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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Some Kansas lawmakers see a chance to lure Kansas City’s two biggest professional sports teams across the Missouri border, but an effort to help the Super Bowl champion Chiefs and Major League Baseball’s Royals finance new stadiums in Kansas fizzed over concerns about how it might look to taxpayers.

According to a report from Variety, Fox is opening bids to buy air time by asking at least $7 million for a 30-second commercial during next year’s big game.

Former Broncos star Bill Romanowski filed for bankruptcy on Monday and reportedly owes the federal government $15.5 million in back taxes, according to USA Today.

A transgender athlete will compete in the national women’s water polo championship this weekend at Texas A&M University. 

The benches cleared on Tuesday as the Milwaukee Brewers faced the Tampa Bay Rays in the league’s first all-out brawl this season.

Xavier Smith, former safety of the Colorado Buffaloes, has expressed dismay over some of Deion Sanders’ reforms after becoming head coach. 

Social media videos of Georgia pitcher Christian Mracna’s activity in the bullpen and during a dominant performance on the mound in a weekend game at top-ranked Texas A&M has led Aggies coach Jim Schlossnagle to suspect the pitcher was putting a foreign substance on the ball in violation of the rules.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — On a recent weeknight at this bar in northeast Portland, fans downed pints and burgers as college women’s lacrosse and beach volleyball matches played on big-screen TVs. Memorabilia autographed by female athletes covered the walls, with a painting of U.S. soccer legend Abby Wambach mounted above the chalkboard beer menu.

The former Nike executive who signed Michael Jordan to the most lucrative shoe deal in the history of sports or shoes thinks Caitlin Clark should have gotten a deal just like MJ.

L.A. Lakers star LeBron James jump scared and mocked a female Denver fan who called him a “crybaby” during Monday’s game.

A social media post by Caitlyn Jenner is going viral for Jenner’s loud and proud support for former President Donald Trump.

The Dave & Buster’s entertainment restaurant will soon offer customers social wagering through its app for those who play arcade games including Hot Shots basketball and Skee Ball.

Houston Texans’ wide receiver Tank Dell was struck by a stray bullet at Sanford, Florida’s Cabana Live Saturday night and sustained minor injuries.

Ex-WWE star Natalie Eva Marie says that it was the animal rights extremist group PETA that made her want to become a hunter.

CBS has parted ways with longtime analysts Phil Simms and Boomer Esiason, opting to bring on the recently retired Matt Ryan and JJ Watt.

Brittney Griner, the WNBA star who was arrested at a Moscow airport in 2022 for possession of an illegal cannabis cartridge, blames a “mental lapse” for why she forgot to remove the cartridge before inspection.

Mike Tyson reveals that he is abstaining from sex and weed in the lead-up to his July 20 fight against Jake Paul.

LeBron James exploded in anger at his head coach during the fourth quarter of the Lakers Game 4 series against the Denver Nuggets.

Major League Baseball (MLB) uniforms that drew equal measures of scorn and derision when they were fully unveiled this spring are heading for the door – later rather than sooner.

NASCAR Xfinity Series driver Ryan Sieg had to perform an emergency evacuation of his flaming vehicle during a very scary moment at Dover International Speedway on Saturday.

If you watched Bills draft pick Keon Coleman’s introductory press conference expecting to hear football talk, you got a lot more than that.

Illinois politicians voiced their skepticism of the NFL Chicago Bears’ proposed stadium that would need $2.3 billion in public funds, with Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) saying there are higher “priorities” for taxpayers.

One Tree Hill actress Sophia Bush has come out as “queer,” attending the White House Correspondents Dinner as a couple with former Women’s Soccer player Ashlyn Harris. “I sort of hate the notion of having to come out in 2024.

Caitlin Clark has been asked to sign many things over the past couple of weeks, but this has got to be a first.

Keith Olbermann is fed up with the New York Times and their “grudge” against President Joe Biden and has retaliated by canceling his subscription to the leftist rag.

The Franciscan University of Steubenville has rejected recent changes to Title IX, allowing “gender identity” to be used as a basis for sex discrimination.

The Biden administration is trying to have it both ways by not directly mentioning the word transgender but protecting them anyway.

Two Ohio lawmakers are jumping into the fray to get famed Cincinnati Reds player Pete Rose into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Former NFL running and actor back O.J. Simpson’s cause of death has been revealed.

The Falcons selection of Michael Penix Jr. is the most nonsensical and bewildering draft day decision in the history of the NFL Draft.

Former New York Giants offensive lineman Korey Cunningham was found dead in his home on Thursday. He was only 28.

Panthers Owner Dave Tepper confronted a restaurant owner over a sign telling him to, “LET THE COACH AND GM PICK.”