalist Luz Long, right, of Germany, and bronze medalist Naoto Tajima, of Japan, during the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. Long's family has decided to auction his silver medal and other collectibles from his career, which was cut short when he was killed in World War II in 1943. (AP Photo/File)
Jesse Owens friend Luz Long's silver medal up for auction
By Eddie Pells
Oct. 06, 2022 04:46 PM EDT