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Chiefs begin preparations for threepeat run

2 years ago By Dustin Danner

Body With the regular season less than three weeks away, Kansas City is prepping to do something only one other NFL franchise has done: win three straight league titles.

Football camps spark epiphanies

2 years ago By Shawn Roney

Body PREP to PRO High heat, drop kicks, random observations and points that amuse are all part of the wide, wide world of sports at the community and national levels. I should’ve used “Big Bertha.” That’s a realization I’ve made since covering an Aug.

GREAT GEAR makes it easy to capture images like this one of Excelsior Springs quarterback Marquez McCant (left) handing off to Gaige Carr. SHAWN RONEY | Staff

Fall prep sports get underway at ESHS

2 years ago By Dustin Danner

Body Fall sports practices have begun at Excelsior Springs High School. Per Missouri State High School Activities Association (MSHSAA) regulations, practices began Monday.

Witt, Royals keep pace in AL playoff race

2 years ago By Dustin Danner

Body Kansas City shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. and his fellow Royals are on the edge of playoff contention with roughly six weeks left in the Major League Baseball regular season.

IN PICTURES: TIGERS GROWL ON GRIDIRON

2 years ago By News Staff

Body Jake Danneman, Excelsior Springs’ new head varsity football coach, and his Tigers have wrapped their offseason training. The Tigers, who are scheduled to begin preseason practices Aug.

HAYDEN O’DELL (left) keeps his eyes upfield as he fights off a block by Richmond’s Bryer Farnan.

Rogers named AAU All-American

2 years ago By Dustin Danner

Body For an Excelsior Springs prep athlete, the track and field season didn’t end with state competition.

Picollo, Royals make trade moves to prep for postseason run

2 years ago By Dustin Danner

Body J.J. Picollo has been busy the past few weeks trying to prepare the Kansas City Royals for a postseason run. Picollo, the team’s executive vice president and general manager, started making moves July 14 with the acquisition of relief pitcher Hunter Harvey from Washington.