Search results

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

AP announces sweeping democracy journalism initiative

The Associated Press announced today it will inject additional resources into covering democracy in the U.S. with the goal of helping an increasingly polarized public better understand their government.

DEC. 15, 2022

Calling the presidential race state by state

At 2:29 a.m. ET on Wednesday, The Associated Press called the race for Donald Trump in a Flash, reserved for news alerts of the highest importance.

Numbers to know for each of the 16 teams remaining in March Madness

The smaller the number, the larger the impact at this year’s NCAA Tournament. Arkansas, the No. 10 seed in the West Region, is the only double-digit seed still alive heading into the regional semifinals. All four No. 1 seeds and three of the four No. 2 seeds are still standing. But the seeds aren’t the […]

MARCH 28, 2025

Calling the 2024 presidential race state by state

At 5:34 a.m. ET on Wednesday, The Associated Press declared Donald Trump the winner of the U.S. presidential race.

New AP Stylebook includes 100 technology terms, digital security chapter

The Associated Press today released the 55th edition of The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law, which includes more than 200 new or revised entries and a new chapter on digital security for journalists.

MAY 21, 2020

AP preseason basketball polls to be released Nov. 1 and 2

The preseason AP Top 25 polls for men’s and women’s college basketball, the longest-running polls of their kind, will be released the first week of November.

OCT. 18, 2017

AP photographer wins top prize in World Press Photo contest

A powerful image of the assassination of Russia’s ambassador to Turkey has earned Associated Press photojournalist Burhan Ozbilici the prestigious 2017 World Press Photo of the Year award.

FEB. 13, 2017

AP photographer wins top prize in World Press Photo contest

A harrowing image from Mariupol, Ukraine, of emergency workers carrying an injured pregnant woman out of a shelled maternity hospital on a stretcher has earned Associated Press photojournalist Evgeniy Maloletka the prestigious 2023 World Press Photo of the Year award.

APRIL 20, 2023

AP to become exclusive worldwide distributor of USTA’s US Open, select professional tennis images

The United States Tennis Association and The Associated Press today announced a multiyear agreement that makes AP the exclusive worldwide distributor of USTA images from the US Open and other select American professional tennis events.

MARCH 8, 2021

NTB selects AP as exclusive multiformat international news provider

The Associated Press has become the main international news provider for Norwegian news agency NTB.

DEC. 19, 2016

AP Content Services supports Mie Prefecture in tourism drive for G7 Summit

The Associated Press announced today that it is working with the local government office in Mie Prefecture, Japan, supporting its tourism drive ahead of the G7 Japan 2016 lse-Shima Summit, which will be held on May 26 and 27, 2016.  The AP team will work with Mie Prefecture to create content and produce and distribute a series of videos and photos in order to promote the region to potential overseas visitors and media organizations.

MAY 26, 2016