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By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer Gregg Berhalter has established a gigantic goal for his second term as U.S. soccer coach, which begins with Saturday’s exhibition against Uzbekistan. Midfielder Weston McKennie reveals it is: “To change soccer in America forever.” Berhalter was hired after the failure to qualify for the 2018 World Cup and led

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs can look back at a slew of dropped passes and far too many penalties for a sputtering offense that led to a 21-20 loss to the Detroit Lions in their season opener Thursday night. Just about everybody who stepped on

By BILL TROCCHI Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Ronald Acuña Jr. hit two of Atlanta’s five home runs, Matt Olson increased his major league-leading total to 47 and the Braves beat slumping Adam Wainwright and the St. Louis Cardinals 8-5. Acuña raised his season total to 34 homers with his third multihomer game this season

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Travis Kelce was inactive for the Chiefs’ game against the Lions in the NFL’s season opener Thursday night after hurting his knee in practice. Kelce tried to get loose before kickoff but still reported some discomfort. The 33-year-old Kelce had not missed a game

By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer Weston McKennie wants to prove he’s worthy to Juventus and its fans. He joined the 36-time Italian champion for the 2020-21 season, had his following season cut short by a broken foot, then was loaned to Leeds last January and couldn’t prevent the club from relegation. McKennie returned to

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Companies with plants and factories that are only served by one railroad may soon be able to get a bid from another railroad if their current service is bad enough. That change would happen under a new rule that was proposed Thursday to help boost

UNIVERSITY CITY, Mo. (AP) — Three 15-year-olds are dead after a car one of them was driving slammed into a vacant brick home near St. Louis. Police told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that the 2016 Hyundai Accent involved in the accident Wednesday morning was owned by the driver’s mother. The Missouri State Highway Patrol report

By DAVID SMALE Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Andrew Vaughn doubled, homered, drove in two runs and scored two as the Chicago White Sox beat the Kansas City Royals 6-4 to snap a five-game losing streak. Elvis Andrus had four hits, and Yoan Moncada and Oscar Colas also went deep for the White

By BILL TROCCHI Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Paul Goldschmidt, Masyn Winn, Willson Contreras and Nolan Gorman went deep as the St. Louis Cardinals hit four home runs for the second straight game and beat the MLB-leading Atlanta Braves 11-6 to take the first two games of the three-game series. Gorman hit his 27th homer

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs’ Travis Kelce was held out of Wednesday’s final workout and listed as questionable for Thursday night’s season opener against Detroit because of a knee injury. The All-Pro tight end hyperextended his knee during Tuesday’s practice. Kelce was the only player to carry

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs defensive tackle Chris Jones says he “just wants a raise” as he threatens to take his holdout into the regular season with Kansas City scheduled to face the Detroit Lions in the NFL’s opener Thursday night. Jones was back in Kansas City on

By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Former All-Star pitcher Michael Soroka is out for the season but did receive a bit of good news: His latest injury apparently won’t require surgery. The Atlanta Braves have placed Soroka on the 15-day injured list in another setback for the right-hander whose once-promising career was

By JIM SALTER Associated Press A man awaiting sentencing for killing a Missouri police officer is challenging the constitutionality of a state law that allows judges to hand down the death sentence. A jury in June convicted 45-year-old Ian McCarthy of first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Clinton Police Officer Gary Lee Michael Jr.

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs have been fast starters to the NFL season. The defending-champion Chiefs head into their opener Thursday night at home against Detroit having won eight straight regular-season openers, which is tied for the fifth longest streak of the Super Bowl era. Kansas

By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Tyler O’Neill and Nolan Gorman hit early two-run homers to spoil Michael Soroka’s promotion to Atlanta and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Braves 10-6. Braves manager Brian Snitker says Soroka suffered numbers in his fingers in the start and is headed toward the injured list.

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Travis Kelce hyperextended his knee during the Chiefs’ final practice before their opener against Detroit, leaving the status of the All-Pro tight end in question when Kansas City faces the Lions on Thursday night at Arrowhead Stadium. Chiefs coach Andy Reid said the injury

By The Associated Press Rory McIlroy returns to action this week as Ryder Cup preparations begin. He’s playing in the Irish Open along with European Ryder Cup teammates Shane Lowry and Tyrrell Hatton. McIlroy and Lowry each have won the Irish Open. Lowry did it as an amateur in 2009. The LPGA Tour is gearing