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AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Aug. 05, 2021 11:32 AM EDT
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. ...

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Jul. 22, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
July 26 1859 — The first intercollegiate Regatta is held in Worcester, Mass., with Harvard beating Yale and Brown. 1928...

FILE - Cincinnati Reds' Trevor Bauer throws in the third inning during a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox in Cincinnati, in this Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020, file photo. Bauer is a free agent. (AP Photo/Aaron Doster, File)
Bauer, LeMahieu, Springer top list of available free agents

By Noah Trister Dec. 04, 2020 04:00 PM EST

Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw (22) leaves the game against the Atlanta Braves during the sixth inning in Game 4 of a baseball National League Championship Series Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Kershaw falters again in playoffs, pushing Dodgers to brink

By Schuyler Dixon Oct. 15, 2020 11:57 PM EDT

Oakland Athletics' Chad Pinder, right, hits a three-run home run off of Houston Astros pitcher Josh James, left, during the seventh inning of Game 3 of a baseball American League Division Series in Los Angeles, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
LEADING OFF: Homers fly in playoffs, Atlanta arms dominate

By The Associated Press Oct. 08, 2020 03:32 AM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2019, file photo, Oakland Athletics fans drape the bleachers with messages for the team during the A's baseball game against the Texas Rangers in Oakland, Calif. Baseball players and owners are currently caught in a bitter dispute over how to start amid the coronavirus pandemic. Both sides occasionally mention fans, talking about doing right by them. But apart from taking sides, how do the fans feel -- would they consider a severely shortened schedule as legit? "I think any rate-based stat record -- batting average, ERA -- would have to be considered an anomaly," Oakland fan Adam Brooks said. (AP Photo/D. Ross Cameron, File)
Would MLB fans view champ, stats as legit in 50-game season?

By Ben Walker Jun. 17, 2020 02:18 AM EDT