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Sportlight-Week Ahead, Nov. 4-10

By The Associated Press Nov. 03, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
Nov. 4 1934 — The Detroit Lions rush for an NFL-record 426 yards in a 40-7 rout of the Pittsburgh Pirates. The only bright spot for the Pirates is...

AP Sportlight

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...

Editorial Roundup: New York

By The Associated Press Apr. 07, 2021 03:24 PM EDT
Plattsburg Press Republican. April 1, 2021. Editorial: Be smart, patient a little longer People may have their...

Baseball Hall cancels traditional ceremony, moves indoors

Feb. 12, 2021 12:20 PM EST
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Baseball's Hall of Fame has canceled its traditional outdoor induction ceremony for the second straight summer because of the pandemic...

People line up at a COVID-19 vaccination site at Yankee Stadium, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021, in the Bronx borough of New York. Yankee Stadium opened as a COVID-19 vaccination site Friday, drawing lines of people from surrounding neighborhoods in the Bronx. The mega-site is being restricted to Bronx residents as a way to boost vaccination rates in the New York City borough with the highest percentage of positive coronavirus test results. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Bronx Boosters: Yankee Stadium becomes mass vaccination site

By Joseph B. Frederick Feb. 05, 2021 09:40 AM EST

President Donald Trump boards Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, N.J., Sunday, July 26, 2020. Trump is returning to Washington after spending the weekend at his golf club in nearby Bedminster, N.J. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Trump now says he won't throw first pitch at Yankees game

By Darlene Superville Jul. 26, 2020 05:09 PM EDT

President Donald Trump plays catch with former New York Yankees Hall of Fame pitcher Mariano Rivera as he greets youth baseball players on the South Lawn of the White House to mark Opening Day for Major League Baseball, Thursday, July 23, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Trump, Mariano Rivera mark Opening Day at White House

By Kevin Freking Jul. 23, 2020 06:44 PM EDT

People wearing face masks to help protect against the spread of the new coronavirus walk outside Flinders Street Station in Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, July 23, 2020. There were few bare faces among rush-hour commuters in Australia’s second-largest city on Thursday morning as Melbourne residents were largely complying with a new law making face coverings compulsory. (James Ross/AAP Image via AP)
The Latest: S Korea baseball, soccer fans to return to games

By The Associated Press Jul. 23, 2020 01:10 AM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 22, 2020, file photo, former New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter, right, and former Colorado Rockies outfielder Larry Walker pose after receiving their Baseball Hall of Fame jerseys during a baseball news conference in New York. Jeter and Walker and the rest of this year’s Baseball Hall of Fame class will have to wait for their big moment at Cooperstown. The Hall of Fame announced Wednesday, April 29, 2020, that it has canceled its July 26 induction ceremony because of the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
Baseball Hall of Fame cancels induction ceremony

By John Kekis Apr. 29, 2020 05:38 PM EDT