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Olathe East came up short in the championship game at the 2013 Chick-fil-A KA-MO Hoops Shootout on Sunday at Shawnee Mission North, but that was small potatoes for the Hawks. Winning a title would have been nice, but the summer is more about coming tog…

The annual Royals Charities’ Diamond of Dreams event is Thursday and will benefit the University of Kansas Hospital’s neonatal medical home, which offers family-centered, long-term primary care dedicated exclusively to premature babies and those born w…

It was a question that, for all practical purposes, came at Royals manager Ned Yost straight out of left field.

Royals first base coach Rusty Kuntz reconnects with son, Kevin, through baseball.

Fifty years ago on Thursday, the Texans ditched Dallas and morphed into the Kansas City Chiefs, now an incalculably valuable icon of the city, as synonymous with the landscape as barbecue, the Country Club Plaza and jazz. But it took a few indulgences …

Outfielder Jeff Francoeur sure doesn’t sound like a man concerned the clock might be ticking on his time with the Royals.

Want to get away from it all without really leaving the city? Try the hiking trails at Burr Oak Woods or the Parkville Nature Sanctuary.

There are places not far from the fast pace of city life where you can hike into a different world.

Former Milgram Mustangs manager Don Motley will be honored on June 23 at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

Four Sporting KC players got the chance to test their skills in another sport when they drove some laps on the infield road course at Kansas Speedway.

Inevitably, at some point after every game, the Royals’ starting pitcher will make an extra effort to praise the club’s defense. The most traditional of defensive stats reflect little of this.

The Chiefs have claimed defensive end Austen Lane off waivers from Jacksonville and released defensive tackle Daniel Muir, the team announced Friday.

Sam Mellinger writes that there are some signs that hitting coach George Brett is having a positive effect on the Royals. But really, he says the Royals are winning again because of their outstanding pitching from the starters and the bullpen.

Arizona pitcher Ian Kennedy has been suspended for 10 games and Diamondbacks infielder Eric Hinske for five for their roles in a brawl this week, while managers Don Mattingly and Kirk Gibson have been given one-game bans.

It’s not every year a major college that orbits Kansas City wins an NCAA championship, or claims three conference titles in major sports, or spends its first year in a new league. But it all happened in 2012-13. The Star’s Blair Kerkhoff has taken time…

LeBron James wanted the responsibility on his powerful shoulders.

Missouri high school all-stars roll over Kansas for third straight win.

George Brett began his new life as the Royals’ hitting coach two weeks ago. He is exactly halfway through a one-month commitment and this seven-game road trip may be the most important time he has with the team. Four games at Tampa Bay, then a flight t…

The most objective voices in sports are the ones with money at stake, like merchants of team gear. Sports apparel stores stock what moves. What better measure of interest?

Johnson County woman lands her fish of a lifetime, a big striped marlin

After months of packing on muscle to gain the attention of Missouri’s coaches, Lee’s Summit West’s Logan Cheadle, a 5-foot-10 cornerback, became Missouri’s 11th verbal commitment for the Class of 2014 on Thursday. His cousin, actor Don Cheadle of “Ocea…