Kansas City fans revel in Super Bowl, sports success
Kathy Coker made sure she had plenty of red Kansas City Chiefs gear to match the football team’s jerseys for Super Bowl LVIII.
Continue ReadingKathy Coker made sure she had plenty of red Kansas City Chiefs gear to match the football team’s jerseys for Super Bowl LVIII.
Continue ReadingResidents at a Sedalia retirement community have found a fun way to cheer on the Chiefs this Sunday.
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS, Nevada. (KMIZ) The Kansas City Chiefs will look for their third ring in five seasons when they take the field against the San Fransisco 49ers on Sunday night at Allegiant Stadium. It’ll be far from the first big game that head coach Andy Reid has led his teams to, as he hunts for
Continue ReadingBy Jill Martin, CNN (CNN) — The International Skating Union (ISU) released a statement Friday giving its explanation on why Canada did not move up to the bronze medal position in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics figure skating team event following the suspension of Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, saying it implemented its rules correctly.
Continue ReadingBy Leah Asmelash, CNN (CNN) — Are you feeling lucky? This Sunday, millions of viewers will be glued to the Super Bowl, but they won’t just be watching for the football. They’ll have money — sometimes thousands of dollars — on the line. Americans wager billions of dollars on the Super Bowl, the year’s biggest
Continue ReadingBy Caroline Faraj and Sammy Mncwabe, CNN (CNN) — Twelve Middle Eastern football associations have called for Israel’s national team to be banned over the war on Hamas in Gaza, in a letter seen by CNN. The letter was sent on January 31 to FIFA, all 211 national member associations and the six regional confederations,
Continue ReadingBy Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — Some say that football runs in their family. For San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan, it quite emphatically does. Serving in his seventh year in the top job in San Francisco, Shanahan is now widely regarded as one of the finest offensive minds in the National Football League
Continue ReadingBy Alex Leeds Matthews, CNN Three of the stars playing in this weekend’s Super Bowl — San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey, quarterback Brock Purdy and Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes — have dominated jersey sales throughout the NFL season. Now that the campaign is down to those final two teams, 49ers and
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Prince Harry left players starstruck after making a surprise appearance at the NFL Honors ceremony in Las Vegas on Thursday. To the shock of many, the Duke of Sussex was introduced onto the stage to announce the winner of the NFL’s Man of the Year award. Before he announced
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Henry Olonga was at the peak of his career as a professional cricketer when he took a stance that would ultimately force him to leave Zimbabwe. To many, the idea of standing up to Robert Mugabe’s autocratic political leadership was too perilous, the risk too great. But Olonga was acutely aware
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez and Coy Wire, CNN (CNN) — Can you smell what The Rock is cooking? Or maybe that’s just love in the air. Regardless, wrestler-turned-movie-star Dwayne Johnson is all in on Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift’s relationship, telling CNN Sport: “I love it.” Swift was first seen cheering on the Chiefs at a game in
Continue ReadingBy Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — Cristóbal del Solar wrote his name into the history books on Thursday, as the Chilean golfer shot a 13-under 57 at the Astara Golf Championship to set the new record for the lowest round ever shot at a PGA Tour-sanctioned event. The 30-year-old Florida State alumni shot two eagles
Continue ReadingBy Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — The Irish women’s national basketball team refused to shake hands with the Israeli women’s national team ahead of the first game of the 2025 Women’s EuroBasket qualifier in Riga, Latvia, on Thursday. Basketball Ireland, the governing body of the sport for Ireland, said in a statement that it told FIBA
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Three-time Olympic gold medalist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has announced that she will retire after the upcoming Summer Games in Paris. In an interview with Essence magazine, the 37-year-old Fraser-Pryce, a dominant force in women’s sprinting ever since she won her first Olympic gold in 2008, said that she is stepping
Continue ReadingThe Super Bowl halftime show is always a spectacle, regardless of whether it suits your tastes.
Continue ReadingBy Homero De la Fuente and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — The Los Angeles Lakers have immortalized franchise legend Kobe Bryant in a towering 19-foot statue unveiled in an emotional ceremony at Crypto.Com Arena Thursday night. The 4,000-pound bronze sculpture features Bryant wearing his No. 8 jersey and pointing his finger skyward – capturing the
Continue ReadingBy Homero De la Fuente and Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson was named the National Football League’s Most Valuable Player on Thursday night, becoming the 11th player in league history to have won the award more than once. The 27-year-old, who also was MVP of the 2019 season, accepted this
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (KMIZ) Mark and Dana Poese booked their trip from Stewartsville, Missouri, to Las Vegas this summer. A Super Bowl win would cap a season that’s taken them all over the world. The Kansas City-area couple said their experience at last year’s Super Bowl — when the Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Philadelphia Eagles
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, S.C. (KMIZ) After starting SEC play with a 2-3 record, Mizzou Women’s Basketball has now lost five conference games in a row, falling to top-ranked South Carolina 83-45 on the road. The Gamecocks are the only remaining women’s college basketball team that is still undefeated this season. With this loss, Mizzou’s record fell below
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Mizzou legend is joining the College Football Playoff (CFP) Selection Committee. The CFP Management Committee announced it has appointed former Tiger football coach Gary Pinkel and former Mizzou Athletics Director Mack Rhoades. They will both begin three-year terms starting in the Spring. Pinkel was inducted into the College Football Hall of
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