Statistically, it’s indisputable that the 2022 Chillicothe Mudcats baseball season was that organization’s poorest, in terms of on-field team results, and that the performances of players were among the least-effective in the club’s 20-seasons history.
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees acquired All-Star outfielder Andrew Benintendi from the Kansas City Royals for three minor league pitchers last Wednesday, less than a week before Major League Baseball’s non-waivers trade deadline.
ST. LOUIS — As the time neared for best-and-last offers for clubs like the St. Louis Cardinals trying to land stars like Juan Soto, Willson Contreras and J.D. Martinez 0r top available starting pitchers ahead of Tuesday's 5 p.m. CDT trade deadline, the Cardinals began a home stand which included facing the rival Chicago Cubs and then the AL East-leading New York Yankees and revived former long-time teammate Matt Carpenter already having gotten a lift – at least temporarily – from one new, but familiar, arrival.
When Juan Soto turned down a $440 million, 15-year deal to stay with the Washington Nationals, it ensured Tuesday's 6 p.m. EDT trade deadline would have a little juice.
BOSTON (AP) — Bill Russell redefined how basketball is played, and then he changed the way sports are viewed in a racially divided country. The most prolific winner in NBA history, Russell marched with Martin Luther King Jr., stood with Muhammad Ali and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama.
Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson was suspended for six games Monday after being accused by two dozen women in Texas of sexual misconduct during massage treatments, in what a disciplinary officer said was behavior "more egregious than any before reviewed by the NFL."
Reaction from the basketball world and beyond on the death of NBA great and 11- time champion Bill Russell: "Bill Russell was the greatest champion in all of team sports. The countless accolades that he earned for his storied career with the Boston Celtics — including a record 11 championships and five MVP awards — only begin to tell the story of Bill's immense impact on our league and broader society." — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said in a statement.
ST. JOSEPH — Clyde Edwards-Helaire trotted down the long hill toward the Kansas City Chiefs' practice field, one day after he was placed on the physically unable to perform list, and the competition was on to be the starting running back this season.
An average of a couple dozen-plus players participated during the final summer activities of the Brookfield High School football program the week of July 18-22 before the beginning of preseason practices Monday, Aug. 8. Second-year head coach Cory Luke, seen talking to the huddled group on hand for the last morning instructional session Friday, July 22, shares that about 25-30 players made the trip to the Simpson University team camp in Indianola, Iowa, July 18-19. Also seen is new defensive coordinator Kooper Wilson guiding members of that unit through alignment and assignment responsibilities during the July 22 morning session. BHS’ football Bulldogs are slated to open their new season at home Friday, Aug. 26, against Trenton, which ended their 2021 season with a home loss in the first round of the district playoffs after Brookfield began the year with an overtime victory at Trenton. (Paul Sturm/LCL PHOTOS)
Fall hunting seasons are not that far away any more (dove season opens Sept. 1) and it’s time for Missouri hunters to begin preparations for another fall’s outdoor activities.