AP Sportlight
April 18
1908 — Tommy Burns knocks out Jewey Smith in...
100-meter champ Coleman to miss Olympics despite reduced ban
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The fastest man in the world, American sprinter Christian Coleman, will miss the Tokyo Olympics after failing Friday in an appeal...
Gateshead replaces Rabat for Diamond League season opener
MONACO — This year's Diamond League will open in Britain for the first time with Gateshead replacing Rabat as the season's first host city,...
‘Distance makes sense:’ Semenya pins Olympic hopes on 5,000
PRETORIA, South Africa — Caster Semenya won the 5,000-meter race at the South African national championships on Thursday in a personal-best time and then...
AP Sportlight
April 16
1940 — Bob Feller of Cleveland defeats the White...
AP Sportlight
April 16
1940 — Bob Feller of Cleveland defeats the White...
‘Thought that was it’: Runner recalls Boulder store shooting
BOULDER, Colo. — Inside a small room where she and four others were hiding from a gunman just steps away from their locked door,...
Kent State chooses ODU’s Richmond as new athletic director
KENT, Ohio — Kent State has picked Randale Richmond to be its next athletic director.
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Russian Olympic champions Silnov, Antyukh banned for doping
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Russian Olympic champions Andrei Silnov and Natalya Antyukh have each been banned for four years for doping offenses, the Court of...
Olympic gold: Clemson men’s track tries to save its program
Middle-distance runner Kameron Jones' lasting mark on the Clemson track and field program may not have anything to do with the times he turns...
