KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Young female basketball players often dream of being recognized for their contributions to the game at the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame. For former Hamilton: Penney High School standout Nora Ford, now a graduate of North Central Missouri College at Trenton, that dream has come true. Hall officials se
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Anthony Holman is the highest-ranking NCAA official at the College World Series and the man in charge of the Division I baseball championship.
Brooks Koepka is all about being bold and blunt. That’s his reputation, as much as his remarkable record in the majors. So now we find out if he’s honest about his leaving the PGA Tour to take guaranteed riches on the Saudi-funded LIV Golf rebel league. AP Golf Writer Doug Ferguson says no one is leaving for the innovative format, for team competition or to spend time with their families. They are leaving the tour because they are getting an obscene amount of money from LIV Golf. The surprise of Koepka is that his signing came a week after he was leading the charge in support of the PGA Tour.
The mid-June announcement of Chillicothe High School soccer Lady Hornets star forward Lucy Reeter as a repeat second-team All-State selection by the state’s high school soccer coaches association put the final flourish on, statistically, the most prolific offensive career by a Lady Hornet to date in the program’s 15-seasons history.
Enjoying time on the water in a canoe or kayak is a rapidly-growing summertime sport in Missouri, which offers miles and miles of streams, rivers and lakes. It takes a while to learn how to safely operate these non-motorized watercraft and, to address that, the Missouri Department of Conservation is offering a free canoe/kayaking class near Chillicothe this coming Thursday (July 7).
SEDALIA — In a hopeful sign of further improvement in, effectively, the second half of their season, multiple isolated moments scattered throughout the Chillicothe Mudcats’ MINK League baseball game at Sedalia Monday worked out positively for head coach Tyler Hudlow’s club, allowing it to post consecutive victories for only the second time thus far in 2022.
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Serena Williams began — and ended — her comeback at Wimbledon this past Tuesday after 364 days out of singles competition, looking very much like someone who hadn’t competed in just that long. She missed shots, shook her head, rolled her eyes.
MOSCOW (AP) — Shackled and looking wary, WNBA star Brittney Griner was ordered to stand trial Friday by a court near Moscow on cannabis possession charges, about 4 1/2 months after her arrest at an airport while returning to play for a Russian team.
NEVADA, Mo. — Lanky left-hander Ryan Sell, unquestionably the 2022 Chillicothe Mudcats’ best pitcher through the first 3-plus weeks of the season, made positive history Sunday night, even if it nearly was wasted.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court sided Monday with a high school football coach from Washington state who sought to kneel and pray on the field after games, a decision that could strengthen the acceptability of some religious practices in other public school settings.