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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce said Tuesday that he wants to keep playing football “until the wheels come off” after the first day of the team’s mandatory three-day minicamp. The 34-year-old Kelce signed a new two-year, $34.25 million deal in April that ties him to the club

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals have placed outfielder Hunter Renfroe on the injured list with a fractured toe and infielder Adam Frazier on the bereavement list ahead of the second game of their four-game set against the New York Yankees. The Royals recalled outfielder Drew Waters and infielder Nick Pratto from

By MICHAEL PHILLIS, JIM SALTER and CAMILLE FASSETT Associated Press WEST ALTON, Mo. (AP) — Commerce along the Mississippi River has evolved over the past century at the expense of many once-thriving river towns. But persistent and sometimes devastating flooding has added to the woes of some of those towns. An examination of data provided

By MICHAEL PHILLIS, JIM SALTER and CAMILLE FASSETT Associated Press WEST ALTON, Mo. (AP) — Devastating flooding, driven in part by climate change, is taking an especially damaging toll on communities that once thrived along the banks of America’s most storied river. Flooding has pushed people out of their homes near the Mississippi River at

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Carlos Rodón pitched shutout ball into the seventh inning in his return to the mound where he hit his low point last September, winning his seventh straight start and leading the New York Yankees over the Kansas City Royals 4-2. Juan Soto rejoined the Yankees lineup after missing a three-game

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Royals outfielder Hunter Renfroe fractured his left big toe when he fouled off two pitches from New York Yankees left-hander Carlos Rodón in the third inning. Renfroe fouled off seven pitches in all before striking out in a 12-pitch at-bat, hitting the toe twice when he fouled off

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Juan Soto was back in the New York Yankees’ lineup and went 1 for 3 with a walk as the designated hitter in a 4-2 win over the Kansas City Royals after missing a three-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers because of left forearm inflammation. Soto was in the

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Temwa Chawinga scored a pair of goals and the Kansas City Current remained undefeated with a 5-2 victory over the Seattle Reign on Sunday. The Current (8-0-5) are one of two unbeaten teams in the National Women’s Soccer League, along with the Orlando Pride. Kansas City leads the league with

By MARC BOWMAN Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Julio Rodríguez hit a tiebreaking single in the 10th inning, Cal Raleigh added a two-run single and the Seattle Mariners held off the Kansas City Royals 6-5 to avoid getting swept for the first time this season. J.P. Crawford hit his second consecutive leadoff homer

By WARREN MAYES Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Alec Burleson homered, Masyn Winn drove in two runs and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Colorado Rockies 5-1 on Sunday for a split in the teams’ four-game series. Rookie catcher Pedro Pagés knocked in a run with a sacrifice fly, singled and scored twice for

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Roman Bürki stopped three shots in goal for St. Louis City and James Pantemis had two saves for the Portland Timbers as the two clubs played to a scoreless draw. It was the fourth clean sheet of the season for Bürki and the league-leading ninth draw of the season for St.

By WARREN MAYES Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Ezequiel Tovar homered twice and added two singles while driving in four runs to spark the Colorado Rockies to a 6-5 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. It was Tovar’s second multihomer game of the season for Colorado. Victor Vodnik pitched 1 2/3 innings of relief

By MARC BOWMAN Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Vinnie Pasquantino hit a tiebreaking two-run double during Kansas City’s three-run fifth inning, and the Royals beat the Seattle Mariners 8-4. Kyle Isbel had three RBIs for Kansas City, and Adam Frazier had two hits and scored two runs. The Royals earned their third consecutive

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer EASTLAKE, Ohio (AP) — Travis Kelce’s power extends beyond the football field or dating one of the world’s most famous women. Kansas City’s talented tight end, who also happens to be pop superstar Taylor Swift’s boyfriend, showed off his batting skills on Saturday by winning a home run contest

By MARC BOWMAN Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Bobby Witt Jr. tied it with a two-run triple in the ninth inning and scored on Nelson Velázquez’s fielder’s choice to give the Kansas City Royals a 10-9 victory over Seattle after they trailed 8-0 in the fourth. After Maikel Garcia’s RBI grounder cut it

By DAVID SOLOMON Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Dylan Carlson drove in his first three runs of the season to help the St. Louis Cardinals rebound from relinquishing a four-run lead to beat the Colorado Rockies 8-5. Carlson stroked a two-run double off Matt Carasiti after Brendan Donovan put the Cardinals ahead with an

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs defensive lineman B.J. Thompson remains hospitalized but awake and responsive a day after the second-year pro experienced a seizure during a team meeting and went into cardiac arrest at the Kansas City practice facility. Chiefs trainer Rick Burkholder says the 25-year-old Thompson was

By WARREN MAYES Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Michael Toglia and Charlie Blackmon each drove in a run and the Colorado Rockies snapped a five-game losing streak with a 3-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Cal Quantrill (5-4) did not give up a run despite walking four and allowing three hits in five