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Sportlight:Week Ahead, Aug. 26-Sept. 1

By The Associated Press Aug. 25, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
Aug. 26 1933 — Helen Hull Jacobs captures the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association singles title when Helen Wills Moody defaults in the third set because of...

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press Apr. 28, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
April 29 1901 — His Eminence, ridden by Jimmy Winkfield, wins the Kentucky Derby by 1 1/2 lengths over Sannazarro in the only Derby ever raced in April...

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Aug. 26, 2021 11:15 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. national tennis championship. ...

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Aug. 19, 2021 11:49 AM EDT
Aug. 23 1898 — Malcolm Whitman wins the men’s singles title in the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association championship. 1926 —...

Logan Paul poses for photographers during a weigh-in Saturday, June 5, 2021, in Hollywood, Fla. Paul is scheduled to face Floyd Mayweather in an exhibition boxing match at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla., Sunday. (AP Photo/Jim Rassol)
Circus ring: Mayweather returns to fight YouTube sensation

By Santos Perez Jun. 05, 2021 03:13 PM EDT

Canelo Alvarez celebrates after defeating Billy Joe Saunders in a unified super middleweight world championship boxing match, Saturday, May 8, 2021, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Jeffrey McWhorter)
Alvarez adds another title with 8th-round TKO of Saunders

By Schuyler Dixon May. 09, 2021 12:25 AM EDT

Boxers Saul "Canelo" Alvarez, left, and Avni Yildirim pose for photos at Hard Rock Stadium, Monday, Feb. 22, 2021, in Miami Gardens, Fla. Alvarez will defend his WBC and WBA super-middleweight titles against Yildirim on Saturday. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
Alvarez headlines first boxing card at Dolphins home stadium

Feb. 22, 2021 05:52 PM EST

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. ...

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 —...

Boxers Errol Spence Jr., left, and Mikey Garcia, right, adorn Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones with their championship belts during a press conference Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019 in Arlington, Texas. The pair are slated to square off on Saturday at AT&T Stadium for Spence's IBF welterweight title. (Rose Baca/The Dallas Morning News via AP)
Garcia double-step to face Spence in undefeated title match

By Stephen Hawkins Mar. 14, 2019 05:17 PM EDT