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Miami running back Mark Fletcher Jr. celebrates after scoring with quarterback Carson Beck during the second half of the College Football Playoff national championship game against Indiana, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Longtime AP executive James W. Mangan dies at age 87
Andrew Mangan said his father died of a heart ailment Friday while playing tennis in San Antonio. “If you look at his career history, AP tossed a lot of different challenges to Jim. He did well in every one of them,” said Louis D. Boccardi, former AP president and CEO. James Mangan started with AP […]
AUG. 26, 2015
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Tampa Bay Rays' Shane Baz pitches against the Detroit Tigers during the first inning of a baseball game Monday, July 7, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson)
Curveballs are disappearing in MLB as velocity obsession reshapes pitching landscape
ATLANTA (AP) — Curveballs have been thrown a curve by a modern game valuing velocity over variety, disappearing from the major leagues by more than 20,000 annually. The Athletics have thrown curves on just 2.5% of pitches this season. The overall big league figure dropped from 10.7% in 2019 to 8.1% last year, the lowest […]
JULY 14, 2025
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Leon Marchand of France celebrates after receiving an award for creating a new world record following the men's 200-meter individual medley semifinals at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore, Wednesday, July 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Léon Marchand breaks world record in 200 individual medley in 1 minute, 52.69 seconds
Léon Marchand broke the world record in the 200-meter individual medley on Wednesday at the world championships in Singapore, clocking 1 minute, 52.69 seconds to surpass the 1:54.00 set in 2011 by American Ryan Lochte. The Frenchman set the mark swimming in the semifinals and, in theory, could break it again in Thursday’s finals. Marchand […]
JULY 30, 2025
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FILE - Martin Scorsese appears the National Board of Review awards gala in New York on Jan. 11, 2024. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
Martin Scorsese on ‘The Saints,’ faith in filmmaking and what his next movie might be
NEW YORK (AP) — When Martin Scorsese was a child growing up in New York’s Little Italy, he would gaze up at the figures he saw around St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral. “Who are these people? What is a saint?” Scorsese recalls. “The minute I walk out the door of the cathedral and I don’t see […]
NOV. 14, 2024
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Video Myanmar police hold AP journalist in chokehold
In this image made from video taken on Feb. 27, 2021, AP journalist Thein Zaw is arrested by police in Yangon, Myanmar. (AP Photo) Authorities have charged Thein Zaw and five other members of the media with violating a public order law that could see them imprisoned for up to three years. The video starts […]
MARCH 3, 2021
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Spain's Rodri (16) lifts the trophy as the team celebrates winning the World Cup final soccer match between Spain and Argentina in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Sunday, July 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts (1) hands off to Eagles running back Saquon Barkley (26) during warm ups before an NFL preseason football game against the Cincinnati Bengals on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
The NFL season begins in less than a week. Here’s a look at intriguing storylines and how to watch
The NFL regular season opens on Thursday night when the defending Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles host the Dallas Cowboys.
AUG. 29, 2025
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Texas guard Tramon Mark (12) scores a 3-point basket during the first half in a First Four college basketball game in the NCAA Tournament against North Carolina State, Tuesday, March 17, 2026, in Dayton, Ohio. (AP Photo/Kareem Elgazzar)
Tramon Mark’s late jumper gives Texas a 68-66 win over NC State in the First Four
Tramon Mark hit a fadeaway jumper from just inside the 3-point line with 1.1 seconds left, and Texas survived a late rally to beat N.C. State 68-66 on Tuesday night in a First Four matchup of power conference teams that limped into March Madness. Mark scored 17 points to lead the Longhorns (19-14), who had lost five of […]
MARCH 18, 2026
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Texas forward Madison Booker (35) drives against Oregon guard Sofia Bell (3) during the second half in the second round of the NCAA college basketball tournament, Sunday, March 22, 2026, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
SEC surge takes over March Madness with 6 teams in Sweet 16, setting up conference showdowns
The Sweet 16 will have a definite SEC feel with six teams advancing from that conference to the second weekend of March Madness. Top seeds South Carolina and Texas cruised into the regional semifinals of the women’s NCAA Tournament and are joined by No. 2 seeds Vanderbilt and LSU, No. 4 Oklahoma and No. 5 Kentucky. […]
MARCH 24, 2026
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The U.S. Capitol is pictured from the base of the Washington Monument, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
One issue is uniting Americans in a time of polarization, according to a new poll
Pessimism about the country’s future has risen in cities since last year, but rural America is more optimistic about what’s ahead for the U.S., according to a new survey from the American Communities Project. And despite President Donald Trump’s insistence that crime is out of control in big cities, residents of the nation’s largest metropolitan centers are less […]
NOV. 17, 2025
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