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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs wanted to get younger around quarterback Patrick Mahomes and the rest of their veteran core.

NEW YORK (AP) — The welcome and support for Venus Williams in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Tuesday afternoon were not the same as they were for her sister, Serena, a night earlier. Nor was the result.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes gazed over the firstteam Kansas City offense Thursday night, lined up before him as if members of a choir, and together the Chiefs took a poignant penalty to honor Hall of Fame quarterback Len Dawson.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Whether it was in the huddle during the early days of the AFL or behind the microphone as the NFL grew into the behemoth it is today, Len Dawson carried himself with an unmistakable swagger and self-assurance that earned him the well-worn nickname 'Lenny the Cool.'

By Jenna Fryer AP AUTO RACING WRITER CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — It took 26 races, plus a long, waterlogged weekend in Daytona and millions of dollars in crashed cars to finally determine NASCAR's 16-driver playoff field.

NEW YORK (AP) — They came to the U.S. Open on Monday from far and wide for Serena — no last name required, befitting someone as much an icon as superstar athlete — eager to see her play or, if not lucky enough to hold the right ticket, hoping for an autograph, a glance at her practicing or merely the chance to breathe the same Flushing Meadows air as her.

TROY, Mo. — Thanks to a late site change, at least the long trip back for the Marceline High School football Tigers and their fans last Saturday was shorter and simpler than it would have been.

O'Neill, Edman homers in eighth produce Sunday victory; Royals win with season high in runs Tyler O'Neill hit a three-run homer to break an eighth-inning tie as the St. Louis Cardinals rallied past the defending world champion Atlanta Braves 6-3 on Sunday night.

By PAUL STURM LCL/C-T Sports Editor psturm@cherryroad.com This season’s Brookfield Bulldogs look to improve on an up-and-down 4-6 season of a year ago that included a midseason 3-games winning streak which briefly pushed them above .500 in Cory Luke’s debut as head coach, On the “plus” side of the balance sheet when assessing the prospects for a winning fall this year are quite a few returnees in the offensive “skill” position and at the “second level” of the defense.