After a grueling race, even the most competitive distance runners share a kinship with their rivals.  After doing all they can to beat their foes, most runners will gladly offer a fist bump, a high-five…

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Bobby Witt Jr. homered twice as the Kansas City Royals beat the Detroit Tigers 10-3 for their fifth straight win on Tuesday night. Maikel Garcia led off the first with…

If this is, as expected, Rafael Nadal’s final French Open, it will be one that everyone — the 37-year-old Spaniard included — surely will remember vividly. No matter how healthy the guy everyone calls “Rafa” might be. No…

COLONY — When Crest High was on its way to a fourth-place finish at the 2022 State Tournament, the Lancers had to open with a showdown against perhaps the pre-eminent baseball program in Kansas. The…

EMPORIA — Iola High’s Brennen Coffield stood in a tie for ninth place Monday after the first round of the Class 3A State Golf Tournament. Coffield, a sophomore, was hovering around the top five for…

Iola High’s Keegan Hill, Humboldt High’s Sam and Laney Hull and a pack of talented athletes from Crest, Marmaton Valley and Southern Coffey County will gauge their skills against the best of the best at…

ROME (AP) — She’s the U.S. Open champion. The highest paid female athlete in the world. And a frustrated Floridian. American tennis player Coco Gauff has never been afraid to use her voice. Not when…

Iolan Cooper Riley not only hit his first ever hole-in-one Friday at the Allen County Country Club, he did so on the fly. His 171-yard shot with a 7-iron landed directly into the cup without…

FREDONIA — Keegan Hill saved his best for last. The Iola High freshman, who narrowly missed out on qualifying for the state track meet in the 1500-meter run, had one final shot, in Friday’s 3200-meter…

FREDONIA — As they competed just a few feet apart, almost in sequence, Humboldt High’s Sam and Laney Hull were almost oblivious to each other. The Hulls were competing Friday in the high jump at…