KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs long ago moved on from wide receiver Tyreek Hill, whom they shipped to the Miami Dolphins in the offseason for a package of draft picks that have helped them get younger and deeper across the board.
NEW YORK (AP) — Pitch clocks have shortened games by an average of 29 minutes in the minor leagues this year as the season nears the halfway point. Minor league games with a pitch clock have averaged 2 hours, 35 minutes, down from 3:04 through June 14 last year, in an experiment that Major League Baseball is preparing for possible adoption in 2023.
BOSTON (AP) — The Golden State Warriors are NBA champions once again, topping the Boston Celtics 103-90 on Thursday night for their fourth title in the last eight seasons. Stephen Curry scored 34 points and was named the NBA Finals MVP as the Warriors claimed the franchise’s seventh championship overall.
DENVER (AP) — Andre Burakovsky scored 1:23 into overtime and the Colorado Avalanche opened the Stanley Cup Final with a 4-3 victory over the two-time defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday night.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Khari Willis found there was more to life than football. So on Tuesday, the Indianapolis Colts’ promising 26-year-old starting safety surprised many by retiring to join the ministry.
NEW YORK (AP) — Leaders from the New York Mets recently held what’s believed to be an unprecedented meeting with the nonprofit group Advocates for Minor Leaguers to discuss pay and working conditions in the minors, and another meeting is planned soon that will include players from the team’s farm system.
Former Shawnee High School wrestling coach Mike Henry has been elected to the Oklahoma Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. He will be officially inducted during the organization’s annual ceremony on Sunday, Oct.
METAIRIE, La. (AP) — New Orleans Saints starting defensive end Marcus Davenport enters his fifth NFL season with just four fingers on his left hand.
Shawnee native Jordan Leen has been named the new head wrestling coach at Brown University. He is the son of former Shawnee High School mat legend Mark Leen and will replace Todd Beckerman who stepped down in May.
The Shawnee News-Star recently conducted its Best of Tri-County Area Preps event and here are the winners for each sport in which awards were presented: Look for more on this event in the special section of the Weekender edition which comes out Sunday. Here are the winners for each sport, overall athletes of the year and coaches of the year: Girls Cross Country Athlete of the Year Baylee Tapley of Bethel High School.