KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Mike Tomlin and Ben Roethlisberger are brutally honest about the Steelers’ chances of advancing past the wild-card round of the playoffs, especially given the Chiefs humiliated them just a few weeks ago in Arrowhead Stadium.
The Blue Springs girls basketball team never held a lead in regulation against Smithville Thursday night. That didn’t stop the Wildcats from claiming a 51-45 double overtime victory and the title of the Oak Park Lady Oakies Invitational.
Two weeks to the day after Missouri women’s basketball stunned No. 1 South Carolina, the Tigers couldn’t find the same magic against No.
(Schedules subject to change) SATURDAY, JAN. 15 ECHL MINOR LEAGUE HOCKEY 7:05 p.m.
It didn’t take long to figure out which team was going to win the first semifinal game of the 35th annual Pleasant Hill High School Chicks Invitational. Two-time Examiner Player of the Year Grace Slaughter hit six of her first seven attempts from the field, finished with 14 first-quarter points and led Grain Valley to a 76-19 mercy-rule win over Summit Christian Academy.
The same week Sporting Kansas City learned it would be without star forward Alan Pulido for the upcoming season, it welcomed back two familiar faces. Sporting KC announced Thursday morning it has signed longtime mainstays Graham Zusi and Roger Espinoza to contracts for the 2022 season.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The last time the Kansas City Chiefs played the Pittsburgh Steelers, their record-setting wide receiver had just recovered from COVID-19 and their star tight end was sitting at home and still dealing with the virus.
Today’s sports broadcast highlights Friday’s Television • Golf: PGA Australasia Tour Australian PGA Championship (taped), 5 a.m., GOLF (Comcast 27) • Horse racing: America’s Day at the Races, 1:30 p.m., FS2 (740) • Soccer: EP: Crystal Palace at Brighton & Hove, 2 p.m., USA (52) • College basketball: Buffalo at Ball State, 5 p.m., CBSSN (274) • College basketball: Nebraska at Purdue, 5:30 p.m., FS1 (43) • Women’s college basketball: Villanova at DePaul, 5:30 p.m., FS2 (740) • Golf: PGA Sony Open, 6 p.m., GOLF (27) • College wrestling: Michigan at Ohio State, 6 p.m., BTN (255) • College basketball: Manhattan at Iona, 6 p.m., ESPNU (269) • NHL: Dallas at Florida, 6 p.m., NHLN (276) • College gymnastics: Georgia at Kentucky, 6 p.m., SECN (284) • College basketball: VCU at St. Bonaventure, 6:30 p.m., ESPN2 (29) • NBA: Golden State at Chicago, 6:45 p.m., ESPN (13) • College basketball: Akron at Kent State, 7 p.m., CBSSN (274) • College gymnastics: Auburn at Arkansas, 7:30 p.m., SECN (284) • College basketball: Michigan at Illinois, 8 p.m., FS1 (43) • College wrestling: Nebraska at Michigan State, 8 p.m., BTN (255) • College basketball: Davidson at Richmond, 8 p.m., ESPNU (269) • College gymnastics: Oklahoma at Utah, 8:30 p.m., ESPN2 (29) • NBA: Dallas at Memphis, 9:05 p.m., ESPN (13) • College basketball: Fresno State at UNLV, 10 p.m., FS1 (43) • Tennis: WTA Sydney/WTA Adelaide finals, 11:30 p.m., Tennis (277) • Golf: Asian Tour Singapore International Championship, 1:30 a.m.
(Schedules subject to change) FRIDAY, JAN. 14 ECHL MINOR LEAGUE HOCKEY 7 p.m.
LAWRENCE, Kan. – Ochai Agbaji arrived at Kansas as a lightly regarded three-star prospect whose list of scholarship offers included Colorado State, Northern Iowa and a host of other midmajors along with the Jayhawks and a couple other Power Five schools.