HOWARD FENDRICH

AP Tennis Writer
Los Angeles Kings; Wayne Gretzky (99) and teammate Luc Robitaille, on ice, celebrate Gretzky's scoring his NHL career record-setting goal No. 802 against Vancouver Canucks goalie Kirk McLean during the second period of an NHL hockey game at the Forum at Inglewood, Calif., March 23, 1994. (AP Photo/Eric Draper/File)
Alex Ovechkin surpassed Wayne Gretzky’s NHL goal count. Here are other ‘unbreakable’ sports records
Wayne Gretzky’s NHL goal-scoring record is no longer considered unbreakable — because Alex Ovechkin just broke it. Ovechkin scored his 895th goal for the Washington Capitals on Sunday in a game against the New York Islanders.
 
Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, plays a shot to Jakub Mensik, of Czech Republic, in the men's singles final match at the Miami Open tennis tournament, Sunday, March 30, 2025, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
Djokovic, Gauff and other players ask the Grand Slam tournaments for more money and more say
Novak Djokovic, Jannik Sinner, Aryna Sabalenka and Coco Gauff are among 20 leading tennis players who have signed a letter sent to the heads of the four Grand Slam tournaments seeking more prize money and a greater say in how events are run.
 
Coco Gauff, right, poses with a fan while signing autographs after her match against Sofia Kenin during the Miami Open tennis tournament, Thursday, March 20, 2025, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Tennis star Coco Gauff is starting her own management firm
Coco Gauff is leaving her longtime agency and launching her own management firm so she can take greater ownership of her tennis career. The 2023 U.S.
 
As fans enter the Boston Garden, a man holds a sign on the sidewalk prior to the 4 Nations Face-Off championship hockey game between the United States and Canada,Feb. 20, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
US-Canada-Mexico joint World Cup goes from unity to acrimony thanks to tariffs and ‘51st state’ talk
As the United States prepares to welcome the world for FIFA’s Club World Cup this June, golf’s Ryder Cup in September, the World Cup next year and the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028, the question becomes: Will the world want to come?
 
Philadelphia Phillies starting pitcher Jesus Luzardo throws during the second inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Saturday, March 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
Jesús Luzardo strikes out 11 in his debut for the Philadelphia Phillies
Jesús Luzardo struck out 11 batters and earned the win in his Phillies debut, helping Philadelphia beat the Washington Nationals 11-6.
 
Philadelphia Phillies' Kyle Schwarber, right, celebrates his three-run home run with Brandon Marsh (16) during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Saturday, March 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
Schwarber, Stott and Marsh homer for the Phillies as they beat the Nationals 11-6
Kyle Schwarber’s three-run shot was the big blow in a five-run sixth inning that helped the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Washington Nationals 11-6. Saturday’s deep ball was Schwarber’s second homer in two games this season.
 
Philadelphia Phillies' Bryce Harper celebrates as he rounds the bases on his home run in the seventh inning of an opening-day baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Thursday, March 27, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
Bryce Harper hears boos again at Nationals Park and homers again on opening day for the Phillies
Bryce Harper has hit his sixth opening-day homer and first as a member of the Philadelphia Phillies.
 
Philadelphia Phillies manager Rob Thomson, left, and Washington Nationals manager Dave Martinez, right, shake hands before an opening-day baseball game, Thursday, March 27, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
Alec Bohm and JT Realmuto lift the Phillies to a 7-3 victory over the Washington Nationals
Alec Bohm hit a tiebreaking two-run double in the 10th inning and J.T. Realmuto added a two-run triple, lifting the Philadelphia Phillies to a 7-3 victory over the Washington Nationals for a successful start to the defense of their NL East title.
 
Britain's Kate, Duchess of Cambridge sits on No. 1 Court with Tim Henman, right, at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Tuesday July 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file)
Tim Henman is joining the Laver Cup coaching staff and hopes to bring Jack Draper with him
Tim Henman will be a vice captain for Team Europe at this year’s edition of the Laver Cup. Henman’s role during the matches scheduled for Sept. 19-21 in San Francisco was announced Tuesday.
 
