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The Chiefs traded away Tyreek Hill and reloaded with JuJu Smith-Schuster, Marquez Valdes-Scantling and a bevy of draft picks on offense. But once again, their quest for a seventh consecutive AFC West title revolves around the play of Patrick Mahomes, who will be operating behind one of the league’s best offensive lines. If their revamped defense can put more pressure on opposing quarterbacks this season, the Chiefs could be in the mix down the stretch and into the playoffs, and perhaps find themselves hosting an unprecedented fifth straight conference championship game.

The Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference released its preseason women’s and men’s cross country teams this week, and both squads are full of athletes from the University of Saint Mary. The Spires had a combined 18 runners on the two teams.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Former Florida forward Keyontae Johnson, who collapsed during a game in December 2020 and hasn’t played since, is headed to Kansas State to resume his college career.

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The University of Saint Mary men’s soccer team is going international. Wanting to bring more experience into the program, the Spires went to the transfer portal and have added eight international players from seven different countries.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The strides made by Kansas under firstyear coach Lance Leipold were evident on an autumn night in Texas, when the long-suffering Jayhawks stunned the Longhorns in overtime in one of the biggest upsets in college football.

Here are some quotes from “Fishing Tackle and Kits” by Dixie Carroll, a book copyrighted in 1919, the year after World War I ended. This pioneer fishing author with a fine sense of humor wrote several angling books. Note his unique phrases, including calling large fish “he-whops.”

The 2022 high school football season is fast approaching with Basehor-Linwood, Lansing, Leavenworth and Pleasant Ridge all kicking off Friday, Sept. 2 at home.