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By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers are to kick off a special session Monday to consider aid for tornado victims and a package of financial incentives aimed at keeping the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals from leaving the state for new or improved facilities in neighboring Kansas. Gov.

HAIFA, Israel (AP) — Gadi Kinda, a midfielder on the Israeli national soccer team who previously played for Sporting Kansas City in the MLS, died Tuesday. He was 31. Kinda’s Israeli club, Maccabi Haifa, announced his death following his hospitalization for an undisclosed condition. Kinda played for Sporting Kansas City from 2020-23 and signed with

By JOHN HANNA Associated Press Missouri’s governor said Friday that he will call the Legislature into a special session to consider incentives aimed at keeping the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals from moving to Kansas after lawmakers failed to pass a plan during their regular, annual session. Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe wants his state to

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs will be featured in at least eight stand-alone games during the upcoming NFL season. Their Super Bowl rematch against the Philadelphia Eagles won’t be one of them. The teams will meet Week 2 in Kansas City in the late

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri House on Tuesday endorsed a new framework of financial incentives to try to keep the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals from possibly leaving the state by helping fund new or renovated stadiums for them. The legislation, which has the backing of Republican

By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Pro Football Writer The Philadelphia Eagles will start defending their championship at home on Sept. 4 against the NFC East rival Dallas Cowboys in a rare intra-division matchup for the NFL’s annual regular-season kickoff game. The selection was revealed on Monday by the NFL, the first in a series of announcements

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A Kansas City Chiefs superfan known as “ChiefsAholic” was sentenced Monday in an Oklahoma courtroom to serve 32 years in state prison for robbing a Tulsa-area bank, a sentence that will be carried out after he finishes serving time in federal prison. Xaviar Babudar, 30, appeared in a Tulsa courtroom and

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Get ready to make those viewing plans. The NFL schedule is coming out. The league’s broadcast partners will begin to announce select games Monday and the full slate of games will be revealed Wednesday night. The thirst for football is so great the schedule release is a three-hour,

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs exercised their fifth-year options Tuesday on cornerback Trent McDuffie and pass rusher George Karlaftis, two of the young pillars of a defense that has helped them to reach three consecutive Super Bowls. The deadline to pick up the option year is Thursday. The 24-year-old McDuffie, who

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs general manager Brett Veach saw the same thing that everyone else saw during the Super Bowl: His team was beaten up front on both sides of the ball by the Philadelphia Eagles in a lopsided and humbling defeat. He certainly took some swings

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs selected Ohio State offensive tackle Josh Simmons with the final pick in the first round of the NFL draft on Thursday night, giving quarterback Patrick Mahomes the blindside protector he was so sorely lacking last season. Simmons missed the majority