Novak Djokovic, of Serbia, speaks during a news conference at the Miami Open tennis tournament, Thursday, March 20, 2025, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Novak Djokovic wanted other players to step up by putting their names on tennis antitrust lawsuit
Novak Djokovic doesn’t want the antitrust lawsuit filed by the players’ association he co-founded to create a rift in tennis, but he also said Thursday that the athletes’ share of revenues and their influence both need to increase.
 
Nick Kyrgios, of Australia, reacts during his match against Mackenzie McDonald at the Miami Open tennis tournament, Wednesday, March 19, 2025, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
Wimbledon runner-up Nick Kyrgios beats McDonald at the Miami Open for his first win in 2 1/2 years
Nick Kyrgios has won a match for the first time in nearly 2 1/2 years. The 2022 Wimbledon runner-up beat Mackie McDonald 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 at the Miami Open on Wednesday.
 
Carlos Alcaraz, of Spain, celebrates winning a point agiainst Jack Draper, of Great Britain, during their semifinals match at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament Saturday, March 15, 2025, in Indian Wells, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Carlos Alcaraz doesn’t support the lawsuit from the tennis players’ group Novak Djokovic founded
Four-time Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz says he was unaware there would be a class-action lawsuit filed in U.S. federal court against some of the groups that run tennis and made clear that he does not back the effort by the players’ association co-founded by Novak Djokovic.
 
View of Guillermo Vilas Stadium during a semifinal match at the Argentina Open tennis tournament in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello, File)
Novak Djokovic’s players’ association sued the groups that run tennis. Why and what do they want?
The tennis players’ association co-founded by Novak Djokovic has sued the main groups that run the sport in a bid to gain more money and control.
 
Canada's Vasek Pospisil and Serbia's Novak Djokovic talk tactics during their double match against during their Round of 32 match at the Adelaide International Tennis tournament in Adelaide, Australia, Jan. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Kelly Barnes, File)
Players’ group founded by Novak Djokovic files an antitrust suit against tennis organizers
The players’ association co-founded by Novak Djokovic has filed an antitrust lawsuit against the women’s and men’s professional tours, the International Tennis Federation and the sport’s integrity agency.
 
Iga Swiatek, of Poland, gestures while talking with the chair umpire as she plays against Mirra Andreeva, of Russia, during the semifinals at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament Friday, March 14, 2025, in Indian Wells, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Iga Swiatek discusses nearly hitting a ball boy and three weeks she spent crying daily last year
Iga Swiatek has offered a revealing look at her emotional state in recent months and discussed online criticism she received for nearly hitting a ball boy during a match last week.
 
Coco Gauff of the United States returns a shot to Yuliia Starodubtseva of Ukraine during the women's singles quarterfinals match of the China Open tennis tournament, at the National Tennis Center in Beijing, Oct. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim, file)
Coco Gauff heads home to the Miami Open after her 21st birthday and a bit of a rough patch
Coco Gauff heads to the Miami Open this week after celebrating her 21st birthday and going through a bit of a tough patch this season. Gauff is seeded third at the hard-court tournament that begins Tuesday for the women and Wednesday for the men.
 
Sports writer and author John Feinstein poses in Washington, Feb. 28, 2006. (AP Photo Caleb Jones, file)
John Feinstein, bestselling author and one of the country’s foremost sports writers, dies at 69
John Feinstein, one of the country’s foremost sports writers and the author of numerous bestselling books, has died unexpectedly, according to his brother, Robert Feinstein. John Feinstein was 69.
 
Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic reacts during her first round match against Jessica Bouzas Maneiro of Spain at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, July 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file)
Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova says she is taking time off because of her shoulder
2023 Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova will take a few months off the tennis tour because of continuing problems with her surgically repaired left shoulder. Vondrousova announced that she will take a break via a social media post on Thursday.
 
Serena Williams, of the United States, talks with her daughter Olympia and husband Alexis Ohanian after defeating Danka Kovinic, of Montenegro, during the first round of the U.S. Open tennis championships, Aug. 29, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
Women’s tennis players now are eligible for paid maternity leave financed by Saudi fund
 
Washington Nationals relief pitcher Kyle Finnegan delivers during a baseball game against the Miami Marlins, Sept. 14, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass, File)
Kyle Finnegan agrees to a $6M, 1-year deal to return to the Washington Nationals, AP sources say
Closer Kyle Finnegan has agreed to a one-year, $6 million contract to return to the Washington Nationals, pending the successful completion of a physical exam, two people with knowledge of the deal confirmed to The Associated Press.
 
