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US to host men's and women's Rugby World Cups for first time
By Steve Douglas May. 12, 2022 01:58 PM EDT
Jake Diekman guaranteed $8M in 2-year deal with Red Sox
Mar. 17, 2022 05:38 PM EDT
FORT MYERS, Fla, (AP) — Left-hander Jake Diekman is guaranteed $8 million in his two-year contract with the Boston Red Sox.
Diekman gets $3.5 million...
AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press Feb. 27, 2022 10:00 AM EST
Feb. 28
1922 — In the first formal college conference basketball tournament, North Carolina beats Mercer 40-26 to win the Southern Intercollegiate...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Feb. 24, 2022 11:17 AM EST
Feb. 25
1940 — The first telecast of an American hockey game is transmitted over station W2XBS in New York. The viewing audience watches the New York...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Feb. 17, 2022 11:05 AM EST
Feb. 18
1924 — Theresa Weld Blanchard wins her sixth and final U.S. figure skating championship. Sherwin Badger captures his fifth straight and final...

Morikawa the latest to express no interest in Saudi league
By Doug Ferguson Feb. 15, 2022 03:22 PM EST

USA, Iowa dominate wrestling event at Texas Rangers' stadium
By Cliff Brunt Feb. 13, 2022 12:38 AM EST
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Feb. 03, 2022 10:57 AM EST
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Feb. 4
1861 — The Philadelphia Athletics beat Charter Oak 36-27 in a baseball game played on frozen Litchfield Pond in Brooklyn, N.Y...

Timeline of NBA in 1980s as league celebrates 75th season
By The Associated Press Jan. 17, 2022 10:45 AM EST

Column: Another socially distanced Newby Awards for 2021
By Paul Newberry Dec. 31, 2021 02:55 AM EST

Ode to Sports: A year when games and fans came off the bench
By Fred Lief Dec. 23, 2021 12:24 PM EST
AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press Sep. 28, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
Sept. 29
1923 — Gene Sarazen beats Walter Hagen 1 up to capture the PGA championship.
1941 — Joe Louis knocks out Lou...