Clinton Global Initiative University plans Vanderbilt events
January 30, 2023 GMTNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Clinton Global Initiative University on Monday released details about its annual meeting at Vanderbilt University from March 3-5.
Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton and Chelsea Clinton announced that they will be joined in Nashville by aspiring leaders and global experts in business, public service and social impact.
USC to name field after Olympic track star Allyson Felix
January 19, 2023 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California will name the field at the university’s track stadium after Olympic champion sprinter Allyson Felix.
Such honors are usually reserved for major donors. Felix graduated from USC in 2008 with a degree in elementary education.
Column: One last salute to four of our greatest athletes
August 13, 2022 GMTTo call them four of the greatest athletes in the history of women's sports is a bit of a slight.
US sprint great Allyson Felix joins IOC athletes’ commission
July 27, 2022 GMTLAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — American sprint great Allyson Felix and a refugee cyclist originally from Afghanistan joined the International Olympic Committee's athletes' commission on Thursday.
Felix is the most decorated female track and field athlete in Olympic history with seven gold medals and joins the commission after winning her 14th career world championship title.
Felix comes out of retirement, helps 4x400 relay into final
July 24, 2022 GMTEUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Enjoying retired life, Allyson Felix was eating hot wings and sipping on a root beer float in Los Angeles when the phone rang.
She was needed back in Oregon for the prelims of the 4x400 women's relay.
Felix postpones retirement for women’s 4x400 relay at worlds
July 23, 2022 GMTEUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Turns out, Allyson Felix hasn't run her last race. The most decorated sprinter in U.S. history will return to the world championships to race in the preliminaries of the women's 4x400 relay Saturday.
Felix gets a bronze on her farewell at world championships
July 16, 2022 GMTEUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Never mind that she got passed at the end of her last sprint around the track. Or ended up with a bronze medal instead of gold.
For 15 memorable seconds Friday night at the world championships, Allyson Felix was sprinting alone in the sunshine, cruising past the stands and far ahead of the field down the backstretch.
Allyson Felix reflects on footprints she’s leaving on track
July 14, 2022 GMTEUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Before crossing the finish line for the very last time in a career that made her America's most decorated sprinter, Allyson Felix was interested in something far more leisurely — a stroll down memory lane.
Allyson Felix gets mixed relay nod, heading to 10th worlds
July 6, 2022 GMTINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Allyson Felix was named to her 10th world championship team, where she will have a chance to run in the mixed relay event and add to her record medal collection.
Felix, whose 18 medals are the most in world-championship history, has announced that this will be her final season in track.
Kerley, Jefferson win at the US outdoor championships
June 25, 2022 GMTEUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Olympic silver medalist Fred Kerley flashed a peace sign at the crowd after winning the 100 meters at the U.S. outdoor track and field championships Friday night.
Kerley crossed the line in 9.77 seconds, followed by Marvin Bracy-Williams and Trayvon Bromell.
Allyson Felix has ‘no regrets’ after placing 7th in Rome
June 9, 2022 GMTROME (AP) — Allyson Felix had “no regrets” after a seventh-place finish in the 200 meters of what was likely her final Diamond League meet Thursday.
AP Interview: Allyson Felix ‘humbled’ by rivals’ praise
June 8, 2022 GMTROME (AP) — As the most decorated female track athlete in the history of the Olympics, hardly a day goes by when Allyson Felix isn’t reminded of her long list of accomplishments.
Introduce her by mentioning that huge haul of 11 Olympic medals and the 18 pieces of gold (mostly), silver and bronze that make her the most decorated competitor — male or female — in the history of the athletics world championships, and she’s hardly fazed.
Prescod clocks 9.93 to win 100 meters at Golden Spike
May 31, 2022 GMTOSTRAVA, Czech Republic (AP) — British sprinter Reece Prescod became the first European man to break 10 seconds in the 100 meters this season, clocking 9.93 seconds to win the Golden Spike meet on Tuesday.
Allyson Felix says she’s retiring after 2022 track season
April 14, 2022 GMTAllyson Felix, who closed the Tokyo Games last year with more Olympic medals than any U.S. track and field athlete in history, says she will retire after the 2022 season.
“This season isn’t about the time on the clock, it’s simply about joy,” Felix said in an Instagram post Wednesday.
Allyson Felix, Naomi Osaka earn women’s sports awards
October 14, 2021 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Olympians Allyson Felix and Jordan Larson were honored as Sportswomen of the Year by the Women’s Sports Foundation.
Felix won two medals at the Tokyo Games — giving her 11 in her career — to surpass Carl Lewis as the most decorated American in Olympic track and field history.
Thompson-Herah wins 100, Richardson last in return
August 21, 2021 GMTEUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Jamaican Elaine Thompson-Herah bested her Olympic gold-medal winning time in the 100 meters at the Prefontaine Classic, and Sha'Carri Richardson finished last in her return to the track after controversy.
