KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jim Lynch, the hard-hitting linebacker who helped the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Minnesota Vikings in the 1970 Super Bowl following a standout career at Notre Dame, has died. He was 76.
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Five University of Missouri student-athletes were selected in the 2022 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Two-time All-Star Whit Merrifield of the Kansas City Royals apologized Friday for “poorly articulated” comments about the COVID-19 vaccine after missing the team’s trip to Canada.
Kristen Hirlinger, native and Boonville High School graduate, has earned her second Emmy nomination for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Limited Series for the Netflix show “Midnight Mass.” Her first nomination was in 2021 when she worked as a dialogue editor on “The Haunting of Bly Manor.” Midnight Mass is about a small island town whose residents start to experience miracles that may or may not be related to the new priest who’s just come to town. It’s a slow-burning, suspenseful horror/drama that evokes themes of religion, addiction, guilt, and death in very thoughtful ways.
In a little over two weeks, the Boonville 12-year-old All-Stars will compete on the biggest stage of their careers in the Cal Ripken World Series in Branson, Missouri. After winning the Cal Ripken State Tournament in Boonville on Sunday, July 10, the Boonville 12 All-Stars received an automatic bid to the WS, which will be held August 5-13.
Cooper County Bandits player Layne Brandes makes contact with the ball in the first game Tuesday night against Fayette in Junior Babe Ruth action at Twillman Field in Harley Park. The Cooper County Bandits wound up beating Fayette 15-3. In the nightcap, KWRT rallied in the bottom of the seventh to win 6-5 over New Franklin. (Photo by Chris Bowie)
As of Tuesday, July 19 KWRT, 13-4 BTC Bank, 11-5 Cooper County Bandits, 11-6 New Franklin, 9-7 Fayette, 6-11 Central Realty, 4-12 Imhoff’s, 3-12 Games for July 18-19 Monday, July 18 Central Realty 6, Imhoff’s 3 Cooper County Bandits 7, BTC Bank 3 Tuesday, July 19 Cooper County Bandits 15, Fayette 3 KWRT 6, New Franklin 5 .
The Fourth Annual Dean Caldwell Golf Tournament had a little bit of everything this year. With over 100 golfers participating in the 18 hole tournament at Hail Ridge Golf Course in Boonville, the tournament was a win for everyone with proceeds going to the Pirate Ridge Golf Academy.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Giancarlo Stanton homered into an especially sweet spot in his Dodger Stadium homecoming at the All-Star Game, putting his name alongside some of the sluggers he loved watching from the left field seats as a kid.
CHICAGO (AP) — Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees, Mookie Betts and the Los Angeles Dodgers, Jose Altuve and the Houston Astros — they’re all just looking for more of the same. The Atlanta Braves’ title defense is rolling along, and Julio Rodríguez and the Seattle Mariners are looking to crash the playoff party.