ATLANTA (AP) — For endangering the integrity of the sport by betting on games, Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Calvin Ridley has been suspended by the NFL for at least the next season. Ridley won’t play in 2022 and there is no guarantee for the NFL future of the player who had been expected to be the Falcons’ top target for quarterback Matt Ryan.
SEATTLE (AP) — With two brush strokes over the span of about 10 hours, the Seattle Seahawks said goodbye to giant foundations of their Super Bowl history. Gone is quarterback Russell Wilson, traded to Denver in a blockbuster move.
The North Missouri Sportsman’s Alliance has announced three events it has scheduled to be held in April and June – an antler measuring on Saturday, April 9, a fund-raising poker tournament in the evening of that same day, and a kids’ fishing derby on Saturday, June 4. The antler measuring and kids’ fishing derby have been held annually in the past, but the COVID-19 pandemic prevented their being held last year.
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball’s acrimonious lockout ended Thursday when a divided players’ association voted to accept management’s offer to salvage a 162-game season that will start April 7.
ST. JOSEPH — Three members of the Chillicothe High School Lady Hornets have been selected to the 10-members Missouri Basketball Coaches Association’s Class 4 District 16 all-district team for the 2021-22 season, CHS head coach Darren Smith reports.
ST. JOSEPH — Playing from behind their host opponent virtually from the start of their Class 4 District 16 tournament championship game, Chillicothe High School’s basketball Lady Hornets rose to the challenge as last Thursday’s contest drew toward its close.
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball reacted angrily to the latest offer by locked-out players when bargaining resumed Sunday, accusing the union of backtracking and showing no sign of a breakthrough to get the derailed season back on track.
NEW YORK (AP) — Some of the key areas in collective bargaining between Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association based on proposals through March 6, as obtained by The Associated Press. This is only a partial list of bargaining topics:
IRVING, Texas (AP) — Kansas junior guard Ochai Agbaji was the unanimous pick by the Big 12 coaches as the league’s player of the year. The Big 12 announced their season awards Sunday night, a day after the regular season ended with Baylor and Kansas sharing the conference title.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Lucas Williamson had 18 points and 10 rebounds, Aher Uguak added 16 points and 10 boards and Loyola Chicago defeated Drake 64-58 on Sunday to win the Missouri Valley Conference tournament and advance to the NCAA Tournament for the second straight season.