ALLEN, Texas — The Kansas City Mavericks saw their playoff hopes inch closer to disappearing Wednesday. The Mavericks, with the help of a shorthanded goal, rallied from a 4-2 deficit to tie it, but the Allen Americans scored three unanswered goals to claim a 7-4 victory that all but eliminated Kansas City from the ECHL playoffs.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — All-Star outfielder Whit Merrifield and the Kansas City Royals agreed to a restructured contract late Wednesday in which the club exercised its option for next season and the two sides added a mutual option for 2024.
The National Football League was urged by six state attorneys general to improve working conditions for female employees following allegations that the organization is a hostile workplace for the women.
Blue Springs South pitcher Trenton Roehler got through his early struggles Wednesday. That was enough for the Jaguars to eke out a 5-4 Suburban Big Eight Conference home victory over Raymore-Peculiar.
After Truman High School baseball coach Corey Lathrom and his staff and team had put a tarp over the mound and pried the bases out of the mud and muck – the result of a brief but fierce rainstorm – he answered a question with one concise sentence.
Some high school girls soccer teams have one or two standouts that opposing squads focus on stopping. William Chrisman is not one of those teams.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Every big leaguer thinks their team has a chance when they arrive at spring training. The old “hope springs eternal” cliché is, after all, more apropos to Major League Baseball than perhaps any other professional sport.
Bobby Witt Jr., widely considered the best prospect in baseball, has made the Kansas City roster and will start at third base in the Royals’ season opener against the Cleveland Guardians on Thursday at Kauffman Stadium.
The William Chrisman boys tennis team didn’t have time to get their doubles matches in before the rain hit Tuesday at Santa Fe Trail Park. But the Bears already had enough to clinch the victory after sweeping all six singles matches for a 6-0 win over visiting Kearney.
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Jordan Spieth is a little frustrated he has just one green jacket. Justin Thomas is just as frustrated he has only won one major championship — and it didn’t come with a green jacket.