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AP Interview: Pioli admits 'I've made mistakes'
The worn-out notebook with the blue cover that Scott Pioli drags out of pile of paperwork on his desk is from 1994. The handwriting inside of it, ...
Chiefs' Cassel ruled out Sunday vs Tampa Bay
Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel has been ruled out for Sunday's game at Tampa Bay with a concussion, and Brady Quinn will start an NFL game for the ...
Social media among threats to greeting card makers
Say it's your birthday or you've just had a baby, maybe got engaged or bought your first house. If you're like many Americans, your friends are ...
Tigers' Cabrera wins 1st Triple Crown in 45 years
Miguel Cabrera had just achieved baseball immortality, and everyone around him knew it. Tigers manager Jim Leyland had tears welling in his eyes.
AP PHOTOS: Tigers slugger Cabrera makes history
Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers became just the 15th player — and the first in 45 years — to win baseball's Triple Crown, joining an elite list ...
Chiefs lead NFL _ by far _ in turnover trouble
Of all the things the Chiefs should be focusing on this time of year, with the season four weeks old and the Baltimore Ravens coming to town on ...
Tigers' Cabrera in pursuit of Triple Crown
Miguel Cabrera sat in front of his locker in the corner of the visiting clubhouse at Kauffman Stadium on Tuesday, bantering in Spanish at a table full ...
Royals rally past AL Central champion Tigers, 4-2
Miguel Cabrera had two hits and drove in two runs before leaving in the fifth inning, and the Kansas City Royals rallied to beat his AL Central ...
Tigers clinch AL Central title with late surge
There could have been some infighting when the Detroit Tigers were languishing below .500 midway through the season, or even when they trailed the ...
Tigers beat Royals 6-3 to clinch AL Central title
Jim Leyland had tears in his eyes as he surveyed his crowded office Monday night. There was Miguel Cabrera, surrounded by his family, with the Triple ...
Chiefs' Crennel sticks with Cassel at quarterback
Romeo Crennel stepped to the podium in the auditorium beneath Arrowhead Stadium after another embarrassing loss and announced that Matt Cassel will ...
Chargers use 6 turnovers to beat Chiefs 37-20
Norv Turner was asked Sunday whether he could remember facing a more generous opponent, and the Chargers coach sifted through more than three decades ...
Momentum shift? Akin regains 2 Mo. endorsements
Some of Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney's prominent supporters are reversing course and backing Missouri GOP Senate candidate Todd Akin's ...
Woman wounded near Royals, Chiefs stadiums in ICU
A woman who works in the parking lot between the stadiums that are home to the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals is hospitalized in intensive care after ...
Berry vs Johnson gives subplot to Chiefs vs Bills
Eric Berry never saw the hit coming until it was too late. The Chiefs' Pro Bowl safety was ranging to his right, trying to defend the goal line in ...
Mo. lawmakers override veto of birth control bill
Missouri lawmakers enacted new religious exemptions from insurance coverage of birth control Wednesday, overriding a gubernatorial veto and delivering ...
Akin pledges to keep ads on TV in Mo. Senate race
Insisting his fundraising has rebounded after a nationally publicized gaffe, Republican Rep. Todd Akin said Friday that TV viewers in Missouri should ...
Bishop's conviction intensifies calls to step down
Calls for Bishop Robert Finn's resignation intensified a day after he became the highest-ranking U.S. church official to be convicted of a crime ...
Judge to try case against KC bishop, diocese
The criminal case against the highest-ranking Catholic official in the U.S. to be charged with shielding an abusive priest is headed for a swift ...
Why world markets focus on tiny Jackson Hole, Wyo.
Every August, the world's financial markets shift their attention from the centers of global commerce — New York, London, Tokyo — to a mountain valley ...
Families sue over Kansas grain elevator blast
Family members of four people killed in a grain elevator explosion last year in northeast Kansas are suing employees of Bartlett Grain Co., including ...
Chiefs' new-look offense has plenty of options
Matt Cassel took the snap from center, scanned the practice field as he dropped back to pass and just for a moment must have felt like a little boy ...
NFL suspends Chiefs LB Tamba Hali 1 game
Injuries could already keep two defensive starters out of the Chiefs' season-opener against Atlanta. Now, a suspension has sidelined their best pass ...