Sha’Carri Richardson returns to competition at Prefontaine
August 20, 2021 GMTEUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Sha'Carri Richardson would prefer to let her running do the talking.
The sprinter who couldn't run in the Tokyo Olympics because of a positive marijuana test is set to make her return to the track Saturday at the Prefontaine Classic.
Today in History
August 20, 2021 GMTToday in History
Today is Friday, Aug. 20, the 232nd day of 2021. There are 133 days left in the year.
AP Sportlight
August 19, 2021 GMTAug. 20
1921 — Molla Bjurstedt Mallory beats Mary Browne, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 to win the U.S. women’s national tennis title at the Germantown Cricket Club in Philadelphia.
1931 — Helen Wills Moody beats Eileen Bennett Whitingstall 6-4, 6-1 to capture the women’s title in the U.S.
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
August 19, 2021 GMTAug. 20
1921 — Molla Bjurstedt Mallory beats Mary Browne, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 to win the U.S. women’s national tennis title at the Germantown Cricket Club in Philadelphia.
1931 — Helen Wills Moody beats Eileen Bennett Whitingstall 6-4, 6-1 to capture the women’s title in the U.S.
Today in History
August 19, 2021 GMTToday in History
Today is Thursday, Aug. 19, the 231st day of 2021. There are 134 days left in the year.
AP Sportlight
August 18, 2021 GMTAug. 19
1909 — The first race is held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Twelve-thousand spectators watch Austrian engineer Louis Schwitzer win a five-mile race with an average speed of 57.4 miles per hour.
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
August 12, 2021 GMTAug. 17
1933 — Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees plays his 1,308th straight game to break Everett Scott’s record of 1,307.
1938 — Henry Armstrong wins the lightweight title with a 15-round decision over Lou Ambers and becomes the only boxer to hold world championship titles in three weight divisions simultaneously.
AP Sportlight
August 10, 2021 GMTAug. 11
1943 — Volo Song, driven by Ben White, wins the Hambletonian Stakes in the third heat.
1948 — Demon Hanover, driven by Harrison Hoyt, wins the Hambletonian Stakes in straight heats.
AP Sportlight
August 9, 2021 GMTAug. 10
1900 — The first Davis Cup is held with the United States beating Britain, 3-0.
1949 — Ezzard Charles knocks out Gus Lesnovich in the eighth round at Yankee Stadium in his first world heavyweight title defense.
Weekend Sports in Brief
August 9, 2021 GMTOLYMPICS
SAITAMA, Japan (AP) — The U.S. has won its fourth straight Olympic men’s basketball gold medal, holding off France 87-82.
Kevin Durant scored 29 points for the Americans and joined Carmelo Anthony as the only three-time gold medalists in men’s basketball.
Women send powerful message in Olympic track and field
August 8, 2021 GMTTOKYO (AP) — They set records everyone saw coming and others that surprised the experts.
They suffered, and battled, and spoke their truth in ways that hadn't been heard before.
Over nine days at the near-empty Olympic Stadium, the women of track and field delivered a memorable show, both inside the lines and out.
The Perseverance Games: Surreal Olympics approach their end
August 8, 2021 GMTTOKYO (AP) — The cauldron will be snuffed Sunday on the exhausting, enlightening, sometimes enraging 2020 Tokyo Olympics — held, actually, in 2021. These are the Games that were to be tolerated, not celebrated.
‘I feel at peace’: Felix exits stage with record 11th medal
August 8, 2021 GMTTOKYO (AP) — Allyson Felix knows the way to the Olympic medals stand better than any runner alive.
She made her record-setting 11th trip there Saturday, after starring as the headliner on a 4x400 relay win that featured a who's who of American running.
Olympic medal count still counts even amid pandemic Games
August 7, 2021 GMTTOKYO (AP) — The Tokyo Games were the Olympics staged a year later than planned because of a pandemic, where the athletes and organizers said it was a privilege just to play and uplift the world through sport.
Roundup of Olympic gold medals from Saturday, August 7
August 7, 2021 GMTTOKYO (AP) — A roundup of gold medals from Saturday, August 7, at the Tokyo Games:
Olympic Latest: France earns gold for 1st volleyball medal
August 7, 2021 GMTTOKYO (AP) — The Latest on the Tokyo Olympics, which are taking place under heavy restrictions after a year’s delay because of the coronavirus pandemic:
American gold bonanza as Tokyo Olympics near end
August 7, 2021 GMTTOKYO (AP) — The second to last day of competition at the Tokyo Olympics produced a gold medal bonanza for the United States.
The Americans kept up their domination in men's basketball and women's water polo with gold medal victories in both on Saturday, and Allyson Felix won her 11th career medal with a gold one as part of the U.S.
