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By The Associated Press Jun. 23, 2022 08:45 PM EDT
June 28
1935 — Alf Perry ties a British Open scoring record with a 283 total at Muirfield in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland. Perry’s finishes five...
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Feb. 20
1887 — The International Association, the first minor league baseball association, is organized in Pittsburgh.
1951 — The college...
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Feb. 18
1924 — Theresa Weld Blanchard wins her sixth and final U.S. figure skating championship. Sherwin Badger captures his fifth straight and final...
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Feb. 15
1932 — Eddie Eagen, as a member of the four-man U.S. bobsled team, wins a gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. He...
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By The Associated Press Feb. 10, 2022 11:11 AM EST
Feb. 15
1932 — Eddie Eagen, as a member of the four-man U.S. bobsled team, wins a gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. He...
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Feb. 4
1861 — The Philadelphia Athletics beat Charter Oak 36-27 in a baseball game played on frozen Litchfield Pond in Brooklyn, N.Y...

Column: Women's tennis leads lonely fight for human rights
By Paul Newberry Dec. 02, 2021 06:11 PM EST
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By The Associated Press Nov. 04, 2021 04:54 PM EDT
Nov. 5
1927 — Walter Hagen beats Joe Turnesa 1-up to capture the PGA Championship for the fourth consecutive year and fifth overall.
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Sept. 29
1923 — Gene Sarazen beats Walter Hagen 1 up to capture the PGA championship.
1941 — Joe Louis knocks out Lou...
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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...
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Aug. 6
1958 — Glen Davis of Columbus, Ohio, sets a world record in the 400 hurdles with a time of 49.2 in Budapest, Hungary.
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Live at Budokan: Famed arena gets another Olympic spotlight
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Looking at Tokyo Olympics through the lens of the 1964 Games
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Smith, Carlos, Berry demand change in Olympic protest rule
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Today in History
By The Associated Press Jun. 20, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
Today in History
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Shut up: Fury says he'll thrash silent Wilder in 3rd meeting
By Greg Beacham Jun. 15, 2021 06:58 PM EDT
Today in History
By The Associated Press Jun. 03, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
Today in History
Today is Thursday, June 3, the 154th day of 2021. There are 211 days left in the year.
Today’s...

Andrew Giuliani, son of former mayor, to run for NY governor
By Karen Matthews May. 18, 2021 09:17 AM EDT

Alvarez adds another title with 8th-round TKO of Saunders
By Schuyler Dixon May. 09, 2021 12:25 AM EDT

Busy Alvarez back in Texas for unification bout vs. Saunders
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