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AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press Feb. 22, 2022 10:00 AM EST
Feb. 23 1935 — George “The Iceman” Woolf makes history, riding Azucar to victory in the inaugural Santa Anita Handicap. Azucar beatS such greats as...

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Feb. 17, 2022 11:13 AM EST
Feb. 22 1919 — The first dog race track to use an imitation rabbit opens in Emeryville, Calif. 1936 — Figure skater Sonja Henie wins her...

Eve Steffans of the Martial Arts Academy in Billings, Montana, practices judo techniques on Ed Thompson, a retired police officer, during a training session, March 9, 2021, in Douglas, Wyoming. USA Judo is holding workshops with police departments across the country to introduce them to judo techniques that could lessen the need for deadly force when officers have to apprehend people on the streets. (AP Photo/Eddie Pells)

Gold-medal project: Judo seeks solutions in police training

By Eddie Pells Apr. 22, 2021 05:13 PM EDT

Today in History

By The Associated Press Feb. 01, 2021 12:00 AM EST
Today in History Today is Monday, Feb. 1, the 32nd day of 2021. There are 333 days left in the year. Today’s...