HOUSTON — Astros general manager James Click will not be given a new contract, a highly unusual move that the team announced Friday — just six days after Houston won the World Series. Click was hired from the Tampa Bay Rays before the 2020 season and appeared increasingly distant from owner Jim Crane.
BROOKFIELD — In the first of two nights in a row of such festivities, 2022 Brookfield High School fall-season athletes were recognized and honored last Tuesday with the awards event for football and cross-country running participants. The quick-paced program, followed the next night by an identical event for the softball, volleyball and girls’ golf programs, was hosted by the booster club, as always.
With a second week of preseason practices now “in the bank,” the four Class 1 high schools in or overlapping the Linn County borders rapidly are approaching the start of 2022-23 basketball season game play.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Nick Bolton is supposed to be thinking about the next defensive series when he's on the sideline, especially considering the Kansas City Chiefs linebacker is responsible for making sure his guys are lined up properly on the field.
HOUSTON (AP) — Yordan Alvarez hit a moon shot that sent Space City into a frenzy, and the Houston Astros to their second World Series title. While the stain on Houston's first championship might never completely fade, Alvarez's majestic three-run homer helped fashion a fresh crown for the Astros -- and the first for Dusty Baker as manager -- in a 4-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 6 on Saturday night.
Bobby Hurley knows what's coming. At some point in the months ahead, one of his Arizona State players will walk into his office with surprising news.
Missouri’s November firearms deer season opened today (Nov. 12) and will run through Nov.
The University of Missouri- Columbia football Tigers play their final road game of the 2022 regular season Saturday at Knoxville, Tenn., taking on the No. 5-ranked Volunteers in an 11 a.m.
Nine Marceline High School football players received some level of all-Lewis and Clark Conference recognition in the voting by conference head coaches, results of which were announced recently. Three Tigers – seniors Tanner Sayre and Ryder Gooch and junior Caleb Stallo received enough support to net first-team berths – Sayre on the offensive line, R.
COLUMBIA (AP) — Returnee Kobe Brown scored 20 points to lead six players in double figures, and added 14 rebounds and Missouri opened the season under new coach Dennis Gates by holding off Southern Indiana 97-91 last Monday night. Gates picks up his first win at Missouri after a successful three-year run at Cleveland State. The Tigers are coming off a 12-21 record and 11th-place finish in the Southeastern Conference.