Willie Mays
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. ...

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press Sep. 21, 2020 10:00 AM EDT
Sept. 22 1905 — Willie Anderson wins the U.S. Open for the fourth time in five years, beating Alex Smith with a 314-total. ...

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....

FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2010, file photo, Utah Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan is shown during an NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks in Dallas. The Utah Jazz have announced that Jerry Sloan, the coach who took them to the NBA Finals in 1997 and 1998 on his way to a spot in the Basketball Hall of Fame, has died. Sloan died Friday morning, May 22, 2020, the Jazz said, from complications related to Parkinson’s disease and Lewy body dementia. He was 78. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)
Column: Sloan, other coaching greats who were denied a title

By Paul Newberry May. 22, 2020 05:04 PM EDT

ARCHIVO - En esta foto de archivo del 21 de enero de 2018, el quarterback de los Patriots de Nueva Inglaterra, Tom Brady, abraza al entrenador Bill Belichick, después de vencer a los Jaguars de Jacksonville (AP Foto/David J. Phillip, archivo)
Column: Playoffs-or-bust should be Brady's new mantra

By Paul Newberry Mar. 20, 2020 04:29 PM EDT

FILE - In this July 17, 2003 file photo Gary Payton, left, and Karl Malone display their new Los Angeles Lakers' jerseys during a news conference at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The two players signed with the Lakers as free agents. Tom Brady’s departure from the New England Patriots on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, brings an end to one of the NFL’s most memorable eras. That’s happened plenty of times before in sports — a legendary star switching teams toward the end of his career. Malone was hoping for a triumphant ending when he signed with the Lakers in 2003 after 18 stellar seasons in Utah. But he came up just short in his quest for a title when the Lakers lost to Detroit in the 2004 NBA Finals. (AP Photo/Ric Francis, file)
Brady the latest star to leave his longtime home

By Noah Trister Mar. 17, 2020 04:58 PM EDT

FILE - This March 31, 1963, file photo showing Boston Celtics' John Havlicek going to the basket against Cincinnati Royals Bob Booser (13) and Hub Reed in the fourth period of a semifinal playoff at Boston Garden in Boston. Havlicek, whose steal of Hal Green's inbounds pass in the final seconds of the 1965 Eastern Conference finals against the Philadelphia 76ers remains one of the most famous plays in NBA history, died April 25, 2019. He was 79. (AP Photo/Frank C. Curtin, File)
Sports losses in 2019: Newcombe, Robinson, Starr, Havlicek

By Fred Lief Dec. 29, 2019 11:26 AM EST

New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady lands on the turf after being sacked by Kansas City Chiefs defensive end Chris Jones in the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2019, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Column: Patriots bring us a new scandal: Spygate 2.0

By Paul Newberry Dec. 10, 2019 05:56 PM EST

New York Mets' Tim Tebow signs autographs at spring training baseball practice Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019, in Port St. Lucie, Fla. (AP Photo/Mike Fitzpatrick)
Game changer: Tebow enters Mets camp 'all in' on baseball

By Mike Fitzpatrick Feb. 16, 2019 08:54 PM EST