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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 —...

This Date in Baseball-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Aug. 20, 2020 11:38 AM EDT
Aug. 23 1906 — On their way to the American League pennant, the Chicago White Sox beat the Washington Senators 4-1 for their 19th straight...

A Herriman player wear a mask during a high school football against Davis on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020, in Herriman, Utah. Utah is among the states going forward with high school football this fall despite concerns about the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic that led other states and many college football conferences to postpone games in hopes of instead playing in the spring. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
The Latest: Texas A&M to have reduced capacity for football

By The Associated Press Aug. 18, 2020 12:33 PM EDT

Amid pandemic, Hall of Fame Village plans move forward

By Barry Wilner Aug. 07, 2020 12:59 PM EDT
Instead of thousands of football fans converging on the Pro Football Hall of Fame this week, there might be dozens. The coronavirus pandemic ensured that when...

Mick Hoffman, executive director of the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association, poses for a photo, Thursday, July 16, 2020, sitting in the empty stands of the Renton School District's Renton Memorial Stadium, which is used for high school football, soccer, and track events in Renton, Wash. Hoffman and other administrators across the country are facing difficult decisions regarding the overwhelming uncertainty of whether high school sports can go forward this fall as the clock ticks closer to the start of the 2020-21 school year with little clarity in place for an obvious and safe path moving forward for athletics. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
The Latest: PGA Tour Series-China canceled due to virus

By The Associated Press Jul. 21, 2020 05:15 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 26, 2020, file photo, Jason Hackedorn looks into Progressive Field, home of the Cleveland Indians baseball team, in Cleveland. With the distinct possibility of pro sports resuming in empty venues, a recent poll suggests a majority of U.S. fans wouldn't feel safe attending games anyway without a coronavirus vaccine.(AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)
The Latest: Former NHL enforcer Laraque tests positive

By The Associated Press Apr. 30, 2020 06:26 PM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2018, file photo, Alabama wide receiver Henry Ruggs III (11) catches a pass for a touchdown as Auburn defensive back Roger McCreary (17) and linebacker Cameron Latu (20) defend during the second half of an NCAA college football game in Tuscaloosa, Ala. This year’s NFL draft features a superb group of wide receivers, including Ruggs, who are expected to make immediate impacts in the NFL. (AP Photo/Butch Dill, File)
Deep receiver class faces high hopes for immediate impact

By Arnie Stapleton Apr. 19, 2020 06:07 PM EDT

Gates stand locked outside the closed Manchester City Etihad Stadium, in Manchester, northern England, as the English Premier League soccer season has been suspended due to coronavirus, Thursday, April 9, 2020. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Jon Super)
The Latest: Scully ponders when opening day will arrive

By The Associated Press Apr. 17, 2020 03:06 PM EDT

Kansas City Chiefs offensive guard Ryan Hunter (60) runs drills with offensive guards Nick Allegretti (73) and Stefen Wisniewski (61) during practice on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020, in Davie, Fla., for the NFL Super Bowl 54 football game. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Embrees guaranteed at least 1 family member wins Super Bowl

By The Associated Presss Feb. 01, 2020 06:42 PM EST

Randle wowed by being among members of NFL's all-time team

By Barry Wilner Feb. 01, 2020 04:33 PM EST
MIAMI (AP) — John Randle looked around the ballroom like a child at the Magic Kingdom. "Unbelievable," was his...

Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber, left, and Charlotte MLS owner David Tepper talk during the announcement that an MLS team, owned by Tepper, will begin play Charlotte in 2021 at an event in Charlotte, N.C., Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond
Charlotte lands Major League Soccer expansion team

By Steve Reed Dec. 17, 2019 10:14 AM EST

Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred steps away from the podium after speaking to the media at the owners meeting in Arlington, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
MLB draft relocating to Omaha ahead of College World Series

Dec. 11, 2019 04:46 PM EST

FILE - In this March 25, 2019 file photo, Tim Ellis, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for the NFL, speaks during the annual NFL football owners meetings, in Phoenix. The NFL launched a casting call Sunday, Nov. 17 asking parents and youth coaches of boys and girls ages 9-12 to submit videos of the kids’ best moves on the football field for a chance to attend Super Bowl 54 in Miami and to appear in a follow-up commercial to last year's epic star-studded banquet spot that kicked off the league's 100th season. "We kicked off the 100th season in a big way. Now we want to create an even bigger juggernaut commercial, even more ambitious than before, that serves as the passing of the torch to this next generation of superstars," Ellis said. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)
NFL looking for next generation of stars _ ages 9-12

By Arnie Stapleton Nov. 17, 2019 09:01 AM EST

FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017 file photo, Ann McKee, director Boston University's center for research into the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, addresses an audience on the school's campus about the study of NFL football player Aaron Hernandez's brain, projected on a screen behind in Boston. According to a new public service announcement, signing a pre-teen child up for tackle football is like teaching him to smoke. The ad from the Concussion Legacy Foundation encourages parents to choose flag football for children younger than 14. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
ITF China 18B, Women Singles

Oct. 10, 2019 09:02 AM EDT

FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017 file photo, Ann McKee, director Boston University's center for research into the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, addresses an audience on the school's campus about the study of NFL football player Aaron Hernandez's brain, projected on a screen behind in Boston. According to a new public service announcement, signing a pre-teen child up for tackle football is like teaching him to smoke. The ad from the Concussion Legacy Foundation encourages parents to choose flag football for children younger than 14. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
Concussion PSA compares youth football dangers to smoking

By Jimmy Golen Oct. 10, 2019 09:02 AM EDT

Fighting cancer a priority for Bouye and Joseph

By The Associated Pres Sep. 20, 2019 12:00 PM EDT
Defensive backs AJ Bouye and Johnathan Joseph will to use the Jaguars-Texans game in London on Nov. 3 to raise awareness of the fight against cancer. Bouye and...

A plaque commemorating the site of the first NFL football game stands in Triangle Park, Saturday, July 27, 2019, in Dayton, Ohio. (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)
Bengals practice in Dayton, site of NFL's inaugural game

By Joe Kay Jul. 27, 2019 02:29 PM EDT

FILE - In this Thursday, July 18, 2019, file photo, NFL player Larry Fitzgerald, left, and Senior Director of Research and programs at The Women's Sports Foundation, Dr. Marjorie Snyder, serve as panelists at the DICK'S Sports Matter Panel Event in New York. Jon Gruden, Larry Fitzgerald and Alex Morgan have reached the summit of their professions. They all recognize the need for strong grass-roots sports programs, and they are doing something about it. Working with DICK’S Sporting Goods Foundation, that trio announced a pledge to provide access to sports for one million youngsters over the next five years. DICK’S will match up to $1 million in donations made by customers to its foundation. (Jason DeCrow/AP Images for DICK'S Sporting Goods, File)
Correction: Sports Matter story

Jul. 19, 2019 12:20 PM EDT

Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield, left, hands the ball off to running back D'Ernest Johnson during an NFL football organized team activity session at the team's training facility, Thursday, May 30, 2019, in Berea, Ohio. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
Browns QB Mayfield tells kids 'to be yourself' at camp

By Tom Withers Jun. 01, 2019 02:46 PM EDT