CLEVELAND — Baker Mayfield’s rocky run with Cleveland officially ended Wednesday when the Browns traded the divisive quarterback and former No. 1 overall draft pick to the Carolina Panthers for a future draft pick.
As the Pac-12 fights for survival in the wake of USC and UCLA announcing their joint departure for the Big Ten in 2024, merger, acquisition and going-out-of-business talk is all the rage. Washington and Oregon are also headed to the Big Ten … No, Stanford is really the next target … Arizona State, Arizona, Utah and Colorado are preparing to jump to the Big 12 … The Pac-12 and Big 12 should merge to form a super-conference … Meanwhile, the grandmaster stays quiet, examining the chessboard and plotting its next move.
Pool A Blue Springs Post 499 Fike Springfield (Neb.) Post 143 Moberly (Mo.) NEMO Sixers Topeka (Kan.) Midwest Prospects Pool B St. Joseph (Mo.) Post 11 Omaha (Neb.) Taylor Made Huskies Crawfordsville (Ind.) Post 72 Topeka (Kan.) Post 421 Senators Pool C Sedalia (Mo.) Post 642 Travelers St.
Blue Springs Post 499 Fike finished 1-2 in a tune-up for the American Legion Wood Bat Invitational last weekend. Fike finished 1-2 in the Elsberry (Mo.) Post 226 Wood Bat Tournament, defeating Three Oaks (Mich.) Post 204 17-4 before falling 11-2 to host Elsberry Post 226 and 4-1 to St.
HOUSTON — Long established as a star at the plate, Yordan Alvarez has been showing flashes of brilliance on defense this season, too. Alvarez threw out Hunter Dozier at the plate from just short of the warning track in left field to preserve a two-run, eighth-inning lead, then hit his 25th homer as the Houston Astros beat the Kansas City Royals 9-7 on Tuesday night.
Ville Husso’s timing couldn’t be better. His breakout season as an NHL goalie has come just before an offseason in which a lot of teams need goalies. Even better for Husso, there aren’t many enticing goalie options scheduled for unrestricted free agency July 13.
Kansas City Mavericks coach and general manager Tad O’Had said a week ago to expect “more big signings” after the ECHL team inked veteran Loren Ulett to a new one-year deal. O’Had kept his promise as the Mavericks announced the signing of forward John Schiavo to a one-year contract.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pat Cipollone, Donald Trump’s former White House counsel, is scheduled to testify Friday before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to a person briefed on the matter.
Independence police are investigating a shooting after a man was seriously wounded and another arrested Tuesday afternoon in the Independence neighborhood near Woodlawn Cemetery. Police were called at 2:50 p.m.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A police officer armed with a rifle watched the gunman in the Uvalde elementary school massacre walk toward the campus but did not fire while waiting for permission from a supervisor to shoot, according to a sweeping critique released Wednesday on the tactical response to the May massacre.