‘Four Ferraris’: Italy race to shock 4x100 gold at Olympics
August 6, 2021 GMTTOKYO (AP) — There are some things track fans are used to: Nobody stops the Jamaican women at these Olympics and the tireless Sifan Hassan is a contender for a medal in every distance race she enters.
The long journey leads to an Olympic record for Felix
August 6, 2021 GMTTOKYO (AP) — She describes herself as “old.” She concedes she wasn't sure she'd make it this far. There were times, though, when “making it” had nothing to do with the Olympics and everything to do with simply climbing out of her hospital bed.
American Felix sets new women’s Olympics medal record
August 6, 2021 GMTTOKYO (AP) — The new medal standard in Olympic women's track has been set. American Allyson Felix stands alone at the top and still has a chance to go even higher.
The 35-year-old Felix won her record 10th Olympic track medal Friday night at the Tokyo Games with a push down the home stretch of the 400 meters to take the bronze medal.
Roundup of Olympic gold medals from Friday, August 6
August 6, 2021 GMTTOKYO (AP) — A roundup of gold medals from Friday, August 6, at the Tokyo Games:
Olympic Latest: Canada wins 1st gold in women’s soccer
August 6, 2021 GMTTOKYO (AP) — The Latest on the Tokyo Olympics, which are taking place under heavy restrictions after a year’s delay because of the coronavirus pandemic:
Felix runs for history; Americans seek more basketball gold
August 5, 2021 GMTTOKYO (AP) — Set the alarm for Day 14 of the Tokyo Games and watch Allyson Felix attempt to win a 10th track and field Olympic medal over breakfast. Then stay up late to catch the U.S. men's basketball team play for the gold.
AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead
August 5, 2021 GMTAug. 10
1900 — The first Davis Cup is held with the United States beating Britain, 3-0.
1949 — Ezzard Charles knocks out Gus Lesnovich in the eighth round at Yankee Stadium in his first world heavyweight title defense.
A star is found: In 200, De Grasse finally gets his gold
August 4, 2021 GMTTOKYO (AP) — Perhaps the world's next sprint star wasn't so hard to find after all.
He's Andre De Grasse, the Canadian who ran his first sprint as a teen in baggy basketball shorts and borrowed spikes, and now has an Olympic gold medal in the 200 meters.
McLaughlin edges Muhammad in battle of world-record hurdlers
August 4, 2021 GMTTOKYO (AP) — Sydney McLaughlin broke the world record. Dalilah Muhammad broke it, too.
Only one of the world's best hurdlers could win the Olympic gold medal — and McLaughlin came out ahead in the latest installment of the best rivalry in track.
You again! Thompson-Herah speeds to 2nd Olympic sprint sweep
August 3, 2021 GMTTOKYO (AP) — It was billed as a star-studded race that anyone could win.
So long as that person's name was Elaine.
Elaine Thompson-Herah blew away a much-decorated field in the 200 meters Tuesday night.
Olympics Latest: Women’s semifinals set in beach volleyball
August 3, 2021 GMTTOKYO (AP) — The Latest on the Tokyo Olympics, which are taking place under heavy restrictions after a year’s delay because of the coronavirus pandemic:
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The women’s semifinals are set in beach volleyball after a pair of upsets.
Nearly out of event, US earns bronze in 4x400 mixed relay
July 31, 2021 GMTTOKYO (AP) — The American lineup for the 4x400 mixed relay was rather unexpected — no Allyson Felix.
The color of Olympic medal, too — bronze.
Given their whirlwind of emotions — disqualification in the opening round for an exchange, appeal, late-night reinstatement into the final — any medal was cause for celebration.
Roundup of Olympic gold medals from Saturday, July 31
July 31, 2021 GMTTOKYO (AP) — A roundup of gold medals from Saturday, July 31, at the Tokyo Games:
Olympic Latest: Bencic wins tennis gold for Switzerland
July 31, 2021 GMTTOKYO (AP) — The Latest on the Tokyo Olympics, which are taking place under heavy restrictions after a year’s delay because of the coronavirus pandemic:
Diving in: Miller-Uibo will run 200, may defend 400 title
July 31, 2021 GMTTOKYO (AP) — The scrapes on her knee, stomach and forearms have long since healed. Well worth the price for that 400-meter gold medal.
The last time everyone saw Shaunae Miller-Uibo on the Olympic stage, the sprinter from the Bahamas was diving across the finish line.
Swimming wraps up with Dressel going for another gold medal
July 30, 2021 GMTTOKYO (AP) — The final night of swimming gives Caeleb Dressel and four-time Olympic medalist Simone Manuel more chances to collect hardware on Day 8 of the Tokyo Games.
Dressel is a gold medal favorite in the men’s 50-meter freestyle and is the two-time reigning world champion.
