by admin | Aug 16, 2000 | Sports Features
Garrett Stephenson kept the Cubs off balance for seven innings and earned his 13th win, as the Cards beat Chicago 4-2. Stephenson allowed six hits and two runs, and then got relief help from Matt Morris and Dave Veres. Veres got the final out for his 20th save. Mike...
by admin | Aug 16, 2000 | Sports Features
Eric Milton is one of the better pitchers no one knows about. The Royals are now familiar. Milton pitched seven innings, allowing just 2 runs to lead Minnesota over Kansas City 6-2. Milton shut out the Royals on one hit until Mike Sweeney hit his 20th homer in the...
by admin | Aug 16, 2000 | Sports Features
Kansas City swimmer Catherine Fox has her final chance to return to the Olympics tonight in the 50 meter freestyle at the U.S. trials. Fox is not considered a favorite in this event. She won two gold medals in 1996.15-year old Amanda Stroud of Blue Springs has earned...
by admin | Aug 16, 2000 | Sports Features
New Kansas City Knights coach Kevin Pritchard is hoping Kansas City native JaRon Rush will wear a Knights uniform. The Knights selected Rush with their first pick in the American Basketball Association draft. With their second pick in the college portion of the draft,...
by admin | Aug 16, 2000 | Sports Features
Senior wide receiver Jon Dausman wants to become a go-to guy for the Tiger offense this fall. Dausman is trying to work his way back after missing all of last season after suffering a torn ACL. He’s showing few ill effects from the injury, in fact he’s...
by admin | Aug 16, 2000 | Sports Features
With interior offensive linemen to spare, the Chiefs have traded guard Brenden Stai to Jacksonville for a draft pick. Stai had signed with Kansas City as a free agent this past offseason. Guard Dave Szott practiced Tuesday for the first time since undergoing treatment...
by admin | Aug 16, 2000 | Sports Features
Southwest Missouri State football coach Randy Ball will put his team through a full contact scrimmage tonight. Ball plans to use a game clock and officials, and run about 64 plays. The Bears have suffered one major injury in training camp. Offensive lineman Justin...
by admin | Aug 16, 2000 | Sports Features
Amarillo beat the Ozark Mountain Ducks 11-4, to win the season series 9-7. Ozark’s Juan Mora doubled to extend his hitting streak to 27 games. Amarillo and Ozark will likely meet in the first round of the Texas-Louisiana League playoffs in September. Amarillo is...
by admin | Aug 16, 2000 | Sports Features
Saint Louis University has released its basketball schedule for the season ahead. The Billikens play 17 home games at Kiel Center, nine of those on Saturday. SLU will play 18 games against teams that were in post-season play in 2000. SLU’s schedule was ranked...
by admin | Aug 16, 2000 | Crime / Courts
Authorities in eastern Missouri’s St. Francois County say they’ve broken up one of the biggest methamphetamine operations ever found in Missouri. The drug raid happened early Monday morning. About 40 officers found weapons, cash, and ingredients for making...
by admin | Aug 16, 2000 | News
Some big companies are operating animal processing plants in Missouri. Now some farmers in central and northeast Missouri have gotten a grant from the state agriculture department to see if they can set up their own hog processing plant. State agriculture director...
by admin | Aug 16, 2000 | News
Once the Democratic National Convention wraps up Thursday in Los Angeles, Vice President Al Gore and running mate Joe Lieberman will be heading almost immediately to the Midwest. The two will be heading to La Cross, Wisconsin on Friday morning for a cruise down the...
