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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...

Twanisha Terry, of the United States, wins a heat during the women's 4x100-meter relay at the World Athletics Championships on Friday, July 22, 2022, in Eugene, Ore. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
US men, women get baton around, advance to 4x100 relay final

By Pat Graham Jul. 22, 2022 10:06 PM EDT

Letesenbet Gidey, of Ethiopia, gets a hug from Sifan Hassan, of the Netherlands, after winning the women's 10000-meter run final at the World Athletics Championships on Saturday, July 16, 2022, in Eugene, Ore. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Kerley leads red, white & blue sweep of 100 at worlds

By Eddie Pells Jul. 16, 2022 06:28 PM EDT

Allyson Felix, of the United States, gives her daughter Camryn her bronze medal after the 4x400-meter mixed relay final at the World Athletics Championships Friday, July 15, 2022, in Eugene, Ore. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Felix gets a bronze on her farewell at world championships

By Eddie Pells Jul. 15, 2022 11:19 PM EDT

FILE - Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica, reacts as she wins the women's 100-meters final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 31, 2021, in Tokyo. Among those who might break their own world records at the world championships are hurdlers Sydney McLaughlin and Karsten Warholm and shot putter Ryan Crouser. Jamaican speedster Elaine Thompson-Herah could make a run at 100-meter record that Florence Griffith-Joyner has held since 1988. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
McLaughlin leads speedy group to 1st track worlds on US soil

By Eddie Pells And Pat Graham Jul. 13, 2022 02:24 PM EDT

FILE - Allyson Felix, of the United States, prepares to start in a semifinal of the women's 400 meters at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Aug. 4, 2021, in Tokyo. Felix was named to her 10th world championships team, where she will have a chance to run in the mixed relay event and add to her record medal collection. Felix, whose 18 medals are the most in world-championship history, has announced that this will be her final season in track. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)
Allyson Felix gets mixed relay nod, heading to 10th worlds

Jul. 05, 2022 08:35 PM EDT

Kerley, Jefferson win at the US outdoor championships

By Anne M. Peterson Jun. 25, 2022 12:36 AM EDT
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Olympic silver medalist Fred Kerley flashed a peace sign at the crowd after winning the 100 meters at the U.S. outdoor track and field...

Kazakhstan's Norah Jeruto wins the women's 3,000-meter steeplechase during the Prefontaine Classic track and field meet Saturday, May 28, 2022, in Eugene, Ore. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman)
Thompson-Herah edges Richardson in the Prefontaine 100

By Anne M. Peterson May. 28, 2022 07:17 PM EDT

FILE - Christian Coleman, of the United States, finishes a men's 60 meters heat at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, Saturday, March 19, 2022. American sprinter Christian Coleman is steadily getting up to speed after an 18-month ban that kept him out of the Tokyo Games last summer. This weekend at the Prefontaine Classic will be the first step in what could be a long and fruitful run in Eugene, Oregon, for the 100-meter world champion. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)
World 100 champion Coleman back up to speed after suspension

By Pat Graham May. 27, 2022 02:00 PM EDT

Olympic champion Marcell Jacobs talks with his fiancee Nicole Daza and his son Antony as he receives a massage at a training center in Rome, Monday, May 23, 2022. This year could be more memorable for Jacobs than his breakout 2021 when he sprinted from virtual unknown to Olympic 100-meter champion then added another surprising gold at the Tokyo Games with Italy's 4x100-meter relay team. Jacobs tells The Associated Press that "winning these next two big events would mean winning everything there is to win in athletics."(AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
AP Interview: Olympic champ Jacobs wants to win 'everything'

By Andrew Dampf May. 26, 2022 06:36 AM EDT

Cravon Gillespie, of United States reacts after finishing a semifinal of the men's 4 x 100-meter relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Not again! US men's team gone after another messy relay

By Eddie Pells Aug. 04, 2021 11:30 PM EDT

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...

High jump gold medalist Gianmarco Tamberi, right, of Italy, celebrates with compatriot Lamont Marcell Jacobs, after he won the final of the men's 100-meters at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021, in Tokyo. (Alfredo Falcone/LaPresse via AP)
Texas-born Italian sprints from unknown to Bolt’s successor

By Eddie Pells Aug. 01, 2021 12:26 AM EDT

FILE - In this June 27, 2021, file photo, Sydney McLaughlin reacts after setting a new world record in the finals of the women's 400-meter hurdles at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Ore. The playbook for athletes provides a guide to a "safe and successful Games" for the Tokyo Olympics. It's filled with "cannots" and "do nots," meaning a once-in-a-liftetime opportunity will be a whole lot less fun. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)
Coe sees track and field healthy ahead of Olympic program

By Graham Dunbar Jul. 27, 2021 12:16 PM EDT

FILE - In this July 21, 2021, file photo, the Olympic rings are seen at Yokohama Baseball Stadium as the field is prepared for softball competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Yokohama, Japan. From doping, to demonstrations to dirty officials, the Olympics have never lacked their share of off-the-field scandals and controversies that keep the Games in the headlines long after the torch goes out. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
Olympic scandals march on long after torch goes out

By Eddie Pells Jul. 22, 2021 03:28 AM EDT

In this June 19, 2021 photo, Sha'Carri Richardson celebrates after winning the first heat of the semis finals in women's 100-meter runat the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene, Ore. Richardson cannot run in the Olympic 100-meter race after testing positive for a chemical found in marijuana. Richardson, who won the 100 at Olympic trials in 10.86 seconds on June 19, told of her ban Friday, July 2 on the “Today Show.”(AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Richardson will miss Olympic 100 after marijuana test

By Eddie Pells And Pat Graham Jul. 02, 2021 09:02 AM EDT

Update on the latest in sports:

Jun. 18, 2020 12:49 AM EDT
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FILE - In this Sept. 28, 2019, file photo, Christian Coleman, of the United States, poses after winning the men's 100 meter race during the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar. Reigning world champion Coleman insists a simple phone call from drug testers while he was out Christmas shopping could’ve prevented the latest misunderstanding about his whereabouts, one he fears could lead to a suspension. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
World's fastest man suspended for missing doping tests

By James Ellingworth And Pat Graham Jun. 17, 2020 02:40 PM EDT

Update on the latest sports

Jun. 17, 2020 11:04 AM EDT
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