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August 11, 2020 at 12:16 pm

AP WAS THERE: 1988 Seoul Olympics VIEW

EDITORS — With the Tokyo Olympics postponed for a year because of the coronavirus pandemic, The Associated Press is looking back at the history of...

August 10, 2020 at 11:19 pm

Three decades after Jones fight, gold still stings for Park

JEJU ISLAND, South Korea (AP) — EDITORS — With the Tokyo Olympics postponed for a year because of the coronavirus pandemic, The Associated Press is... Updated 3:26 pm

Sonics head coach Paul Westphal smiles as he talks to fans before the scrimmage.: PAUL WESTPHAL HAS BEEN IMPRESSED BY HIS YOUNGER PLAYERS. 0329953408

August 9, 2020 at 9:43 pm

Hall of Famer Paul Westphal, former Sonics player and coach, has brain cancer

Westphal was an All-Star in his lone season playing for the Sonics (1980-81) and had a 76-71 record as their coach from 1998 to 2000.

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August 9, 2020 at 9:22 am

Cold War rivalries split the Olympics in Moscow in 1980

EDITORS — With the Tokyo Olympics postponed for a year because of the coronavirus pandemic, The Associated Press is looking back at the history of...

August 4, 2020 at 2:56 pm

TV, big names make 1960 Rome Games 1st modern Olympics

Television - and gold medals - made a boxer named Cassius Clay and sprinter Wilma Rudolph household names. A glamorous setting for a larger pool...

August 2, 2020 at 1:52 pm

Bout has afternoon start time so fighters can make Early Bird Special

Olden Gloves, anyone? Quinquagenarian boxers Mike Tyson, 54, and Roy Jones Jr., 51, have agreed to go eight rounds on Sept. 12. What, you’ve never...

July 26, 2020 at 10:55 am

3 sporting trailblazers light up Stockholm Olympics in 1912

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — Hannes Kolehmainen was the first of the “Flying Finns.” Duke Kahanamoku was the father of modern surfing. Jim Thorpe was the...

July 23, 2020 at 11:44 am

Tyson, 54, to return for exhibition match against Jones Jr.

CARSON, Calif. (AP) — Mike Tyson is coming back to boxing at age 54. The former heavyweight champion will meet four-division champion Roy Jones Jr....

Scott Pierce, pilot of the Miss Trendwest hydroplane, talks with a member of his pit crew before a qualifying session Friday, Aug. 3, 2001, at Seafair in Seattle, for this weekend’s General Motors Cup. (AP Photo/Cheryl Hatch) CAH105

July 19, 2020 at 6:51 pm

Unlimited hydroplane champion Scott Pierce dies at 64

Pierce won the 1991 national championship driving the Miss Budweiser.

July 13, 2020 at 11:48 am

Ready to fight, Herring knocked out by virus again

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jamel Herring was supposed to fight Tuesday night as part of a feel-good card topped by two boxers who had tested...