Connor McDavid
FILE - Edmonton Oilers center Connor McDavid (97) handles the puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Tampa Bay Lightning Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Tampa, Fla. So if Twitter is to be believed, LeBron James wants to leave the Lakers, Adam Schefter says Josh McDaniels is done as coach of the Raiders, and Connor McDavid has been traded from the Oilers to the Islanders. Each of the tweets seen Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022, about the above items normally would count as major news in the world of sports, but none was real. Instead, all came from fake accounts. (AP Photo/Jason Behnken, File)
Edmonton Oilers at Tampa Bay Lightning 11/8/2022

Nov. 09, 2022 07:37 PM EST

FILE - Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James to the basket during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the New Orleans Pelicans Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022, in Los Angeles. So if Twitter is to be believed, LeBron James wants to leave the Lakers, Adam Schefter says Josh McDaniels is done as coach of the Raiders, and Connor McDavid has been traded from the Edmonton Oilers to the New York Islanders. Each of the tweets seen Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022, about the above items normally would count as major news in the world of sports, but none was real. Instead, all came from fake accounts. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)
New Orleans Pelicans at Los Angeles Lakers 11/2/2022

Nov. 09, 2022 07:37 PM EST

FILE - Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James to the basket during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the New Orleans Pelicans Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022, in Los Angeles. So if Twitter is to be believed, LeBron James wants to leave the Lakers, Adam Schefter says Josh McDaniels is done as coach of the Raiders, and Connor McDavid has been traded from the Edmonton Oilers to the New York Islanders. Each of the tweets seen Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2022, about the above items normally would count as major news in the world of sports, but none was real. Instead, all came from fake accounts. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)
Fake LeBron, Schefter accounts among those tweeting non-news

By The Associated Press Nov. 09, 2022 07:33 PM EST

Today in Sports History-Week Ahead, Sept. 30-Oct. 6

By The Associated Press Sep. 29, 2022 10:00 AM 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 Newport, R.I. ...

Calgary Flames celebrate a goal against the Edmonton Oilers' during the second period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021, in Edmonton, Alberta. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)
McDavid nets hat trick, Oilers douse Flames 5-2

Oct. 17, 2021 01:34 AM EDT

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...

FILE - In this May 22, 2019 file photo, Terry Pegula, arrives to the NFL football owners meeting in Key Biscayne, Fla. Rather than fullfilling his promise of delivering Buffalo a championship, Pegula has instead overseen a team that's endured fitful starts and stops, gone through a revolving door of players and coaches, and is in the midst of a franchise-worst eight-year playoff drought, the NHL's longest active streak. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File )
Sabres owner Pegula tells AP: It's time to start winning

By John Wawrow Jun. 29, 2019 12:33 PM EDT