Record setting events
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Oct. 14, 2020 01:00 PM EDT
Oct. 22
1933 — Primo Carnera retains the world heavyweight title with a 15-round decision over Paolino Uzcudun in Rome.
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AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Oct. 14, 2020 12:56 PM EDT
Oct. 18
1924 — Harold “Red” Grange accounts for six touchdowns in Illinois’ 39-14 win over Michigan. Grange returns the opening kickoff 95...
AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press Oct. 05, 2020 10:00 AM EDT
Oct. 6
1928 — Leo Diegel wins the PGA championship, beating Al Espinosa 6 and 5.
1956 — Oklahoma blanks Kansas 66-0 to...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Oct. 01, 2020 12:51 PM EDT
Oct. 4
1895 — Horace Rawlins wins the first U.S. Open. Rawlins beats Willie Dunn with 36-hole total of 173 at the Newport Golf Club in...
Brown, Watkins have big nights in UAB's 42-10 win
Sep. 24, 2020 11:08 PM EDT
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Spencer Brown rushed for three touchdowns in setting a UAB career record, fellow senior Austin Watkins Jr. had a career-high 183 yards...
AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press Sep. 13, 2020 10:00 AM EDT
Sept. 14
1923 — Jack Dempsey knocks out Luis Firpo in the second round for his last successful defense of his world heavyweight title, at...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Sep. 10, 2020 01:31 PM EDT
Sept. 13
1930 — Tommy Armour beats Gene Sarazen 1 up to win the PGA Championship.
1964 — Roy Emerson beats fellow...
UAB sets Conference USA record with 19th straight home win
Sep. 04, 2020 12:09 AM EDT
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Spencer Brown rushed for 127 yards and a touchdown and UAB beat Central Arkansas 45-35 on Thursday night to set a Conference USA record...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Aug. 27, 2020 10:54 AM EDT
Aug. 30
1887 — Seven U.S. men’s national tennis championships and Richard Sears captures his seventh title. Sears beats Henry Slocum, 6-1,...
AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press Jul. 16, 2020 12:45 PM EDT
July 22
1921 — Jim Barnes wins the U.S. Men’s Open golf championship by edging Walter Hagen, Leo Diegel, Jock Hutchinson and Fred McLeod.
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AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press Jun. 18, 2020 12:03 PM EDT
June 24
1910 — James Braid wins his fifth British Open with a four-stroke victory over Sandy Herd.
1911 — John...
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. 30, 2020 11:07 AM EDT
May 6
1895 — Jockey James “Soup” Perkins guides Halma to a wire-to-wire victory in the Kentucky Derby. The 15-year-old joins fellow African...
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...
Star Navy offensive lineman found dead in academy dorm
Feb. 22, 2020 11:48 AM EST
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — David Forney, a star lineman for Navy's record-breaking offense, was found dead in his dormitory, the cause of death undisclosed. He was...
Can Clemson's versatile defenders flummox LSU and Burrow?
By Ralph D. Russo Jan. 08, 2020 06:02 PM EST
AP Sportlight
Compiled By Paul Montella Jan. 01, 2020 09:47 AM EST
Jan. 2
1961 — George Blanda passes for three touchdowns and kicks a field goal and the extra points to give the Houston Oilers a 24-16...
AP Sportlight
Compiled By Paul Montella Dec. 29, 2019 09:25 AM EST
Dec. 30
1956 — The New York Giants win the NFL title with a 47-7 rout of the Chicago Bears.
1962 — The Green Bay...
LSU QB Joe Burrow wins Heisman Trophy in landslide vote
By Ralph D. Russo Dec. 14, 2019 09:03 PM EST