By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Families of transgender children are suing to block a new Missouri law banning gender-affirming health care for minors. Lawyers for the families, doctors and LGBTQ+ rights groups on Tuesday sued to block the law from taking effect Aug. 28. The law will prohibit minors from getting
Continue Reading By BRIAN DULIK Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Rookie catcher Bo Naylor had his first career two-homer game and drove in three runs as the Cleveland Guardians beat Kansas City 5-1, handing Royals pitcher Zack Greinke his 16th consecutive road loss. Naylor hit a 430-foot solo shot to right in the third inning and a
Continue Reading NEW YORK (AP) — Outfielder Walker Jenkins, the No. 5 overall pick in this month’s amateur draft, agreed to a $7,144,200 signing bonus with the Minnesota Twins ahead of the deadline and became the final first-round selection to reach a deal. Only one player chosen in the first 10 rounds failed to reach an agreement
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals are trying to be more transparent about their plans for a new ballpark. Majority owner John Sherman released a letter to fans in hopes of providing a timetable on stadium proposals. Sherman writes “detailed renderings and many other components that will help us compare the broad
Continue Reading By MATT DERRICK Associated Press ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Wide receiver Kadarius Toney underwent surgery Tuesday morning for a torn meniscus in his knee. However Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid hasn’t ruled Toney out of the team’s season opener against Detroit. Toney tweaked his knee just minutes into Sunday’s opening practice of the
Continue Reading By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — MLB’s trade deadline is rapidly approaching on Aug. 1 and with less than a week remaining, it’s sometimes hard to figure out which teams are the buyers and which are the sellers. Could two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani be on the move from the Angels? Could the
Continue Reading By CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press Emergency call center workers say their centers are understaffed, struggling to fill vacancies and plagued by worker burnout, according to a national survey released Tuesday. The survey conducted by the National Emergency Number Association in conjunction with Carbyne, a cloud technology company focused on emergency services, polled about 850 workers
Continue Reading By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Paul Goldschmidt hit a two-run homer and then a tying single in the ninth inning against his former team, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to a 10-6 victory over the skidding Arizona Diamondbacks. It was a back-and-forth game that saw the Cardinals take a 5-2 lead
Continue Reading By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Paul Goldschmidt hit a two-run homer and then a tying single in the ninth inning against his former team, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to a 10-6 victory over the skidding Arizona Diamondbacks. It was a back-and-forth game that saw the Cardinals take a 5-2 lead
Continue Reading By BRIAN DULIK Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Salvador Perez became the 10th player in major league history to hit 200 homers as a catcher and Ryan Yarbrough allowed one run in six innings, lifting the Kansas City Royals to a 5-3 victory over the Cleveland Guardians. Perez hit a two-run shot in the sixth
Continue Reading By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — The Las Vegas Raiders have signed two-time All-Pro cornerback Marcus Peters in an effort to address one of their most pressing needs. The 30-year-old Peters will be among the veterans who reports to the club on Tuesday. Las Vegas’ training camp opens Wednesday. The Raiders
Continue Reading By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer NFL camps open this week with most of the focus on players who aren’t showing up. All-Pro defensive tackle Chris Jones skipped Sunday’s first workout with the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs over a contract dispute. Veterans on the New York Giants and Las Vegas Raiders
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Men’s college basketball traditional powers Kansas and North Carolina will play each other in regular-season games in 2024 and 2025. The first meeting will be Nov. 8, 2024, in Lawrence, Kansas. The second will be Nov. 14, 2025, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The teams will square off for the first
Continue Reading LAKE OZARK, Mo. (AP) — Eight people were hospitalized after a boat left the water and slammed into a house at Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri. The 47-year-old driver of the boat was arrested on suspicion of boating under the influence but had not been charged as of Monday morning. The accident happened just
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — What bills itself as “the world’s longest, largest and oldest recreational bicycle touring event” was more like the world’s biggest traffic jam Sunday as riders, packed together in a sinewy stream of brightly colored jerseys and shorts, churned across the Loess Hills on the
Continue Reading By JAMES McCLENDON Associated Press COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Scott Rolen and Fred McGriff have been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Rolen was the only player to be voted in by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America this year, and McGriff was selected unanimously by the Contemporary Baseball Era Players Committee. Rolen credited
Continue Reading By MATT CARLSON Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Cody Bellinger homered and drove in three runs, Jameson Taillon pitched into the sixth inning and the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-2. Dansby Swanson had two hits and Yan Gomes drove in two runs as Chicago closed out a 6-4 homestand. The Cubs won
Continue Reading By LARRY FLEISHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Anthony Rizzo hit his first home run since May 20 and went 4 for 4 as the New York Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals 8-5 to complete their third series sweep of the season. Gleyber Torres’ two-run homer sparked New York’s four-run first inning against
Continue Reading By MATT DERRICK Associated Press ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — The defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs held their first full-squad workout of training camp Sunday under a bright sunny sky and without All-Pro defensive tackle Chris Jones. Coach Andy Reid says he’s not worried yet about the absence of his star lineman, who
Continue Reading By MATT CARLSON Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Adam Wainwright is expected to come off the injured list to start Monday at Arizona. The 41-year-old Wainwright was placed on the 15-day IL on July 5 because of shoulder irritation. The three-time All-Star could throw around 65 pitches against the Diamondbacks. Wainwright
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