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Today in Sports - Bo Jackson picked #1 overall in NFL Draft

By The Associated Press Apr. 28, 2023 10:00 AM EDT
April 29 1901 — His Eminence, ridden by Jimmy Winkfield, wins the Kentucky Derby by 1 1/2 lengths over Sannazarro in the only Derby ever raced in April...

Today in Sports - Celtics win 5th straight NBA championship

By The Associated Press Apr. 23, 2023 10:00 AM EDT
April 24 1945 — Albert B. “Happy” Chandler, junior Senator from Kentucky, is elected baseball commissioner by a unanimous vote of the major league club...

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press Jun. 23, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
June 24 1910 — James Braid wins his fifth British Open with a four-stroke victory over Sandy Herd. 1911 — John McDermott becomes the...

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press Jun. 02, 2022 10:00 AM EDT
June 3 1932 — Lou Gehrig becomes the first major league player to hit four consecutive home runs in a game, giving the New York Yankees a 20-13 win...

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Jun. 03, 2021 12:46 PM EDT
June 4 1870 — Ed Brown becomes the first African-American jockey to win the Belmont Stakes, with Kingfisher. 1927 — The...

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press May. 20, 2021 06:50 PM EDT
May 21 1881 — A small group of tennis club members meets at the Fifth Avenue Hotel in New York City to form the world’s first national...

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press May. 06, 2021 04:49 PM EDT
May 7 1938 — Lawrin, ridden by Eddie Arcaro, wins the Kentucky Derby by one length over Dauber. 1955 — Swaps, ridden by...

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Apr. 22, 2021 12:33 PM EDT
April 23 1903 — The New York Highlanders, later renamed Yankees, win their first game as a major league team, 7-2 over the Washington...

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press Jun. 18, 2020 12:03 PM EDT
June 24 1910 — James Braid wins his fifth British Open with a four-stroke victory over Sandy Herd. 1911 — John...

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press Jun. 04, 2020 10:27 AM EDT
June 6 1919 — Man o’ War wins his first race, a 5-furlong contest over a straightaway at Belmont Park. The 3-to-5 favorite wins by six...

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...

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press Apr. 23, 2020 11:04 AM EDT
April 25 1950 — Charles Cooper, an All-American from Duquesne playing with the Harlem Globetrotters, becomes the first black to be picked...