Ex-Chief Mecole Hardman agrees to deal with Packers
Free agent wide receiver Mecole Hardman, who caught the winning touchdown for the Chiefs in Super Bowl 58, is headed elsewhere for the 2025 season.
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Mizzou hires Kellie Harper as new women's basketball coach
Missouri is hiring former Tennessee coach Kellie Harper to lead its women’s basketball program.
NCAA Tournament bracket preview has your dark horses and sentimental favorites
Back by popular (?) demand, this region-by-region bracket preview – in homage to late News & Observer sports columnist Caulton Tudor, who invented the format and lingo and produced this preview for decades – cuts to the meat of the bracket.
Is it OK to still hate Duke? Pressing questions about this year’s NCAA Tournament
The NCAA Tournament is here, and that can mean only one thing. TV timeouts.
March Madness women’s tournament analysis: Teams and players to watch
The NCAA women’s basketball tournament bracket is set. Here’s a rundown of the players to watch, potential Cinderella teams and game previews for every region in the 2025 NCAA women’s basketball tournament.
Grain Valley baseball hopes strength on mound helps them to better finish in 2025
The Grain Valley baseball team has been a factory for high-level pitchers.
Odds stacked against Mizzou making a run to NCAA title
The path, for now, is marked with percentages and projections.
Former Royal Clint Hurdle turns 25 'Hurdle-isms' into book of 'wit and wisdom'
Just like fathers and sons often form a bond tied together by baseball, Clint Hurdle started loving the game the day his dad, Big Clint, asked him, "Do you want to go outside and play catch?" The former Pittsburgh Pirates manager was 5. A flame was lit.
Chiefs bring back JuJu Smith-Schuster on one-year contract
JuJu Smith-Schuster is staying in Kansas City. The veteran wideout signed a one-year deal to remain with the Chiefs, according to the team.
Ex-Chief Justin Reid followed his family's wishes to come home
According to former Chiefs safety Justin Reid, about a quarter of the NFL’s 32 teams checked in on him when he became a free agent, a list he soon whittled down to three.