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NEW YORK (AP) — Honored with Major League Baseball’s highest honor for character, community involvement and philanthropy, Salvador Perez wanted fellow major leaguers to know contributing even a little time to charitable work can go…

LAS VEGAS — Inevitable as the Chiefs’ 27-20 victory over the Raiders on Sunday at Allegiant Stadium might have seemed by the end, it also hinged on a crucial inflection point — and on freshly…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs acquired pass rusher Josh Uche from the New England Patriots for a 2026 sixth-round pick on Monday, giving one of the NFL’s best defenses an upgrade…

BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — Ay, Caramba! Bart and Homer Simpson, meet “Monday Night Football.” The Dec. 9 Monday night game between the Cincinnati Bengals and Dallas Cowboys will also air from Atoms Stadium in Springfield…

College basketball has undergone a massive upheaval in a short time. The transfer portal has created what amounts to free agency, with players switching teams like wardrobe changes at a Broadway show and forcing coaches…

RICHMOND — Iola High will send Keegan Hill and Cole Moyer to the Class 3A State Cross Country meet, courtesy of their personal-best showings at Saturday’s regionals, hosted by Central Heights. Hill overcame a sudden…

SABETHA — Crest High’s Lady Lancers found themselves in familiar territory — atop the medal stand — in unfamiliar territory, the Sabetha Country Club grounds in far northeast Kansas. The Crest squad captured the Class…

LA CYGNE — It’s the closest thing Kansas high school football has to a mulligan, and Iola High hopes to take full advantage. The Mustangs dropped a 49-30 loss to Prairie View Friday to end…

HUMBOLDT — Even with a couple of hiccups on the offensive end Friday, Humboldt High had no troubles finishing off its first undefeated regular season since 2019. The Cubs stuffed visiting Central Heights at every…

ST. PAUL — Marmaton Valley High put the finishing touches on its second consecutive Three Rivers League crown and its first district title since 2012 Friday. The Wildcats rolled past host St. Paul, 68-20, to…