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By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Thursday night’s game between the Los Angeles Chargers and Kansas City Chiefs on Prime Video kicks off an 11-year agreement between Amazon and the NFL and marks the first time the league has sold a package of games to a streaming service. Amazon won the rights to the prime-time

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs coach Andy Reid criticized the field inside State Farm Stadium on Tuesday after two Kansas City players slipped on the turf and sustained injuries during their 44-21 win over the Arizona Cardinals last week. Harrison Butker’s plant foot slipped awkwardly during a kickoff

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The St. Louis Blues have taken another step in keeping their top young players in the fold long term. The team on Tuesday signed forward Jordan Kyrou to an eight-year contract extension worth $65 million. The deal begins in 2023 and runs through 2031. The deal comes two months

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Relatives of a 16-year-old who was fatally shot by St. Louis detectives are disputing the police account of the incident. Darryl Ross was shot Sunday night. Two detectives said they spotted several people with guns at a gas station. The police report says Ross tried to run but tripped and dropped

By JIM SALTER Associated Press A judge has ruled that a Christian boarding school in southwestern Missouri can remain open despite the state attorney general alleging a “dark pattern of behavior.” Judge David Munton’s ruling allows continued round-the-clock monitoring of Agape Boarding School in Stockton by Missouri child welfare workers. The school serves about 60

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Freight railroads and their unions are facing increasing pressure from business groups and the White House to settle their contract dispute before Friday’s looming strike deadline. The pressure stems from concerns that halting railroad deliveries of raw materials and finished products that so many companies

By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis police officers have fatally shot a 16-year-old who police say was reaching for a gun. Darryl Ross was shot just after 11:30 p.m. Sunday at a gas station on the city’s north side. Ross is Black. A police incident report says one of the

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Denny Hamlin the driver finds himself in the most enviable of positions heading into Saturday night’s race at Bristol. His second-place run at Kansas Speedway over the weekend nearly ensured his spot in the next round of the playoffs. Denny Hamlin the owner? He’s

By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid has pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated resulting in serious physical injury after his truck hit two parked cars in 2021 and left a young girl with a traumatic brain injury. Reid entered his plea Monday. The

By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals put their future in Kyler Murray’s hands, rewarding the dynamic quarterback with a massive long-term contract. Their first dividend was a dud. Murray led a sputtering offense that had no chance of keeping up with the high-scoring Kansas Chiefs in a 44-21

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Padraig Harrington has won for the third time this year on the PGA Tour Champions. The Irishman had seven birdies in his closing round of 68. He needed them to offset a few mistakes he made at the Ascension Charity Classic. Harrington won by one shot over Y.E. Yang. Steve Stricker

By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes threw for 360 yards and five touchdowns, lifting the Kansas City Chiefs to an impressive 44-21 road win over the Arizona Cardinals in the opener for both teams. The quarterback was playing his first NFL game against Kliff Kingsbury, who coached Mahomes in

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Bubba Wallace was so comfortable cruising around Kansas Speedway on Sunday that he told his team over the radio in the closing laps that he didn’t want to know who was chasing him or how far back they might be. He probably would have

By MARC BOWMAN Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Brady Singer threw seven scoreless innings as the Kansas City Royals beat the Detroit Tigers 4-0 to salvage the finale of the three-game series. Detroit was shut out for the 20th time this season, the most in the majors. Singer allowed four hits and one

By MARC BOWMAN Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Brady Singer threw seven shutout innings as the Kansas City Royals beat the Detroit Tigers 4-0 to salvage the finale of the three-game series. Singer allowed four hits and one walk with six strikeouts. Kansas City has won six of Singer’s last seven starts. Michael

PITTSBURGH (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols has hit his 697th home run and moved past Alex Rodriguez for fourth place on the career list, connecting Sunday against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Pujols hit his 18th home run of the season, a two-run drive in the ninth inning that put the Cardinals ahead 3-2.

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The heads of the nation’s two largest rail unions said Sunday that the freight railroads’ move to begin delaying some hazardous shipments ahead of this week’s looming strike deadline is only an attempt to get shippers to increase the pressure on Congress to block a