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By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Mark Stone scored the winner in a shootout to cap a strong game for the Vegas Golden Knights’ top line in a 5-4 victory over the St. Louis Blues The Knights improved to 7-1 in overtime and 3-0 in shootouts. Stone and fellow top-liner Chandler

By MARK DIDTLER Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Sam Hartman completed 23 of 36 passes for 280 yards and three touchdowns in what was expected to be his final game with Wake Forest, a 27-17 win over Missouri in the Gasparilla Bowl. The redshirt junior now will look at entering the NFL draft or

GREENWOOD, Miss. (AP) — A federal trial has been delayed until May for the former leader of a Mississippi grain storage and processing company who is charged with defrauding farmers, banks and the Mississippi Department of Agriculture of tens of millions of dollars. John R. Coleman of Greenwood, Mississippi, is the former CEO of Express

By DAVID SOLOMON Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Kobe Brown set career highs with 31 points and eight assists, and D’Moi Hodge added 20 points to lead Missouri to a 93-71 upset of No. 16 Illinois in their annual neutral site contest. Brown’s 31 points were the most in school history against Illinois. Terrence

By The Associated Press Missouri is looking for its first bowl win in eight years in the Gasparilla Bowl against Wake Forest. The Tigers’ last bowl triumph came when Gary Pinkel coached the team past Minnesota in the 2014 Capital One Bowl. Missouri has lost three postseason games in a row since then, including a

ST. LOUIS — Deejuan Pruitt scored 21 points off of the bench to lead the SIU-Edwardsville Cougars past the Saint Louis Billikens 69-67. The Cougars are now 9-4 on the season, while the Billikens moved to 8-5. SIU-Edwardsville’s Ray’Sean Taylor scored the game’s last three points. Taylor made a layup with 30 seconds left and

By The Associated Press CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Led by Marcus Domask’s 24 points, the Southern Illinois Salukis defeated the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks 70-68 on Wednesday night. The Salukis are now 9-4 on the season, while the Redhawks fell to 5-8.

By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Grant Wahl was remembered for his peripatetic life as a sportswriter, pursuit of social justice and lasting impact on family, friends and people he mentored. Wahl died at age 49 from aortic aneurysm on Dec. 10 while covering a World Cup match in Qatar. A

TROY, Mo. (AP) — A former Missouri deputy who investigated a murder case that became the subject of an NBC show starring Renee Zellweger is now accused of harassing and stalking a detective who was investigating him for potential misconduct. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Mike Merkel was charged Tuesday and accused of photographing

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Three Missouri men who admitted stealing tens of thousands of catalytic converters and taking them to Arkansas in a multi-million dollar scheme have been sentenced. Federal prosecutors said 25-year-old Evan Marshall and 25-year-old Camren Joseph Davis, both of Rogersville; and 31-year-old Cody Ryder of Springfield, were sentenced Monday. Prosecutors said Marshall

By The Associated Press PROVO, Utah (AP) — Fousseyni Traore’s 21 points helped BYU defeat Lindenwood 90-61 on Tuesday. Traore added six rebounds for the Cougars (9-5). Noah Waterman added 13 points while shooting 5 for 10, including 3 for 7 from beyond the arc, and he also had seven rebounds and three blocks. Rudi

By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Ryan Donato scored in his fourth straight game, Carson Soucy, Daniel Sprong and Jared McCann scored in Seattle’s three-goal second period, and the Kraken beat the St. Louis Blues 5-2. Seattle won consecutive games for the first time in nearly three weeks and snapped the Blues’

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Shippers are praising the proposed changes that federal regulators have approved to the system used to dispute the rates railroads charge. The rules would update the current system that is so costly and cumbersome it is little used. The new procedures the U.S. Surface Transportation

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Incoming treasurer Vivek Malek will be the first person of color to serve in Missouri statewide office. Republican Gov. Mike Parson on Tuesday named 45-year-old Malek to replace GOP Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick. Fitzpatrick is leaving the job after voters elected him state auditor last month.

GRANBURY, Texas (AP) — The U.S. Department of Education is investigating the removal of LGBTQ-themed books from the library of the Granbury, Texas, school district. A department spokesperson said the investigation is related to Title IX prohibitions against discriminating on the basis of sex, gender and sexual orientation, according to a report by NBC News,

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is making another run at the MVP award, but he’s doing it in a different manner than in 2018, when he won his first trophy. Back then, he was airing the ball out in an offense predicated on big plays,