Youth baseball
Toady in Sports: Hawaii wins the LLWS

By The Associated Press Aug. 23, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
Aug. 24 1904 — Holcombe Ward wins the men’s singles title in the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association singles title. 1908 — Tommy Burns knocks...

Sportlight-Week Ahead, Aug. 19-25

By The Associated Press Aug. 18, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
Aug. 23 1898 — Malcolm Whitman wins the men’s singles title in the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association championship. 1926 — Molla Bjurstedt...

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press Aug. 23, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
Aug. 24 1904 — Holcombe Ward wins the men’s singles title in the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association singles title. 1908 —...

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Aug. 19, 2021 11:49 AM EDT
Aug. 24 1904 — Holcombe Ward wins the men’s singles title in the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association singles title. 1908 —...

FILE - In this Sunday, May 2, 2021, file photo, Boston Red Sox relief pitcher Adam Ottavino pitches against the Texas Rangers during the eighth inning of a baseball game in Arlington, Texas. When the Brooklyn-based 78 Youth Sports program was struggling, it put out a call to its most famous alum. Ottavino helped the organization that started him off in baseball raise as much as $20,000 so far to rebuild from a post-pandemic hole that almost drove it to bankruptcy. (AP Photo/Jeffrey McWhorter, File)
Ottavino helps out Brooklyn league that made him a pro

By Jimmy Golen Jun. 03, 2021 06:31 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Mississippi

By The Associated Press Apr. 28, 2021 01:30 PM EDT
Vicksburg Post. April 23, 2021. Editorial: The process of getting state and federal help to fix roads takes too long ...

FILE - Barrington, R.I.'s Miles Fontaine is hit by a pitch from Elizabeth, N.J.'s Derek Escobar during the fourth inning of a baseball game at the Little League World Series in South Williamsport, Pa., in this Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019, file photo. New Jersey won 2-0. The Little League World Series is planning to return in 2021 after last year's edition was canceled due to the COVID-19. (AP Photo/Tom E. Puskar, File)
Play Ball! Little League World Series eyes possible return

By Will Graves Mar. 16, 2021 04:58 PM EDT

Los Angeles Angels' Mike Trout bats against the San Francisco Giants during the first inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Angels, Indians to play in 2021 Little League Classic

Aug. 23, 2020 03:22 PM EDT

ESPN, LLWS announce media-rights extension through 2030

By The Associated Press Aug. 23, 2020 01:59 PM EDT
ESPN will continue to air the Little League Baseball World Series as well as other events through 2030 as part of an eight-year extension. ...

FILE - In this July 29, 2019, file photo, Colorado Rockies' Ian Desmond follows the flight of his triple off Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Kenta Maeda in the second inning of a baseball game in Denver. Desmond plans to sit out this season to be with his family and help the youth baseball program in his hometown in Florida. The 34-year-old Desmond wrote on Instagram that the “COVID-19 pandemic has made this baseball season one that is a risk I am not comfortable taking.” (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
Rockies GM supports Desmond's decision to skip '20 season

By Arnie Stapleton Jun. 30, 2020 09:21 PM EDT

FILE - In this July 29, 2019, file photo, Colorado Rockies' Ian Desmond follows the flight of his triple off Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Kenta Maeda in the second inning of a baseball game in Denver. Desmond plans to sit out this season to be with his family and help the youth baseball program in his hometown in Florida. The 34-year-old Desmond wrote on Instagram that the “COVID-19 pandemic has made this baseball season one that is a risk I am not comfortable taking.” (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
Rockies OF Desmond decides to sit out this season

By The Associated Press Jun. 29, 2020 11:52 PM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 23, 2014 file photo, Chicago's Ed Howard celebrates after his team won 7-5 over Las Vegas to win the U.S. final at the Little League World Series in South Williamsport, Pa. The Chicago Cubs selected hometown shortstop Howard in the first round of the baseball amateur draft Wednesday night, June 10, 2020. The 18-year-old Howard was a prep star at Mount Carmel High School on Chicago's South Side. He also started for the 2014 Jackie Robinson West Little League team that advanced to the finals of the Little League World Series. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
Cubs agree to deal with 1st-round draft pick Ed Howard

Jun. 22, 2020 10:17 PM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 23, 2014 file photo, Chicago's Ed Howard celebrates after his team won 7-5 over Las Vegas to win the U.S. final at the Little League World Series in South Williamsport, Pa. The Chicago Cubs selected hometown shortstop Howard in the first round of the baseball amateur draft Wednesday night, June 10, 2020. The 18-year-old Howard was a prep star at Mount Carmel High School on Chicago's South Side. He also started for the 2014 Jackie Robinson West Little League team that advanced to the finals of the Little League World Series. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
Cubs take local star Ed Howard with 1st-round draft pick

By Jay Cohen Jun. 10, 2020 09:38 PM EDT

This April 22, 2020 photo, Memphis Little League President Kerry Cobb rides a lawn mover after cutting outfield grass at Will Carruthers Park in Memphis, Tenn. The city had shuttered its baseball program due to coronavirus concerns. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian via AP)
Game on? Little League offers 'best practices' for return

May. 21, 2020 01:54 PM EDT

FILE - In this Dec. 27, 2019, file photo, a detailed view SDCCU stadium before the Holiday Bowl NCAA college football game in San Diego. The school has also begun looking at how it could safely host fans within social distancing guidelines, if fans will be allowed to attend games at 70,000-seat SDCCU Stadium. This season, 39 major college football schools have scheduled 49 so-called buy games worth an estimated $65 million. If coronavirus disruptions cause Power Five teams to play more or only conference games, stretched athletic budgets could face huge holes. (AP Photo/Orlando Ramirez, File)
The Latest: Pennsylvania working on sports virus guidelines

By The Associated Press May. 20, 2020 05:36 AM EDT

In this Saturday, May 9, 2020 photo, Members of the Roxanna Shells youth baseball team taking fielding practice before their first game of the Mother's Day Classic baseball tournament organized by GameTime Tournaments in Cottleville, Mo. Forty-seven teams from Missouri and Illinois competed in the tournament. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
Return to play or not? A thorny question for youth sports

By Schuyler Dixon May. 16, 2020 12:18 PM EDT

In this Saturday, May 9, 2020 photo, Members of the Roxanna Shells youth baseball team taking fielding practice before their first game of the Mother's Day Classic baseball tournament organized by GameTime Tournaments in Cottleville, Mo. Forty-seven teams from Missouri and Illinois competed in the tournament. (David Carson/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
Sports, shows slowly starting to resume in Missouri

By Jim Salter May. 14, 2020 10:43 AM EDT

A woman walks a dog on a cart path of a golf course, which was closed along with many other nonessential businesses due to the COVID-19 virus outbreak, at the Atkinson Country Club in Atkinson, N.H., Tuesday, May 5, 2020. Golf courses across the state are expected to reopen for New Hampshire residents and members on May 11, as some virus lockdown measures are lifted. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Fitness clubs, sports, make case to re-open, masks in courts

By Kathy Mccormack May. 05, 2020 04:52 PM EDT

Update on the latest in sports:

May. 01, 2020 06:48 AM EDT
VIRUS OUTBREAK-SPORTS NASCAR to resume season May 17 without spectators UNDATED (AP) — NASCAR has set a date to green...

Chiefs pick up Mahomes’ option...NFL still eyeing full season...NFLPA wants CBA re-examined

May. 01, 2020 02:05 AM EDT
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs have exercised their fifth-year option on star quarterback Patrick Mahomes (mah-HOHMZ’), ensuring he will be...