Juan Marichal
Sportlight-Week Ahead, Aug. 19-25

By The Associated Press Aug. 18, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
Aug. 19 1909 — The first race is held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Twelve-thousand spectators watch Austrian engineer Louis Schwitzer win a five...

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...

FILE - St. Louis Cardinals shortstop Lou Brock is surrounded by teammates as he holds second base after breaking Ty Cobb's all-time record of 892 stolen bases during a game against the San Diego Padres in San Diego, Calif., in this Monday night, Aug. 29, 1977, file photo. At left is team manager Vern Rapp. The list is disquieting in its length - those from the ranks of 1970s baseball rosters who have died in the past year alone. (AP Photo/File)
That 70s Show: Loss by loss, a unique era of baseball fades

By Ted Anthony Feb. 22, 2021 09:57 AM EST

FILE - In this Aug. 7, 2018 file photo, Texas Rangers starting pitcher Bartolo Colon is doused after his 246th career win, the most by a pitcher born in Latin America, after the team's baseball game against the Seattle Mariners, in Arlington, Texas. With each day that passes without baseball activity, the chances that the Dominican, who celebrates his 47th birthday on Sunday, May 24, 2020, could pitch again in the Major Leagues diminishes. (AP Photo/Brandon Wade, File)
Now 47, Colón still hoping to pitch again in major leagues

By Eric Nunez May. 25, 2020 02:14 AM EDT

Market Street is mostly empty with the Ferry Building in the background in San Francisco on April 17, 2020. Normally, the months leading into summer bring bustling crowds to the city's famous landmarks, but this year, because of the coronavirus threat they sit empty and quiet. Some parts are like eerie ghost towns or stark scenes from a science fiction movie. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
AP PHOTOS: Lockdown journey through a silenced San Francisco

By Eric Risberg May. 23, 2020 08:44 AM EDT