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SAINT CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — Markeith Browning II scored 18 points as Lindenwood beat Western Illinois 71-65 on Saturday night. Browning added five rebounds for the Lions (6-7, 1-1 Ohio Valley Conference). Jadis Jones scored 17 points and added eight rebounds. Reggie Bass had 10 points and shot 3 of 5 from the field and

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — BJ Ward’s 18 points helped Southeast Missouri State defeat SIU-Edwardsville 80-64 on Saturday night. Ward shot 6 for 14, including 4 for 10 from beyond the arc for the Redhawks (6-6, 2-0 Ohio Valley Conference). Brendan Terry scored 17 points while shooting 7 of 9 from the field and 3

AP Sports Writer SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Jeremiyah Love spent two weeks off battling a knee injury and an illness. So when he ran onto the Notre Dame Stadium turf Friday night, he was playing at less than full strength. And yet, Love still dazzled. His record-tying 98-yard TD run on Notre Dame’s third

AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A person familiar with the negotiations tells The Associated Press that first baseman Paul Goldschmidt and the New York Yankees agreed to a $12.5 million, one-year contract. Goldschmidt would become the Yankees’ fourth significant addition since Juan Soto’s departure for the New York Mets after left-hander Max Fried,

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jamar Brown had 22 points in Kansas City’s 73-66 win over East Tennessee State on Saturday. Brown also contributed eight rebounds for the Roos (8-7). Jayson Petty scored 17 points and added six rebounds. Cameron Faas finished 4 of 6 from 3-point range to finish with 14 points. Quimari Peterson

AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes threw for 260 yards and a touchdown while running for a score on his ailing ankle, and the Kansas City Chiefs took a big step toward securing the No. 1 seed in the playoffs with a 27-19 victory over the Houston Texans. Kansas City improved

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Reserve Jahni Summers led Indiana State past St. Louis Pharmacy on Saturday with 22 points in a 101-53 win. Summers went 8 of 11 from the field (6 for 9 from 3-point range) for the Sycamores (8-4, 2-0 Missouri Valley Conference). Markus Harding finished 6 of 7 from the field

AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Texans wide receiver Tank Dell was taken to the University of Kansas Medical Center and will remain overnight after sustaining a severe left knee injury while making in a 30-yard touchdown catch in a 27-19 loss to the Chiefs. Dell was coming across the back of the

AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was starting and wide receiver Marquise Brown was active for their game against the Houston Texans. Mahomes sustained a high-ankle sprain in last week’s win in Cleveland, but he was expected to play Saturday after he was left off the final

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Aleksander Barkov scored a power-play goal with 18 seconds left in overtime, giving the Florida Panthers a 2-1 win over the St. Louis Blues. Oskar Sundqvist got his third goal of the season for St. Louis, coming midway through the first period. Uvis Balinskis got his first of the season for

Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A judge ruled Friday that Missouri’s near-total abortion ban is unenforceable under a new constitutional amendment, though Planned Parenthood said the decision is still not sufficient for it to resume providing abortions in the state. Jackson County Circuit Court Judge Jerri Zhang said the abortion ban “is directly

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A judge says Missouri’s abortion ban isn’t enforceable under new amendment, ensuring legal abortions in the state.

Associated Press O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge has ruled that the state’s Republican governor and not a local Democratic official has the power to fill a vacancy in the prosecutor’s office for the state’s most populous county. A spokesperson said St. Louis County would appeal St. Louis Circuit Judge Brian May’s decision Friday.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s governor commutes sentence to time served for a Kansas City officer convicted of fatally shooting Black man.

AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs activated wide receiver Marquis Brown from injured reserve, clearing the way for their biggest free-agent acquisition of the offseason to make his regular-season debut on Saturday against the Texans. Brown dislocated a joint in his shoulder on the first play of the preseason

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — Tedrick Washington Jr.’s 28 points helped Southeast Missouri State defeat Eastern Illinois 79-72 on Thursday night. Washington added 10 rebounds for the Redhawks (5-6, 1-0 Ohio Valley Conference). Brendan Terry added 13 points while shooting 6 of 8 from the field and 1 for 5 from the free-throw line while

Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Nikita Kucherov had a pair of assists to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 3-1 victory against the St. Louis Blues. Anthony Cirelli, Gage Goncalves and Nick Perbix scored for the Lightning, who have won six of their last seven. Andrei Vasilevskiy finished with 31 saves in the

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge has rejected arguments that a bank mismanaged painter Thomas Hart Benton’s estate by selling his artwork for less than what it was worth and losing more than 100 pieces. Judge Mark Styles ruled last week that there were only five unaccounted-for pieces by Benson. Radio station KCUR