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AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press Jun. 02, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
June 3 1932 — Lou Gehrig becomes the first major league player to hit four consecutive home runs in a game, giving the New York Yankees a 20-13 win...

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press Apr. 26, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
April 27 1956 — Rocky Marciano retires as the undefeated heavyweight boxing champion. He finished with a 49-0 record, including six title defenses and...

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Apr. 21, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
April 26 1905 — Jack McCarthy of the Cubs became the only outfielder in major league history to throw out three runners at the plate, each of whom...

FILE - American League pitcher Don Sutton of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitches in the 48th All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium in New York, Tuesday, July 20, 1977. In 2021, baseball lost three notable former players, Hall of Famer Sutton, Ray Fosse and J.R. Richard. Sutton won 324 games with five teams. (AP Photo, File)
Aaron, Elder overcame hate to achieve records, milestones

By Bernie Wilson Dec. 27, 2021 03:41 PM EST

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Oct. 21, 2021 11:57 AM EDT
Oct. 26 1907 — Jim Thorpe makes his Carlisle (Pa.) debut dazzling a crowd of 22,800 in a 26-6 defeat of No. 4 Penn at Philadelphia’s...

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Sep. 30, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
Oct. 1 1903 — The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Boston Pilgrims 7-3 in the first World Series game. Jimmy Sebring hits the first Series homer...

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Sep. 09, 2021 02:16 PM EDT
Sept. 10 1933 — Fred Perry wins his first U.S. men’s singles title with a 6-3, 11-13, 4-6, 6-0, 6-1 victory over Australian Jack Crawford. ...

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press Apr. 26, 2021 10:00 AM EDT
April 27 1956 — Rocky Marciano retires as the undefeated heavyweight boxing champion. He finished with a 49-0 record, including six title...

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Apr. 22, 2021 12:37 PM EDT
April 27 1956 — Rocky Marciano retires as the undefeated heavyweight boxing champion. He finished with a 49-0 record, including six title...

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Feb. 04, 2021 01:14 PM EST
Feb. 6 1943 — Montreal’s Ray Getliffe scores five goals to lead the Canadiens to an 8-3 triumph over the Boston Bruins. ...

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Nov. 19, 2020 12:48 PM EST
Nov. 22 1875 — Harvard beats Yale 4-0 in the schools’ first football meeting. With 15 players on each side, the game is a mix of rugby and...

An Aston Villa member of staff wearing a mask holds a soccer ball as he walks by the pitch ahead of the English Premier League soccer match between Aston Villa and Southampton at Villa Park in Birmingham, England, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020. The British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced Saturday night that England will have further restrictive measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic starting Thursday, though the Premier league and other elite sport would continue. (Nick Potts via AP)
The Latest: Kansas State football has virus outbreak

By The Associated Press Nov. 10, 2020 05:34 PM EST

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press Jun. 04, 2020 10:27 AM EDT
June 6 1919 — Man o’ War wins his first race, a 5-furlong contest over a straightaway at Belmont Park. The 3-to-5 favorite wins by six...

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press Apr. 23, 2020 11:04 AM EDT
April 25 1950 — Charles Cooper, an All-American from Duquesne playing with the Harlem Globetrotters, becomes the first black to be picked...

AP Sportlight

Compiled By Paul Montella Nov. 03, 2019 09:40 AM EST
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...

AP Sportlight

Compiled By Paul Montella Sep. 06, 2019 07:50 PM EDT
Sept. 8 1946 — Jack Kramer wins his first U.S. men's singles titles with a 9-7, 6-3, 6-0 win over Tom Brown. 1957 — Althea Gibson becomes...

Friday Sports in Brief

By The Associated Press Aug. 17, 2019 03:50 AM EDT
NBA NEW YORK (AP) — In a record sale for a U.S. sports franchise, the co-founder of Alibaba agreed to buy the remaining 51 percent of the Brooklyn Nets...

FIEL - In this Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018, file photo, Tyson Fury, of England, lies on the canvas after being knocked down by Deontay Wilder during the 12th round of a WBC heavyweight championship boxing match in Los Angeles. The bout ended in a draw. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)
A few surprises, and a few shockers in 2019 sports

By Tim Dahlberg Dec. 31, 2018 12:30 PM EST

Sports mourns 1960s touchstones: Mikita, Taylor, McCovey

By Fred Lief Dec. 28, 2018 10:40 AM EST
They were touchstones of sports in the 1960s, and sports lost three of the best in 2018: big-hitting Willie McCovey of the San Francisco Giants; Jim Taylor, the...

FILE - In this Nov. 22, 2018, file photo, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees reacts after throwing a touchdown pass during the first half of the team's NFL football game against the Atlanta Falcons in New Orleans. The record-setting quarterback will go for an 11th straight win after a season-opening loss, when the Saints visit the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday night. (AP Photo/Butch Dill, File)
Rules changes, young stars put NFL at top of ratings game

By The Associated Press Nov. 28, 2018 12:01 PM EST

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AP Top 25 Poll
Poll Release: Jan 11
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1 2 Georgia Georgia
2 1 Alabama Alabama
3 1 Michigan Michigan
4 - Cincinnati Cincinnati
5 1 Baylor Baylor
6 1 Ohio State Ohio State
7 2 Oklahoma State Oklahoma State
8 3 Notre Dame Notre Dame
9 2 Michigan State Michigan State
10 4 Oklahoma Oklahoma
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