The Pro Football Hall of Fame inducted four players and one coach yesterday. The coach was Hank Stram, who spent 15 seasons with the Chiefs organization and was the team’s first head coach. He put together a record of 124-76-10 and led the Chiefs to three AFL Championships (one was as the head coach of the Dallas, Texans, who became the Chiefs in 1963) and two trips to the Super Bowl. Kansas City beat Minnesota 23-7 in Super Bowl IV. Stram’s health has declined due to diabetes and his induction speech was delivered via videotape and proved to be the most moving speech of the day. Marcus Allen was also inducted on Sunday. In 16 seasons in the NFL, his most memorable moments came wearing a Raider’s uniform. But after being relegated to back up status there, Allen signed on with the Chiefs in 1993 and averaged 739 yards rushing and 8.8 touchdowns per season. He was also good for 28 receptions per season, scoring three touchdowns through the air. He retired after the 1997 season. James Lofton, Jo DeLamielleure and Elvin Bethea were also inducted yesterday.

Jimmy Gobble made his major league debut on Sunday and was able to earn a win as the Royals beat the Devil Rays 2-0 at Kauffman Stadium. Gobble lasted six innings and gave up six hits, no runs and one walk. Gobble was called up from Class AA Wichita to replace Jose Lima, who’s been put on he 15-day disabled list with a strained groin. Curtis Leskanic and Jeremy Affeldt worked the final three innings and didn’t allow a base runner. Affeldt earned his first save of the season. The Royals struck with home runs from Joe Randa and Aaron Guiel in the first and third innings. Guiel’s round-tripper was the second inside-the-park home run of the series. Angel Berroa raced around the bases in Friday’s 9-6 loss. Kansas City took two out of three from Tampa Bay and owns a two-game lead over the White Sox in the American League Central. The Royals open a three-game series against the White Sox in Chicago tonight. Last week Chicago swept Kansas City at home.

The Cardinals hopes of a sweep were dashed by the Mets at Shea Stadium on Sunday in a 13-5 loss. Bo Hart’s third home run of the season gave St. Louis a 1-0 lead in the first inning. The Mets countered with RBI singles from Cliff Floyd and Timo Perez to take a 2-1 lead in the bottom half of the inning. Tino Martinez drove in a run with a single in the third inning to make it 3-3 and that was as close as the Cardinals got the rest of the way. Tony Clark finished with two home runs and five RBI’s. Albert Pujols was 2-4 and improved his batting average to .372. St. Louis wrapped up a six-game road trip with 4-2 mark. Their series with the Expos and Mets went the same way; they won the first two games, only to fall in game three. The Cardinals are still in second place in the National League Central and trail the Astros by two games. They come home to open a six game home stand where they host the Marlins tonight.

Jamie McMurray has nothing to be ashamed of but he was so close to the biggest win of his career he could taste it. Instead the Joplin, Mo. native took third place at yesterday’s Brickyard 400. McMurray led on two different occasions for a total of 22 laps. He was in first place coming out of a caution on lap 145, but stalled and fell back to third place. Kevin Harvick was the quickest once the green flag was waved and he went on to win it. It was McMurray’s best finish of the season and he moved up four spots in the point standings to 21st place. St. Louis native Rusty Wallace finished 10th in the race and moved up a spot to 10th in the standings.

The U.S. basketball team dropped to 1-1 at the Pan Am games with an 86-85 loss to Puerto Rico. Missouri senior Arthur Johnson had 15 points and lead Team USA with eight rebounds. Fellow Tiger, Rickey Paulding, left the game after just eight minutes of play when he banged his knee. Paulding hit the game-winning shot against Argentina on Saturday. If the United States wants to remain in medal contention they’ll have to beat Uruguay this afternoon. Mizzou head coach Quin Snyder is an assistant coach on the team, which is led by Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo.