Record setting events
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Oct. 14, 2020 01:00 PM EDT
Oct. 22
1933 — Primo Carnera retains the world heavyweight title with a 15-round decision over Paolino Uzcudun in Rome.
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AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Oct. 14, 2020 12:56 PM EDT
Oct. 18
1924 — Harold “Red” Grange accounts for six touchdowns in Illinois’ 39-14 win over Michigan. Grange returns the opening kickoff 95...
4th down tries on a record-setting pace early in NFL season
By Josh Dubow Oct. 14, 2020 02:19 AM EDT
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
By The Associated Press Oct. 08, 2020 01:44 PM EDT
Oct. 15
1933 — The Philadelphia Eagles play their first NFL game and suffers a 56-0 loss to the New York Giants.
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Porous defense, sloppy offense lead to another Raiders loss
By Josh Dubow Oct. 05, 2020 06:14 PM 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...
NFL Today, Week 3
By The Associated Press Sep. 27, 2020 10:08 PM EDT
SCOREBOARD
Monday, Sept. 28
Kansas City at Baltimore, 8:15 p.m. EDT. It’s a Monday night matchup between Patrick...
AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press Sep. 18, 2020 10:00 AM EDT
Sept. 19
1948 — Pancho Gonzales, 20, wins the U.S. Lawn Tennis Association title with a three-set victory over Eric Sturgess.
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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-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 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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Ravens QB Jackson comfortable being face of the franchise
By David Ginsburg Aug. 18, 2020 02:18 PM EDT
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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AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press Jul. 09, 2020 12:38 PM EDT
July 11
1914 — Babe Ruth makes his major league pitching debut for the Boston Red Sox against Cleveland, getting the 4-3 victory over the...
AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press Jun. 25, 2020 11:59 AM EDT
June 27
1903 — Willie Anderson captures the U.S. Open with a two-stroke victory over David Brown in a playoff.
1914 —...
Ravens OC Greg Roman seeks to upgrade record-setting unit
By David Ginsburg Jun. 23, 2020 02:12 PM EDT
AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press May. 21, 2020 10:12 AM EDT
May 27
1823 — A $20,000 match race between American Eclipse (representing The North) and Henry (representing The South) is held at Union...
AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press Apr. 30, 2020 11:07 AM EDT
May 6
1895 — Jockey James “Soup” Perkins guides Halma to a wire-to-wire victory in the Kentucky Derby. The 15-year-old joins fellow African...
The Latest: SEC has 40 players selected through 3 rounds
By The Associated Press Apr. 24, 2020 05:42 PM EDT