DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Kyle Busch makes no excuses for his Daytona 500 failures. His fortunes at NASCAR’s most famous track are filled with bad luck, bad timing and maybe even a few bad…

BEIJING (AP) — Anxious feelings overwhelmed the Russians’ bench as they fell behind in the shootout against Sweden and needed each goal and save to stay alive. “Some of the shootouts I didn’t even look,”…

BEIJING (AP) — A Russian woman was standing atop the figure skating podium at the Beijing Games on Thursday night. It just wasn’t the one anyone expected.  Even the fact that there was a podium was…

FORT SCOTT — Allen’s men’s basketball is on a roll. The Red Devils defeated Fort Scott Community College 73-55 on Wednesday to extend its winning streak to two games. The Greyhounds jumped out to an…

HUMBOLDT — The Humboldt Middle School girls season ended with a bang on Monday night. The Cubs swept Caney Valley. The A team won 48-12. The B team won 16-11 and the C team won…

BEIJING (AP) — The United States may have lost the gold medal 10 minutes into the Olympics. Two weeks before facing Canada in the women’s hockey final, the Americans watched first-line center and arguably their…

OSAWATOMIE — Iola High School’s boys are on a hot streak. The Mustangs extended a two-game winning streak on Tuesday, defeating Osawatomie 61-25. Tyler Boeken led the way with 22 points and seven boards. Iola’s…

OSAWATOMIE — Iola High School’s girls played the role of spoiler Tuesday on Osawatomie’s senior night. The Mustangs won 47-41 behind Aysha Houk’s 16 points. Iola started a bit sluggish in the first half but…

LEON — Humboldt High’s boys kept their record spotless for February, picking up their fourth straight win with a 66-50 victory over host Bluestem. Colton Slocum had 23 points and eight rebounds, while Trey Sommer…

BUFFALO — Yates Center High School’s boys basketball team got back into the win column on Tuesday night, defeating Altoona-Midway 50-34. Sean Hurst had another big game for the Wildcats, scoring 24 points.  Yates Center…