Month: August 2019

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration froze all Venezuelan government assets in a dramatic escalation of tensions with Nicolás Maduro that places his socialist administration alongside a short list of adversaries from Cuba, North Korea,…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Gregg Popovich walked into USA Basketball’s first team meeting in advance of World Cup training camp, and it seemed to some in the room that he was having a little difficulty…

BOSTON (AP) — The music was blaring in the clubhouse and Boston utility player Brock Holt was holding a microphone, acting like a DJ. The defending World Series champion Red Sox were clearly ready to…

BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Kareem Hunt has learned there’s only one way to avoid trouble. “Lay low,” he said. The Browns’ suspended running back said Monday that a recent off-field incident, which led to police…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Rick Hendrick minced no words at the start of the season, when the NASCAR team owner dismissed the previous year as one of the worst in the history of his mighty…

Dear Carolyn: Like that New Yorker cartoon about a guy making plans — “How about never — is never good for you?” — I find myself in a pickle. A longtime friend lives with a man who makes…

HAYS — Seven innings were not enough to decide the semi-final of the Senior American Legion Kansas State Tournament between the AA Iola Indians and Emporia Post 5.  The Indians could not muster the go-ahead…

A mural painted by Jim Stuckey on the side of Gods Activity Building in Leroy commemorates Bill Freeman. Freeman was one of the most successful high school football and track coaches in Kansas history, having…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Devin Smeltzer’s meditation routine kept him calm on the way to his first major league win. Smeltzer pitched two-hit ball into the seventh inning, and the Minnesota Twins completed a three-game sweep…

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — There was no disputing who the featured running back was for the Kansas City Chiefs when they made the short trip up Interstate 29 for the start of training camp…