TOKYO (AP) — Athletes at the Tokyo Olympics will put their medals around their own necks to protect against spreading the coronavirus. The “very significant change” to traditional medal ceremonies in the 339 events was…

SANDWICH, England (AP) — The unwanted milestone Lee Westwood has been creeping toward is finally here. The British Open at Royal St. George’s will be Westwood’s 88th major championship, and no other player has competed…

A successful summer on the baseball diamond has led to top seeds for both of Iola’s American Legion squads in their upcoming postseason tournaments. The Iola AA  Indians, representing the older age bracket, is the…

Bitty Ball League  Nelson Quarries 9, A&W Restaurant 8. Hits for Nelson: Easton Cooks, 3 s; Colton Hall, s, d, HR; Cieson Kidwell-Arell, 2 s; Daegan Rodriguez, 2 s, 2 HR; Asher Collins, 3 s;…

DENVER (AP) — Pete Alonso of the New York Mets became the third back-to-back Home Run Derby champion, beating No. 6 seed Trey Mancini as part of the All-Star Game festivities Monday. The 26-year-old Alonso…

DENVER (AP) — Shohei Ohtani will be the American League’s starting pitcher in Tuesday’s night’s All-Star Game and will bat leadoff, too, as the designated hitter in another landmark for the two-way Japanese sensation. A…

Eight years into his star-crossed professional baseball career in 2019, Bubba Starling was in El Paso, Texas, for the Triple-A All-Star Game when he received a three-way phone call from Royals assistant general manager J.J.…

The Mozzicatos could have gone to Denver for the MLB All-Star Game and experienced the glamour and glitz of being picked in a nationally televised draft, or they could have rented out a place in…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Olympic champion gymnast Oleg Verniaiev is set to miss the Tokyo Games because he has been banned following a failed drug test. The Ukrainian gymnast said in an Instagram post on…

What’s the opposite of T-Ball? Perhaps it’s “80 Ball.” Iolan David Heard joined a squad of octogenarians from the area to form the Redbirds 80s, who just won a senior softball tournament in Shelbvyville, Ind. …