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FILE - Washington Wizards' Michael Jordan waves as he walks off the court at the end of an NBA basketball game against the Philadelphia 76ers on April 16, 2003, in Philadelphia. It was Jordan's last NBA game. (AP Photo/Miles Kennedy, File)
Column: Brady may join top 10 who should've stayed retired

By Paul Newberry Oct. 28, 2022 04:29 PM EDT

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press Jun. 30, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
July 1 1859 — Amherst defeats Williams 73-32 in the first intercollegiate baseball game. The game is played by Massachusetts Rules, a wide-open form of...

Team Europe's captain Bjorn Borg, left, chats with Team World's captain John McEnroe prior to Laver Cup tennis competition, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, in Boston. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
After loss, McEnroe says Laver Cup should get more respect

Sep. 26, 2021 02:56 PM EDT

Former AP sports writer Stephan Nasstrom dead at age 70

By The Associated Press Jul. 21, 2021 05:10 PM EDT
Stephan Nasstrom, who spent nearly 40 years covering sports for The Associated Press, has died. He was 70. Nasstrom's family confirmed that...

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Jul. 01, 2021 12:31 PM EDT
July 2 1921 — The Jack Dempsey-Georges Carpentier heavyweight match at Rickard’s Orchard in Jersey City, N.J., becomes the first million...

Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, right, hugs Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina after winning their quarterfinal match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium Tuesday, June 8, 2021 in Paris. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
The Latest: No. 1 Djokovic reaches 40th Grand Slam semifinal

By The Associated Press Jun. 09, 2021 09:48 AM EDT

Today in History

By The Associated Press Jun. 06, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
Today in History Today is Sunday, June 6, the 157th day of 2021. There are 208 days left in the year. Today’s...

FILE - Spain's Rafael Nadal celebrates winning the final match of the French Open tennis tournament against Serbia's Novak Djokovic in three sets, 6-0, 6-2, 7-5, at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France, in this Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020, file photo.  The AP has put together a quiz for you to test your knowledge before the clay-court major championship begins Sunday. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)
FRENCH OPEN 2021: AP's tennis quiz is no Slam dunk

By Howard Fendrich May. 25, 2021 11:55 AM EDT

FILE - In this July 5, 1980, file photo, Sweden's Bjorn Borg falls to his knees in front of the scoreboard on the Centre Court at Wimbledon after beating American John McEnroe, 1-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-7, 8-6, to take the men's singles final for the fifth year in a row. (AP Photo/Robert Dear, File)
AP Was There: McEnroe wins tiebreaker, Borg wins Wimbledon

By The Associated Press Jul. 12, 2020 04:23 AM EDT

FILE - In this July 3, 1988, file photo, Sweden's Stefan Edberg reaches to return to Boris Becker during the men's singles final at Wimbledon. The game was delayed, started and abandoned for the night because of heavy rain. (AP Photo/Bob Dear, File)
AP Was There: Edberg defeats Becker for 1st Wimbledon title

By The Associated Press Jul. 11, 2020 04:01 AM EDT

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