Derrick Henry and Tyrann Mathieu, 2020 All-Pro players, are among the 32 men chosen as finalists for the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year award. Each of the teams nominated one player for the prestigious honor named for the late Payton, a Hall of Fame running back for the Bears.
It took just three games this season for William Chrisman’s Dayne Herl to find out what it’s like to be the marquee player on the Bears basketball team this season. The 6-foot-5 senior guard has experienced every type of defense in an opponent’s playbook, and before Saturday afternoon’s championship game in the Fourth Annual Phog Allen Invitational, he enjoyed a heroic performance in the Bears’ 71-69 overtime victory over Jefferson City.
Missouri athletic director Desiree Reed-Francois doesn’t feel like the Tigers were the Southeastern Conference’s odd team out during the bowl selection process. Yes, MU was the only league team not selected to the College Football Playoff or a previous league-affiliated bowl, but she and Missouri head football coach Eli Drinkwitz value the opportunity of the Armed Forces Bowl.
Buck O’Neil, a champion of Black ballplayers during a monumental, eightdecade career on and off the field, joined Gil Hodges, Minnie Miñoso and three others in being elected to the baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday.
The Grinch had nothing to do with perhaps the most disappointing holiday promotion in Kansas City Mavericks history. The famous Dr.
The Lee’s Summit North boys basketball team won a total of one game – by forfeit – last season. Coach Mike Hilbert’s squad came away from the Fourth Annual Phog Allen Invitational tournament at William Chrisman High School with two wins and a renewed love of the game.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Chiefs’ Andy Reid is an offensive-minded coach to his core, so the Kansas City defense must have done something special against the Denver Broncos on Sunday night for him to call its performance “beautiful.”
William Chrisman guard Jessie Minter has a new brother. Actually, the Bears senior transfer from Kansas City East has 13 new brothers, and they are having the time of their lives.
WHAT’S ON TODAY Today’s sports broadcast highlights Tuesday’s Television • Tennis: ATP Florianopolis/ATP Maia, 5 a.m, Tennis (Comcast 277) • Soccer: FIFA Arab Cup: Morocco vs. Saudi Arabia, 8:50 a.m., FS2 (740) • Curling: Olympics Qualifying: U.S.
(Schedules subject to change) TUESDAY, DEC. 7 HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL 7 p.m.