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By The Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Alston Mason had 22 points in Missouri State’s 60-35 victory over Murray State on Thursday in the opening game of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament. Missouri State will take on top seed Indiana State in Friday’s quarterfinals. Mason shot 5 for 11 (3 for 6 from 3-point

By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Pro Football Writer Another NFL free agency period is about to begin but buyers should beware that signing other teams’ veterans comes with plenty of risk. Some veterans will test the open market only to come back and re-sign with their old team. Every general manager in the league has a

GREENSVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Leilani Correa scored 15 points, Alberte Rimdal hit a key jumper and 11th-seeded Florida turned back 14th-seeded Missouri 66-60 in the first round of the SEC Tournament. With the help of a 16-0 run to start the second quarter, the Gators opened a 48-28 lead early in the second half. The

By JIM SALTER Associated Press An employee of a rural Missouri boarding school is accused of bloodying a boy’s face while boxing. The man is the third person associated with the same school to be charged this month. Twenty-two-year-old Caleb Sandoval was charged Monday with abuse or neglect of a child. A probable cause statement

By DAVID SOLOMON Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Johni Broome had 17 points and eight rebounds to lead five players in double figures as No. 13 Auburn beat last-place Missouri 101-74. Chad Baker-Mazara added 15 points and seven boards for Auburn, which led nearly the entire way against a struggling Missouri program that’s winless

By JEFF LATZKE Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Daron Holmes II had 25 points and 13 rebounds, and Koby Brea and Kobe Elvis each hit five 3-pointers as No. 25 Dayton snapped a three-game road losing streak with a 100-83 victory over Saint Louis. The Flyers made a Chaifetz Arena record 18 3-pointers and

By SCOTT CHARLES Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Bo Horvat scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and the New York Islanders won their fourth straight game, 4-2 over the St. Louis Blues. Kyle Palmieri, Jean-Gabriel Pageau and Mathew Barzal also scored for the Islanders who moved within four points of the

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Teamsters working for Budweiser brewer Anheuser-Busch have voted to ratify a labor agreement with the company. The union said Tuesday that the five-year contract was ratified with 86% support. The deal covers 5,000 unionized employees at Anheuser-Busch, including brewers, packagers and warehouse workers. The union said workers will get wage increases

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Internationally renowned architect and avid motorcyclist Antoine Predock has died at his home in Albuquerque, according to longtime friends. He was 87. Predock created buildings around the world — from the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg to the College of Media and Communications

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court will not hear an appeal from a former Missouri detective convicted in the 2019 shooting death of a Black man. The state Supreme Court on Tuesday denied former Kansas City detective Eric J. DeValkenaere’s motion to hear his case. The Western District Missouri Court of Appeals

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer Three big-name starting pitchers are dealing with injuries that could cause them to miss the beginning of the regular season — and potentially more. Houston’s Justin Verlander, St. Louis’ Sonny Gray and Boston’s Lucas Giolito are all ailing at spring training. Verlander will start the season on the injured

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer Cardinals ace Sonny Gray sustained a “mild strain” of his hamstring in his most recent outing of spring training. President of baseball operations John Mozeliak said Tuesday the injury could keep him from starting on opening day. The three-time All-Star left his start Monday against the Nationals after 20

By AARON BRACY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pavel Buchnevich and Jake Neighbours scored in the shootout, and Kevin Hayes had a goal against his former team as the St. Louis Blues beat the Philadelphia Flyers 2-1. Jordan Binnington made 40 saves and had several key stops in the shootout for St. Louis, which won

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs placed the franchise tag on L’Jarius Sneed on Monday. It is uncertain whether that means one of the top cornerbacks due to hit free agency will remain with the Super Bowl champions next season. He would earn $19.8 million if

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Missouri Girl Scout leaders threatened legal action against a troop that made bracelets to raise funds for starving children in Gaza, provoking outrage and ridicule from the girls’ supporters and advocates for people trapped in the Palestinian territory by the latest humanitarian crisis. Girl Scouts of the USA said its

By JIM SALTER Associated Press The husband and wife owners of a Missouri boarding school for boys are jailed and facing felony charges after a lengthy investigation by a county sheriff. Wayne County Sheriff Dean Finch says in a news release that Larry Musgraves Jr. was arrested Friday evening on the ABM Ministries campus in

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Cy Young runner-up Sonny Gray left his spring training start for the St. Louis Cardinals against the Washington Nationals with tightness in his right hamstring after getting two outs in the second inning. The three-time All-Star had struck out two in two scoreless innings in his second spring training

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Taylor Swift’s boyfriend has taken shaking it off to another level. Travis Kelce, the Kansas City Chiefs tight end who began dating the pop music superstar during this past season, will be honored Tuesday night with a bobblehead giveaway when the Cleveland Cavaliers host the Boston