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George Brett reminds Royals players of intensity of past playoffs against Yankees
NEW YORK (AP) — George Brett watched the Kansas City Royals prepare to face the New York Yankees and remembered the combustible clashes of the 1970s. “This isn’t a series, this is war,” said the Hall of Famer, tossing in a profanity for emphasis. Brett slid...
Chiefs put WR Rashee Rice on injured reserve after hurting his knee in a win over the Chargers
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs put Rashee Rice on injured reserve Thursday, sidelining him for at least four weeks and likely longer, after their leading wide receiver hurt his knee when quarterback Patrick Mahomes collided with him trying to make a tackle last weekend. Mahomes...
Yankees GM Brian Cashman: `We only have a great shot if we play our best baseball'
NEW YORK (AP) — Brian Cashman appreciates World Series titles are expected from the New York Yankees, not just hoped for. New York hasn't even reached the Fall Classic since winning its 27th championship in 2009, the franchise's longest drought since the gap between 1978 and 1996....
Saints visit Arrowhead Stadium after consecutive losses to face unbeaten Chiefs on Monday night
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs head into the fifth week of the regular season as one of two unbeaten teams in the NFL, and a big reason why is their ability to hold or take the lead in the fourth quarter, when games often are on the line. The Saints, who head to Kansas City on...
Patrick Mahomes and Bobby Witt Jr. come from shared backgrounds. Both have KC teams chasing titles
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — They were the sons of big league ballplayers, the lazy summer days of their youth spent listening to stories about baseball. Their dads were both journeyman pitchers — maybe faced each other a time or two — who bounced from team to team as they tried to...
Patrick Mahomes sees himself turning the corner amid a slow start, even as the Chiefs are 4-0
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes has been through self-described slumps before, including last year, when the Chiefs struggled so mightily late in the season that some were calling them a long shot to win another Super Bowl title. Then the two-time league MVP played his best...
Not long since 100-loss seasons, the Royals and Orioles meet in an AL Wild Card Series
BALTIMORE (AP) — Adley Rutschman and Bobby Witt Jr. were the top two picks of baseball's 2019 amateur draft, back when the Baltimore Orioles and Kansas City Royals were among the worst teams in the sport. “It’s pretty crazy,” Witt said Monday. “Now we’re matching up in...
Survive and advance is the mantra for NASCAR Cup Series playoff contenders after chaotic Kansas race
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — The dozen drivers who advanced to the second round of the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs saw Kansas Speedway as a relatively straightforward test, given the potential chaos looming at Talladega and the unpredictability of the road course at Charlotte. For most...
Chiefs keep winning even as they lose star players, with knee injury to Rashee Rice only the latest
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs keep winning close games. They also keep losing important players. The Chiefs' latest escape job came Sunday in Los Angeles, when they weathered more first-half problems t o rally for a 17-10 win over the Chargers. ...
Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce help Chiefs rally for 17-10 win over Chargers
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes has run through the gamut of situations in his 100 regular-season starts. Even though the Kansas City Chiefs were down 10-0 to the Los Angeles Chargers a little more than 11 minutes into Sunday's game, Mahomes knew there was plenty of time...