Out, then in: US gets a reprieve after mixed relay DQ
July 30, 2021 GMTTOKYO (AP) — The U.S. men have a long history of dicey baton exchanges in the Olympic relays. So do the U.S. women.
Their latest was a first-of-its-kind chance to flub one together, which they might have, but they caught a break that gives them a chance to still win a medal.
Fast day at pool, track on Day 7 of Tokyo Olympics
July 30, 2021 GMTTOKYO (AP) — The Tokyo Games got their first swimming individual world record and a fast start to the track competition on Day 7 of the Olympics.
Tatjana Schoenmaker of South Africa won the women’s 200-meter breaststroke with a time of 2 minutes, 18.95 seconds, breaking the mark of 2:19.11 set by Rikke Moller Pedersen of Denmark at the 2013 world championships in Barcelona.
Olympics Latest: US mixed relay team reinstated after appeal
July 30, 2021 GMTTOKYO (AP) — The Latest on the Tokyo Olympics, which are taking place under heavy restrictions after a year’s delay because of the coronavirus pandemic:
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The U.S. Olympic mixed relay team has been reinstated after originally being disqualified and will compete in Saturday’s final.
No Bolt means stage open for new stars to emerge in Tokyo
July 2, 2021 GMTHIGHLIGHTS FROM RIO: Usain Bolt. The 34-year-old Bolt, retired since 2017, will watch the Tokyo Games from the comfort of his home in Jamaica as someone other than him captures the Olympic title in the 100 and 200 for the first time since 2004.
Youth runs wild: Collegians, teens dot track team for Tokyo
June 28, 2021 GMTEUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Sprinter Allyson Felix earned her spot in a fifth straight Olympics. Long jumper Brittney Reese made her fourth games. That sort of experience — any sort of experience — appears more of the exception than the rule on the track team the United States is sending to Tokyo next month.
Fraser-Pryce adds 200 title at Jamaica’s Olympic qualifier
June 28, 2021 GMTKINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce added the 200-meter title to her 100 crown Sunday at Jamaica's Olympic qualifier, finishing the longer race in 21.79 seconds.
Fraser-Pryce won her only Olympic medal at 200 meters in 2012, when she finished behind American Allyson Felix.
No doubting Thomas: Harvard sprinter emerges as 200 favorite
June 27, 2021 GMTEUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Gabby Thomas could be sprinting toward a title she never imagined: World's Fastest Epidemiologist.
World's Fastest Woman is a possibility, too.
The newly crowned American 200-meter champion, who majored in neurobiology at Harvard, is currently working on a master's degree in epidemiology/health care management at Texas.
At 35, Felix makes a comeback and lands her 5th Olympics
June 21, 2021 GMTEUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Flat on her back, gasping for breath, Allyson Felix kept her eyes on the scoreboard.
When her name came up in the second spot in the 400 meters, she kicked up her heels and covered her face with her hands.
Track champs seek bigger voice, form athletes’ rights group
July 16, 2020 GMTA group of track and field champions is spearheading a new organization designed to give athletes a greater voice in their sport.
Two-time Olympic triple jump champion Christian Taylor is the president of The Athletics Association, which is seeking more say in key decisions made by the sport's leaders.
Track and field adapts for storied meet held in 7 venues
July 8, 2020 GMTGENEVA (AP) — In a track and field season almost entirely wiped out by the coronavirus pandemic, athletes and organizers are setting new marks in creativity...
Mother’s Day: Fraser-Pryce, Felix get golds at worlds
September 29, 2019 GMTDOHA, Qatar (AP) — Only moments after Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce zoomed past the finish line Sunday night, she scooped up something more precious than gold...
Felix, other top stars, fight track’s pregnancy penalty
September 26, 2019 GMTDOHA, Qatar (AP) — For decades, the message to women in track and field was crystal clear: get pregnant, lose sponsorship money...
AP Sportlight
August 2, 2019 GMTAug. 4
1945 — Byron Nelson wins his 11th consecutive PGA Tour event, beating Herman Barron by four strokes. Nelson finishes the year with a record for most tournament wins (18) in a season.
1982 — Joel Youngblood becomes the only player in major league history to play and get hits for two different teams in two different cities on the same day.
Olympics: The good, the bad, the beautiful and the ugly of the Rio Games
August 22, 2016 GMTRio de Janeiro • There’s a canal that splits one of Rio de Janeiro's busiest freeways. It’s cut right into the concrete maze, bookended on both sides by a series of stacked brick houses. These are the favelas, where some residents lack front doors.
Rio Olympics 2016: Long Beach athletes enjoy another golden summer
August 22, 2016 GMTIt was another golden summer for Long Beach and neighboring communities, as the Press-Telegram area’s athletes turned out an impressive haul of Olympic medals and memories.
In all, the unofficial Team Long Beach delegation are coming back home with three gold medals and a bronze.