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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Any success that the Kansas City Chiefs have in slowing down Jalen Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl probably rests on the shoulders of Chris Jones. The All-Pro defensive tackle is having the finest season of his career, and his two sacks in

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes says he’s “definitely in a better spot” when it comes to his ailing right ankle than he was for the AFC championship game. The All-Pro quarterback also says he doesn’t expect to be limited by it when he leads the Kansas City Chiefs

CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — Detectives with the St. Louis Regional Bomb and Arson Squad are investigating after a man and woman were found dead in a house fire in south St. Louis County. Police say the fire was reported just before 10 a.m. Wednesday. Arriving officers found the house fully engulfed in flames. The two

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer PHOENIX (AP) — The Philadelphia Eagles left their dog masks at home. Back in the Super Bowl five years after winning the first Lombardi Trophy in franchise history, the Eagles took a different path to reach this one. They’re 1 1/2-point favorites against the Kansas City Chiefs, per

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals have acquired left-hander Anthony Misiewicz from their cross-state rival Kansas City Royals for cash considerations. To make room on the 40-man roster, St. Louis designated right-hander James Naile for assignment on the Missouri native’s 30th birthday. The 28-year-old Misiewicz split last season between the Mariners and Kansas

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Two Missouri Supreme Court judges are retiring sometime this fall. The chief justice on Wednesday announced the upcoming retirements of Judges Patricia Breckenridge and George Draper. The Missouri Constitution requires judges to retire by age 70 or they automatically forfeit their pensions. Breckenridge and Draper are nearing their 70th birthdays.

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — It’s likely the only time football fans will see Kansas City’s Chad Henne or Philadelphia’s Gardner Minshew during the Super Bowl will be on the sideline. But this is the NFL and sometimes things don’t go according to plan. That’s why the backup quarterbacks for the

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer The rash of quarterback injuries in the NFL made developing a game plan even more challenging. Game week preparations are still geared to developing offensive schemes around the projected starter and opponents plotting to derail  those plans. But everyone is well aware how quickly that can change.

By MATTHEW BROWN and SAM METZ Associated Press HARLOWTON, Mont. (AP) — As U.S.-China relations cool amid trade disputes and espionage fears stoked by the Chinese spy balloon shot down off the Atlantic Coast, lawmakers in Congress and at least 11 statehouses are weighing legislation to further limit foreign ownership of farmland. The proposals were

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer This year’s Super Bowl features a rare matchup of the NFL’s top two teams from the regular season. The Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs were the league’s only 14-game winners, marking just the sixth time since the 1970 merger that the squads with sole possession of the

ST. LOUIS — Gibson Jimerson led the Saint Louis Billikens with 24 points and sealed the victory with a 3-pointer with 32 seconds remaining as the Billikens defeated the Rhode Island Rams 76-71. The Billikens moved to 16-8 with the win and the Rams fell to 8-15.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Kobe Brown scored 19 points to lead four in double figures as Missouri rolled past South Carolina 83-74. Missouri (18-6, 6-5 SEC), which rebounded from a 63-52 loss at Mississippi State, has won four of its last five games while South Carolina (8-16, 1-10) has lost eight straight. Brown also made

By JIM SALTER Associated Press BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man convicted of killing his live-in girlfriend and her three young children has been executed after the courts and Gov. Mike Parson turned aside his claim that he was in another state when the killings occurred. Raheem Taylor was the third Missouri inmate

BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — Missouri man convicted of killing his live-in girlfriend and her three young children has been executed.

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs lost one of the NFL’s most dynamic receivers when Tyreek Hill was traded to the Miami Dolphins. The loss did nothing to slow them down. Kansas City revamped its receiving group in the offseason and the new group quickly meshed with

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say officers shot and killed a man who was carrying a knife in southeast Missouri. The Poplar Bluff Police Department says officers responded early Tuesday to reports that a man was walking down a street covered in blood and carrying a knife. The man began hurting himself with the