Joy in Mud Bowl: Football tournament celebrates 50 years of messy fun

CONWAY, N.H. (AP) — College football players aspire to play in bowls games. Professional players dream of playing in the Super Bowl. A bunch of amateurs in New Hampshire just want to get muddy. On Sunday, a three-day sloppy, muddy mess wrapped up for the Mud Bowl,...

Rap megastar Kendrick Lamar will headline the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show in New Orleans

The Chiefs seek the 1st Super Bowl threepeat after 8 previous back-to-back champs fell short

Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs will try to do what Tom Brady, Joe Montana and Terry Bradshaw couldn't during their Hall of Fame careers. After winning back-to-back Super Bowls, Mahomes and the Chiefs now are aiming to become the first team ever to win three straight....

Travis Kelce's new racehorse Swift Delivery finishes 2nd as beaten favorite in Canada

TORONTO (AP) — A racehorse named Swift Delivery that three-time Super Bowl-winning Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce bought into has finished second in its latest start. Sent off as the even-money favorite, Swift Delivery was beaten in the $125,000 Toronto Cup Stakes at...

Vote sets stage for new Amtrak Gulf Coast service. But can trains roll by Super Bowl?

MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — A 6-0 vote Tuesday by the City Council in Mobile, Alabama, has set the stage for Amtrak passenger trains to roll from New Orleans to Mobile next year. The Sun Herald reports that the Mobile council voted to fund the passenger train service for three years. The...

A 15-year-old sentenced to state facility for youths for role in Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl rally

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A 15-year-old who was among those charged with opening fire during the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl rally has been sentenced to a state facility for youths. “That is not who I am,” the teen, who was referred to as R.G. in court documents, said at...

Actor Dustin Hoffman and Super Bowl winner Patrick Mahomes among celebrities at Wimbledon

LONDON (AP) — Actor Dustin Hoffman and Super Bowl winner Patrick Mahomes were among the celebrities watching Carlos Alcaraz play Frances Tiafoe on Friday in the third round on Centre Court at Wimbledon. The 86-year-old Hoffman was sitting in the Royal Box, an area reserved for...

Kansas is making a big run at Kansas City's pro teams with a plan to help pay for new stadiums

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas is making a serious run at becoming the new home for the reigning Super Bowl champions with legislators approving a plan Tuesday to lure the Chiefs and Major League Baseball’s Kansas City Royals away from Missouri. Bipartisan legislative...

Kansas lawmakers to debate whether wooing the Chiefs with new stadium is worth the cost

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators trying to lure the Kansas City Chiefs to their state argue that helping the Super Bowl champions build a new stadium could bring Kansas millions of dollars in income taxes from players and coaches, which are currently going to Missouri. Some...

Kansas lawmakers poised to lure Kansas City Chiefs from Missouri, despite economists' concerns

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A 170-year-old rivalry is flaring up as Kansas lawmakers try to snatch the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs away from Missouri even though economists long ago concluded subsidizing pro sports isn't worth the cost. The Kansas Legislature's top leaders...