Men's golf
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Oct. 29, 2020 11:42 AM EDT
Nov. 5
1927 — Walter Hagen beats Joe Turnesa 1-up to capture the PGA Championship for the fourth consecutive year and fifth overall.
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AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Oct. 08, 2020 01:36 PM EDT
Oct. 11
1890 — The first 100-yard dash under 10 seconds is run by John Owens at 9.8 in an AAU track and field meet in Washington.
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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...
AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press Oct. 01, 2020 10:00 AM EDT
Oct. 2
1950 — Jim Hardy throws six touchdown passes, including five to Bob Shaw, as the Chicago Cardinals pound the Baltimore Colts 55-13.
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AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Sep. 24, 2020 12:55 PM EDT
Sept. 27
1894 — Aqueduct Race Track opens its doors. The building is torn down in 1955 and the new Aqueduct reopens on Sept. 14, 1959.
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By The Associated Press Sep. 23, 2020 07:03 PM EDT
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Sep. 17, 2020 02:10 PM EDT
Sept. 20
1913 — Twenty-year-old amateur Francis Ouimet beats Britain’s Harry Vardon and Ted Ray in an 18-hole playoff to win the U.S. Open....
AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press Sep. 12, 2020 10:00 AM EDT
Sept. 13
1930 — Tommy Armour beats Gene Sarazen 1 up to win the PGA Championship.
1964 — Roy Emerson beats fellow...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Sep. 10, 2020 01:38 PM EDT
Sept. 17
1920 — The forerunner of the NFL, the American Professional Football Association, is founded in an automobile showroom in Canton,...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Sep. 03, 2020 10:39 AM 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.
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AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press Sep. 03, 2020 09:31 AM EDT
Sept. 4
1920 — Man o War wins the 1 5/8-mile Lawrence Realization Stakes at Belmont Park by 100 lengths, the largest winning margin in...
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Aug. 20, 2020 11:53 AM EDT
Aug. 27
1884 — Richard Sears beats Howard Taylor, 6-0, 1-6, 6-0, 6-2 to win his fourth straight U.S. men’s national tennis championship.
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AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Aug. 20, 2020 11:48 AM EDT
Aug. 23
1898 — Malcolm Whitman wins the men’s singles title in the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association championship.
1926 —...
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AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press Aug. 01, 2020 11:14 AM EDT
Aug. 2
1864 — The first Travers Stakes at Saratoga is won by Kentucky, a horse that scores 20 consecutive victories.
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By The Associated Press Jul. 29, 2020 05:27 PM EDT
AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press Jul. 28, 2020 10:22 AM EDT
July 29
1751 — The first International World Title Prize Fight takes place in Harlston, England. The champion, Jack Slack of England, beats...
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By The Associated Press Jul. 26, 2020 12:55 PM EDT
July 27
1920 — Resolute defeats Shamrock IV of Britain to defend the America’s Cup title for the United States.
1937 —...