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AP PRO FOOTBALL WRITER NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Derrick Henry has been seen jogging on the field with his daughter after practice.

NEW YORK (AP) — Venus Williams will be back in the U.S. Open this year after being given a wild card on Wednesday into what could be younger sister Serena's final tournament.

AP SPORTS WRITER COLUMBIA — University of Missouri football head coach Eli Drinkwitz is on his third defensive coordinator in three years at Missouri, and the Tigers are about to start their fifth different quarterback in the season opener in the last five years. Sounds like a program that should be on shaky ground.

CHICAGO — Patrick Mahomes sure looked like he was ready to go. The onetime MVP, Super Bowl champion and four-time Pro Bowler made it look easy in his short time on the field.

LCL SPORTS EDITOR psturm@cherryroad.com While graybeards were continuing to confound Father Time on Missouri’s eastern border last weekend, on the state’s western flank, members of a youthful talent wave which hopefully will regenerate the fortunes of the Major League Baseball team there were offering evidence that might come to pass while testing the team with the major leagues’ best 2022 record to date. At Kansas City’s Kauffman Stadium Sunday, Brady Singer pitched six dominant innings as the Royals ended the Los Angeles Dodgers' 12-game winning streak, blanking them 4-0 on two hits.

With the expected rugged run of Clarence Cannon Conference games looming for the 2022 Brookfield High School football Bulldogs in weeks three through nine, in some situations, second-year head coach Cory Luke and his staff might have the luxury of considering the ’Dogs’ two non-conference outings to start the season primarily as stepping stones or test runs to use to get the squad fine-tuned and polished for the start of that league gantlet. In other cases, there might be concern about getting the players’ attention focused on the non-CCC foes, given the challenges which surely await once league action commences.

Wonderful weather for mid-August greeted Marceline High School’s early football and softball practices this past Monday and Tuesday. The 2022 football Tigers, under new leadership in head coach Joey Peterson, worked out in the mid-to-late afternoon hours, while the softball Lady Tigers and returning head coach Todd Lowther had early-evening sessions. Rather than the extreme heat and high humidity often experienced in those time frames at this time of year, both Monday’s and Tuesday’s practices took place in very tolerable conditions in both regards. Peterson, replacing now-Southern Boone head coach Mark Ross at the MHS gridiron helm, had about 40 players in uniform at week’s start and Lowther said his program’s roster was 25 players deep. (Paul Sturm/LCL PHOTOS)

Saying 'the countdown has begun,' 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams announced Tuesday she is ready to step away from tennis so she can turn her focus to having another child and her business interests, presaging the end of a career that transcended sports.

LCL SPORTS EDITOR psturm@cherryroad.com Fans wanting to take in the first Marceline High School fall sports competition of 2022 – the football Tigers’ neutral-site clash with Perryville: St. Vincent – will need to start early.