KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Kansas City Chiefs have reached the end zone so regularly on their opening offensive possession this season that their opponents might as well stop wasting time and just give them the seven points.
When Missouri decided a decade ago that a move to the Southeastern Conference would best serve the university in the long term, there was one problem. The SEC doesn’t sponsor wrestling.
AREA SPORTS CALENDAR (Schedules subject to change) WEDNESDAY, DEC. 8 ECHL MINOR LEAGUE HOCKEY 8:05 p.m.
Today’s sports broadcast highlights Wednesday’s Television • Tennis: ATP Florianopolis/ATP Maia, 5 a.m, Tennis (Comcast 277) • Soccer: UEFA Champions League: Teams TBA (taped), 9 a.m., CBSSN (274) • Tennis: ATP Florianopolis, 1:30 p.m., Tennis (277) • College basketball: Ball State at Xavier, 5:30 p.m., FS1 (43) • College basketball: Connecticut at West Virginia, 6 p.m., ESPN2 (29) • College basketball: Indiana at Wisconsin, 6 p.m., BTN (255) • Women’s college basketball: Iowa at Iowa State, 6 p.m., ESPNU (269) • Soccer: UEFA Champions League: Teams TBA (taped), 6 p.m., CBSSN (274) • NHL: Colorado at New York Rangers, 6 p.m., NHLN (276) • College basketball: North Florida at Florida, 6 p.m., SECN (284) • Soccer: CONCACAF League: Comunicaciones FC at FC Motagua, 6 p.m., FS2 (740) • NBA: Oklahoma City at Toronto, 6:30 p.m., Bally Sports KC (48) • NBA: Milwaukee at Miami, 6:45 p.m., ESPN (13) • College basketball: UMBC at Georgetown, 7:30 p.m., FS1 (43) • College basketball: Marquette at Kansas State, 8 p.m., ESPN2 (29) • College basketball: Michigan State at Minnesota, 8 p.m., BTN (255) • College basketball: Towson at Ohio State, 8 p.m., ESPNU (269) • Soccer: UEFA Champions League: Teams TBA (taped), 8 p.m., CBSSN (274) • NHL: Dallas at Vegas, 9 p.m., TNT (51) • NBA: Portland at Golden State, 9:05 p.m., ESPN (13) Wednesday’s Audio/Radio • High school boys basketball: Van Horn at Truman, 7 p.m., freetap.com • College basketball: Marquette at Kansas State, 8 p.m., KCSP (610 AM).
MOBILE, Ala. – Statues of Hank Aaron and other local heroes who made the baseball and football Halls of Fame are planned for a public space celebrating the heritage of the city of Mobile.
FIRST TEAM Singles • Kylee Bragaw, soph., Grain Valley — 20-5 record (5-0 Suburban Middle Six Conference); Class 2 state qualifier; Class 2 District 8 champion; first-team All-Suburban Middle Six. • Sarah Green, sr., Lee’s Summit North — 12-7 record (4-3 Suburban Big Eight Conference); Class 3 District 6 third place; All-Suburban Big Eight honorable mention.
Grain Valley all-state junior Grace Slaughter kept an impressive streak alive Monday. The guard, who helped Team USA to a gold medal in the FIBA Americas U16 Women’s Championship this summer, poured in 35 points in a little more than three quarters of action to lead the Eagles to a 60-27 rout of Belton in their Suburban Middle Six Conference opener.
The Blue Springs South girls swimming and diving team claimed only two event wins Saturday but had enough depth to sweep the five-team field. The Jaguars edged Staley 860-841 and also defeated Kearney (1,042-615), Oak Park (1,077.5-367.5) and North Kansas City (1,085-315) at the Gladstone Community Center.
Fort Osage claimed two individual titles and three runner-up finishes to capture second place in the Grain Valley Wrestling Invitational Saturday. The Indians, led by titles from Colby Gray (120 pounds) and Stevie Gabb (285), compiled 208.5 points to finish behind only Liberty North (283).
It didn’t take long for the New England Patriots to become the New England Patriots again. After stumbling through a 7-9 season last year while watching Tom Brady win a seventh ring in his first season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Bill Belichick’s squad is once again the class of the AFC.