Jannik Sinner of Italy celebrates after defeating Alexander Zverev of Germany in the men's singles final at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Asanka Brendon Ratnayake)
Jannik Sinner is out of a Las Vegas exhibition because of his doping ban. Casper Ruud will fill in
Jannik Sinner has been dropped from an exhibition event in Las Vegas next month while he is serving a three-month ban connected to a pair of failed doping tests.
 
A tennis player was cleared of doping after blaming a positive test on contaminated Colombian meat
A low-ranked tennis player from Brazil has been cleared in a doping case by the International Tennis Integrity Agency after saying his positive drug test for an anabolic steroid was caused by eating contaminated meat in Colombia.
 
People walk through the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center during the U.S. Open tennis championships, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)
Tennis participation grows to more than 25M players in the US even as pickleball’s popularity surges
The U.S. Tennis Association says participation in the sport around the United States rose to 25.7 million players in 2024. The USTA said Wednesday that is the fifth consecutive year of growth for tennis in the country.
 
Las Vegas Raiders head coach Antonio Pierce, right, greets Atlanta Falcons head coach Raheem Morris, left, after an NFL football game Dec. 16, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/David Becker, File)
11 NFL teams have never had a Black head coach. Players find that disappointing
More than a third of Black NFL players who responded to questions from the AP about the state of Black head coaches around the league were discouraged or disappointed by the current numbers.
 
Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin, right, talks with defensive end Cameron Heyward (97) in the second half of an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Chargers, Dec. 2, 2018, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
Players think 1st-time NFL head coaches who are Black feel extra pressure to succeed
It makes sense that Black players in the NFL think Black head coaches feel extra pressure. According to an AP tally, eight of the league’s 19 head coaches who were fired after their first full season since 2000 were Black.
 
Romania's Simona Halep throws her racket into the tribune after announcing her retirement from professional tennis following a defeat at the Transylvania Open women's tennis tournament, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, in Cluj, Romania. (Mihaela-Ionela Bobar/Action Foto Romania via AP)
Simona Halep announces her retirement at age 33 after two Grand Slam titles and a return from a ban
Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep has announced her retirement from tennis at age 33. Halep spoke to the crowd after a first-round loss at a tournament in her home country of Romania on Tuesday.
 
Pam Shriver is seen ahead of the women's singles match at the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, Thursday, July 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)
Tennis Hall of Famer Pam Shriver’s trophies are back after being taken in stolen car amid LA fires
International Tennis Hall of Fame member Pam Shriver has her trophies back. Shriver said Friday that she regained the dozen or so pieces of hardware that were in a car stolen from the hotel where she was staying after evacuating from her home during the outbreak of the devastating wildfires in the g
 
FILE- Banners are displayed on the grounds of the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
The US Open tennis tournament is adding a 15th day by moving to a Sunday start in 2025
The U.S. Open is expanding to 15 days this year as it shifts to a Sunday start for the first time in the Open era. The U.S. Tennis Association announced the additional day of main-draw action for the 2025 tournament in a news release on Wednesday.
 
Jannik Sinner of Italy holds the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup aloft after defeating Alexander Zverev of Germany in the men's singles final at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Australian Open champion Jannik Sinner’s style draws comparisons to Novak Djokovic
It’s hard to watch the way Jannik Sinner plays tennis and not think of Novak Djokovic. Of all the praise bestowed on Sinner after he won his second consecutive Australian Open championship, and third Grand Slam title overall, nothing felt as significant as the comparison made by runner-up Alexander
 
Alexander Zverev of Germany attends a press conference after his loss to Jannik Sinner of Italy following the men's singles final at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
Australian Open: Alexander Zverev loses a third Grand Slam final, this time to Jannik Sinner
Alexander Zverev says he is feeling down and emotional after once again coming within one win of earning his first Grand Slam title.
 
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