AP Missouri

NEW YORK (AP) — Dan Bellino, Mark Carlson, James Hoye and Todd Tichenor will be umpire crew chiefs for the AL Division Series starting Saturday. Crew chiefs will all work third base in the series openers and will be behind the plate for a Game 4 of the best-of-five series. Umpires rotate from right field

NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge has won the Baseball Digest/Inside Edge major league player of the year award, beating out Shohei Ohtani in a very close vote. Both superstars were tabbed first on 12 of 24 ballots. But the New York Yankees outfielder also received 12 second-place votes, while the Los Angeles Dodgers slugger

Associated Press/Report for America ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Two progressive district attorneys up for reelection in Georgia are under attack for low conviction rates and allegations of poor management. Republicans last year created a commission to discipline prosecutors after Shalena Cook Jones of Chatham County and Deborah Gonzalez of Athens-Clarke and Oconee counties entered office

Associated Press Abortion rights groups have outraised opponents by a nearly 8-to-1 margin in campaigns for ballot measures across the U.S. this year. But the advantage doesn’t show in ad buys in Florida, which has the most expensive campaign of the nine states where voters are being asked whether they want to enshrine abortion rights

AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The AL Central was overlooked to the point of mockery before opening day. Now, what was widely considered the weakest division in baseball is exacting a measure of revenge. Not only did the Central secure two wild cards in the Royals and Tigers, both won their series

AP Baseball Writer 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 World Series since winning its 27th championship in 2009, the franchise’s longest drought since the gap between 1978 and 1996. Cashman says: “We have a

AP Health Writer Two dairy workers in California were infected with bird flu, the 15th and 16th human cases detected in the U.S. this year. The new cases confirmed Thursday were found in dairy workers who had contact with cattle on separate farms in California’s Central Valley. More than 50 dairy herds have been infected

AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes and Bobby Witt Jr. grew up as the sons of big league ballplayers. Both were excellent baseball players in their own right. Mahomes eventually stepped away from the game and embraced football, becoming the quarterback of the two-time defending Super Bowl champion Chiefs. Along the

AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs have placed Rashee Rice on injured reserve, sidelining him for at least four weeks. Their leading wide receiver hurt his knee when quarterback Patrick Mahomes collided with him while trying to make a tackle in a 17-10 win over the Chargers last weekend. Mahomes says

AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Missouri put a temporary hold on President Joe Biden’s latest student loan cancellation plan on Thursday, slamming the door on hope it would move forward after another judge allowed a pause to expire. Just as it briefly appeared the Biden administration would have a window

The Saints will be trying to snap a two-game skid when they visit the unbeaten Super Bowl champion Chiefs on Monday night. The teams have not played since December 2020, though the Chiefs have won three straight in the series. New Orleans is coming off a loss to the Falcons on a 58-yard field goal

No. 9 Missouri is aiming to start 5-0 for the second straight season and 2-0 in the conference for the first time since 2019 when the Tigers visit No. 25 Texas A&M. The Tigers are looking to extend the nation’s longest winning streak to nine games dating back to last season. Texas A&M is trying

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Denis Bouanga scored in the first minute of first-half stoppage time and Hugo Lloris wasn’t tested on the way to his league-leading 13th clean sheet of the season as Los Angeles FC blanked St. Louis City 1-0.Bouanga used assists from Mateusz Bogusz and Olivier Giroud to find the net for the

AP Sports Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles were swept out of the playoffs in their only series for a second consecutive year. They haven’t won a postseason game in a decade, since advancing to the 2014 AL Championship Series, where they were swept by Kansas City. The latest sweep, which came at home

AP Sports Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — The Kansas City Royals endured two seven-game losing streaks in the final month of the season. The second of those ended with a well-timed joke from a three-time World Series winner. Now they’re in the AL Division Series against the New York Yankees after opening the playoffs with a

AP Sports Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — Bobby Witt Jr. beat out an infield single to drive in the go-ahead run and send the Kansas City Royals into an AL Division Series with a 2-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday for a two-game sweep of their Wild Card Series. With two outs and runners

BALTIMORE (AP) — The Kansas City Royals sweep the Baltimore Orioles in their AL Wild Card Series with a 2-1 victory in Game 2.

AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Tyreek Hill flashed a big smile as he described the “beautiful situation” he’s in as the star receiver for the Miami Dolphins — downplaying trade rumors that have emerged as teams, including his former Kansas City Chiefs, search for receiver help. Hill said Wednesday that he would

AP Sports Writer Diamond Sports Group could be down to broadcasting only one Major League Baseball team’s games next season. The operator of the Bally Sports regional sports networks said during a hearing that it will cut loose the seven teams it has under contract for the 2025 season. Diamond plans to void the contracts

AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes sees himself turning the corner amid a slow start to the season, at least by his standards. The fact that the Chiefs are 4-0 despite his subpar play has made it a little easier to handle. The two-time league MVP has thrown for just 909