Ben Ainslie
Sportlight-Week Ahead, Aug. 5-11

By The Associated Press Aug. 04, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
Aug. 5 1921 — Radio station KDKA and announcer Harold Arlin provide the first broadcast of a major league game as the Pirates beat the Phillies 8-5 at...

Sportlight- Tom Glavine earns his 300th victory

By The Associated Press Aug. 04, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
Aug. 5 1921 — Radio station KDKA and announcer Harold Arlin provide the first broadcast of a major league game as the Pirates beat the Phillies 8-5 at...

Slingsby's Aussies go for SailGP hat trick at Saint-Tropez

By Bernie Wilson Sep. 10, 2021 05:34 PM EDT
Tom Slingsby’s Team Australia will go for a hat trick this weekend in the SailGP global league's regatta in Saint-Tropez, France. The...

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press Aug. 04, 2021 04:42 PM EDT
Aug. 5 1921 — Radio station KDKA and announcer Harold Arlin provide the first broadcast of a major league game as the Pirates beat the...

In this photo provided by SailGP, the Australia SailGP Team helmed by Tom Slingsby practices on the water in Plymouth, England, July 14, 2021. The SailGP global road show touches down in Old Blighty this weekend, giving Britain's Paul Goodison the opportunity to sail in front of home crowds for the first time since the 2012 London Olympics. The regatta on Plymouth Sound will also give Slingsby the chance to bounce back from a last-place performance in the previous regatta, an unthinkable finish for the crack team that claimed the $1 million, winner-take-all prize during the inaugural season of 2019. (Thomas Lovelock/SailGP via AP)
Hometown Brits, Aussies look for SailGP rebound in Plymouth

By Bernie Wilson Jul. 16, 2021 01:56 AM EDT

Sailing stars aim for repeat gold medals in Tokyo Olympics

By The Associated Press Jul. 02, 2021 01:14 PM EDT
HIGHLIGHTS FROM RIO: At age 54, cancer survivor Santiago Lange of Argentina became the oldest medalist at the Rio Games when he and crew Cecilia Carranza...

FILE - In this Feb. 29, 2020, file photo, skipper Ben Ainslie steers the boat as the British team slows after crossing the finish line in the second fleet race of the SailGP series in Sydney. Britain beat Australia in the final match race. The second regatta in SailGP’s second season will be notable for who’s missing as much as who will be sailing in Taranto, Italy.The biggest absence will be that of Ainslie, who helmed the British team to victory in the podium race in the opening regatta in Bermuda after Tom Slingsby’s defending champion Australian team dominated the fleet racing. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)
SailGP: flying catamarans back on Sydney Harbour in December

By Dennis Passa Jun. 16, 2021 09:07 PM EDT

Ainslie, Slingsby look forward to competitive SailGP season

By Bernie Wilson Apr. 22, 2021 07:23 PM EDT
British sailing star Sir Ben Ainslie gave a tantalizing look at what the second season of SailGP would offer when he dominated the opening regatta on Sydney...

FILE - In this Monday, June 26, 2017, file photo, Oracle Team USA skipper Jimmy Spithill answers questions during a news conference following his team's America's Cup loss to Emirates Team New Zealand in a sailing competition in Hamilton, Bermuda. Three weeks after his Italian-based team lost the America's Cup match, Spithill is pivoting to SailGP and his role as CEO and helmsman of the reconfigured American team, which looks to bounce back from a last-place finish in the global league's inaugural season. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File )
Spithill navigates from America's Cup loss to SailGP debut

By Bernie Wilson Apr. 08, 2021 07:03 PM EDT

America's Cup crews race for 1st time in powerful new boats

By Bernie Wilson Dec. 15, 2020 06:44 PM EST
Delayed eight months due to COVID-19, four America’s Cup crews finally get to face off against each other in their fantastical-looking boats that fly across...

This Sept. 28, 2020 photo provided by INEOS Team UK shows the INEOS TEAM UK America's Cup race boat being towed onto an Antonov cargo plane by the teams new prototype INEOS 'Grenadier' 4x4 at the start of its journey to Auckland, New Zealand, at London Stansted Airport in England. England's never-ending quest to win back the America's Cup it lost so long ago is taking another step forward with the team's relocation to New Zealand for sailing's marquee regatta. (Mark Lloyd Images/INEOS Team UK via AP)
British America's Cup team relocating to Auckland

By Bernie Wilson Oct. 01, 2020 03:33 PM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 8, 2012 file photo Peter Burling and Blair Tuke of New Zealand celebrate their silver medal of the 49er men sailing race at the London 2012 Summer Olympics, in Weymouth and Portland, England. The defending America's Cup champions and Olympic gold medalists have launched a New Zealand team in the SailGP global league. Two of the world's most accomplished sailors, will serve as co-CEOs of the Kiwi team, which will join the circuit during the rescheduled second season next year. (AP Photo/Francois Mori,File)
New Zealand sailing stars Burling, Tuke, to lead SailGP team

By Bernie Wilson Aug. 06, 2020 08:13 PM EDT

America's Cup teams begin to emerge from lockdowns

By Bernie Wilson May. 10, 2020 10:35 AM EDT
America’s Cup teams are returning to the water in varying degrees nearly two months after the coronavirus pandemic forced the shutdown of what would have been...

FILE - In this May 18, 2019, file photo, jockey Tyler Gaffalione, right, reacts aboard War of Will, as they crosses the finish line first to win the Preakness Stakes horse race at Pimlico Race Course, in Baltimore. A measure in Maryland to redevelop Pimlico Race Course to keep the second leg of horse racing's Triple Crown in Baltimore is scheduled for a hearing before state lawmakers. The “Racing and Community Development Act of 2020” is set for a hearing before the House Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
The Latest: NCAA suspends infraction hearings, arguments

By The Associated Press Apr. 03, 2020 05:11 AM EDT