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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...

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...

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

Today in History

By The Associated Press May. 14, 2021 12:00 AM EDT
Today in History Today is Friday, May 14, the 134th day of 2021. There are 231 days left in the year. Today’s...

Poland's Iga Swiatek celebrates winning the final match of the French Open tennis tournament against Sofia Kenin of the U.S. in two sets, 6-4, 6-1, at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Just 19, ranked 54th, Swiatek wins French Open for 1st Slam

By Howard Fendrich And Jerome Pugmire Oct. 10, 2020 11:09 AM EDT

Germany's Laura Siegemund plays a shot against France's Kristina Mladenovic in the first round match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris, France, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Mladenovic pins French meltdown on US Open lockdown, no-call

By Jerome Pugmire And Andrew Dampf Sep. 29, 2020 03:45 PM EDT

Dominic Thiem, of Austria, serves to Alex de Minaur, of Australia, during the quarterfinal round of the US Open tennis championships, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
'It's how you finish': Serena Williams into Open semifinals

By Howard Fendrich Sep. 09, 2020 02:55 PM EDT

FILE - In this June 5, 1989, file photo, Michael Chang falls to the ground crying after he defeated top-seeded Ivan Lendl at the French Open tennis championships in Paris. Chang, 17, toppled the top-seeded Lendl 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3, 6-3. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File)
Memorable French Open matches: Nadal-Soderling, Serena-Venus

By Howard Fendrich Jun. 04, 2020 12:07 PM EDT