By DAVE SKRETTA Associated Press (KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — The World Series champion Royals are stuck in no-man’s land, close enough to contention to keep fighting yet far enough behind the… Read more »

By DAVID BRANDT Associated Press (HOOVER, Ala., AP) — Alabama is once again the favorite to win the Southeastern Conference, while LSU, Tennessee, Mississippi and the rest of the league try to… Read more »

By DAVID BRANDT (HOOVER, Ala., AP) — First-year coach Barry Odom’s goal of creating more stability at Missouri became more challenging Wednesday with the departure of athletic director Mack Rhoades…. Read more »

(BRIDGEVIEW, Ill., AP) — Michael de Leeuw scored in the 19th minute and the Chicago Fire made it stand for a 1-0 victory over Sporting Kansas City on Wednesday night…. Read more »

By BETH HARRIS (LOS ANGELES, AP) — Jayson Tatum, a forward headed to Duke, and newly minted Olympic hurdler and sprinter Sydney McLaughlin were honored as the national prep athletes… Read more »

By IAN HARRISON (TORONTO, AP) — No matter what he tries, nothing seems to be working for struggling Royals starter Chris Young. Josh Donaldson hit two solo home runs, Troy… Read more »

By Ian Harrison (TORONTO, AP) — One bad inning spoiled an otherwise solid start by Kansas City’s Edinson Volquez. Aaron Sanchez overcame flu-like symptoms to work eight innings and win… Read more »

By Steve Overbey (ST. LOUIS, AP) — Gregory Polanco homered twice and Jonathon Niese turned in his best start in almost a month to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to a… Read more »

(KANSAS CITY, Kan., AP) — Matt Besler scored in stoppage time to help Sporting Kansas City beat the Columbus Crew 3-2 on Sunday night and extend its unbeaten streak to… Read more »