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Homers spoil Greinke’s return to Arizona, Royals’ strong start

PHOENIX — Arizona’s familiarity with Zack Greinke led to a solid offensive night against the Diamondbacks’ former pitcher. Christian Walker and Pavin Smith homered and Ketel Marte’s two-run double broke a fourth-inning tie to help the Diamondbacks beat Kansas City 9-5 Monday night in Greinke’s first appearance at Chase Field since he left at the 2019 trade deadline after 3 1/2 seasons in Arizona.

What’s acceptable trash talk?

Modern baseball is boring. That was Tim Anderson’s feeling in the spring of 2019 when the Chicago White Sox shortstop spoke to Sports Illustrated for a lengthy profile.

Chiefs finalize preseason dates, times

The Kansas City Chiefs finalized their preseason schedule Monday. The Chiefs will play the Chicago Bears, Washington Commanders and Green Bay Packers this preseason with a pair of home dates.

NFL revamps Rooney Rule to include quarterbacks coaches

The NFL has expanded the Rooney Rule again, this time to include quarterbacks coaches in a further effort to diversify the coaching ranks. The change was announced Tuesday at the owners meeting in Atlanta by Jonathan Beane, the NFL’s senior vice president and chief diversity and inclusion officer.

WHAT’S ON TODAY

Today’s sports broadcast highlights Wednesday’s Television • Tennis: ATP/WTA French Open, 5 a.m., Tennis (Comcast 277) • Tennis: ATP/WTA French Open, 6 a.m., Bally Sports KC (48) • College baseball: Big Ten Tournament: Penn State vs. Iowa, 9 a.m., BTN (255) • College baseball: Big 12 Tournament: Texas vs.