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Deion Sanders’ QB Dilemma & Rich Rodriguez’s West Virginia Homecoming: Key 2025 Big 12 Media Days Storylines
The 2025 Big 12 Media Days kicks off in Frisco, Texas, featuring major questions for all teams as they gear up for the new season. Arizona State shocked with a championship last year, while BYU and Colorado set the stage for competitive dynamics....

Kalani Sitake at Big 12 media days 2025: Top 5 questions we want BYU HC to answer
The Big 12 is set for July 8-9 at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas, ahead of the 2025 college football season, as marquee players and coaches will meet with the media. One team that many will be interested to hear from is BYU,...

Local Sports Update – Monday, 7/7
DuBois Little League All Star Baseball: Tonight, the DuBois Senior League All Stars will play their first game in the State Tournament. DuBois is hosting the tournament at Stern Field. Tune in for DuBois Seniors live action at 8 tonight on Connect...

Deion Sanders' QB dilemma, Rich Rodriguez's West Virginia homecoming among 2025 Big 12 Media Days storylines
College football's talking season officially gets underway on Tuesday as Big 12 Media Days reaches The Star in Frisco, Texas. The league takes its traditional place as the first media event of the college football season, and every team in the...

Denny Hamlin’s Chicago Detour With $110B Partner Sets Social Media Ablaze
Denny Hamlin’s chaotic weekend in Chicago became more than just a race; it was a collision of branding, bad luck, and unwavering ambition. Hamlin began the 2025 season with uncertainty, a new crew chief and a lack of sponsors, but he bounced back...

Windy City Smokeout 2025 opens this week, the annual double bill of barbecue and country music
It’s no secret that country music is booming, what with streaming services like Spotify reporting triple-digit increases in listenership in the last five years, Gen Z fans adding their numbers and major artists like Beyoncé jumping on the...

Sports on TV, radio: July 5-7, 2025
• Formula 1: Qualifying, Silverstone Circuit, Towcester, England, 8:55 a.m., ESPN2 • NTT IndyCar Series: Practice, Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Lexington, Ohio, 9:30 a.m., FS1 • NASCAR Cup Series: Practice, Chicago Street Race, Chicago, noon, TRUTV...

Sports Roundup – July 5
LOCAL SPORTS AGR Fastpitch: The St. Andrews Flyers won both games of their home-field doubleheader, defeating the Pomquet Acadians 7-2 and the U17 Chiefs 21-9. Game 1 Stats: Winning pitcher Jarron Kennedy, Losing pitcher Richie Connors Top hitters...

Zach LaVine's Odds to Beat Steph Curry, Travis Kelce in Golf Tournament Revealed
The American Century Celebrity Golf Championship is set to be underway from July 11 to July 13, and some of the biggest names in the sports world are in Tahoe to face off against one another. The field of the tournament consists of active NBA...

Exhibit pays tribute to master accordionist
Award-winning, master accordionist Don Lipovac is the subject of an exhibit through Sept. 21 at the Strawberry Hill Museum and Cultural Center in Kansas City, Kansas. The exhibit highlights Lipovac’s love of his Slovenian heritage and the...

PHOTOS: Kansas & 38 Special at Rose Music Center

Sporting KC tops Colorado Rapids for 2-1 victory
COMMERCE CITY, Colo. -- Erik Thommy had a goal and an assist, Dejan Joveljic also scored a goal and John Pulskamp had eight saves Friday night to help Sporting Kansas City beat the Colorado Rapids 2-1. Kansas City (6-10-5) beat the Rapids on the...

Sporting Kansas City 2, Colorado 1
Sporting Kansas City 1 1 — 2 Colorado 0 1 — 1 First Half_1, Sporting Kansas City, Joveljic, 12 (Thommy), 4th minute. Second Half_2, Sporting Kansas City, Thommy, 4 (Pulskamp), 53rd; 3, Colorado, Navarro, 7 (penalty kick), 89th. Goalies_Sporting...

Mexico wins Gold Cup in front of passionate Kansas City crowd as excitement builds for World Cup 2026
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Chants of ¡Viva México! echoed through the Power & Light District Sunday night as Mexico defeated the United States 2–1 in the Gold Cup Championship. The game reignited one of soccer’s strongest rivalries and gave fans in...

Athlon Sports ranks Top 10 LB units in college football for 2025
The 2025 college football season is still roughly two months away from offically kicking off, but that leaves plenty of time for Ranking Season to continue. And Athlon Sports more than provided with its 2025 preseason college football preview...

Minus Big 12 media poll where does Cincinnati Bearcats football rank?
The Big 12 conference has joined the Big Ten in doing away with their preseason football media poll. Since the University of Cincinnati has been part of the Big 12 conference, the preseason football media days have been held at ATT&T Stadium in...

Sporting KC faces Colorado Rapids on July 4th clash
Sporting Kansas City is set to face the Colorado Rapids on July 4th, marking a significant match under the stars as part of Independence Day celebrations. Fans can catch all the action via MLS Season Pass on the Apple TV app. Sporting Kansas City...

Sporting KC II faces Portland Timbers 2 in first home game since June
Sporting Kansas City II is set to host Portland Timbers 2 at Children's Mercy Victory Field on Saturday. This match marks their first home game since June 1st. Tickets for the noon kickoff are available on SeatGeek.com, and fans can stream the...

Sports scoreboard for Friday, July 4, 2025
By: The Canadian Press Posted: 11:51 PM CDT Friday, Jul. 4, 2025 Read this article for free: We need your support! Local journalism needs your support! As we navigate through unprecedented times, our journalists are working harder than ever to...

Kansas State lands top DE Tucker Ashford
Kansas State is back on the board on the recruiting trail. Fort Worth, Texas defensive end Tucker Ashford has committed to K-State. Ashford was more of a slow-burn type of recruitment. Kansas State offered him last June at a camp in Manhattan and...