PUXICO, Mo. -- An Olympic hopeful from Puxico, Missouri, has been banned from the 2020 Summer Olympics after testing positive for a drug often associated with athletes who compete in the field of weightlifting. Jackson native Tyler Moore, age 24, has accepted a four-year sanction for an anti-doping rule violation, according to the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA)...

The superiority of the Charleston Fighting Squirrels baseball team continued Wednesday during their final Senior Babe Ruth World Series pool play game in Ephrata, Washington. The Squirrels remained undefeated by squeezing out a 3-0 win over Surry County, North Carolina, a day after securing the top seed in the American Pool.

A year ago, Cape Girardeau native Bryan Greaser was in Wyoming competing in a four-day, 400-mile expedition race known as Cowboy Tough. Now he finds himself back in the Cowboy State, preparing to take on that race again. Except this time, the level of challenge is even greater...

Dalhousie Golf Club will host the Missouri Golf Association 4-Ball Tournament Saturday and Sunday. The event welcomes two-player teams both locally and from around the state to the Jackson course. Tee times will begin at 7:30 a.m. and run through 1:30 p.m. each day...

PITTSBURGH -- Dexter Fowler's two -run triple sparked the St. Louis Cardinals to an 11-7 comeback win over the Pittsburgh Pirates Thursday night at PNC Park. With the Cardinals trailing 5-4 with one out in the seventh inning, Fowler tripled down the right field line off reliever Joaquin Benoit to give St. Louis a 6-5 lead. Fowler went 2 for 3 with three RBIs, scored three runs and walked twice...

BOSTON -- Mookie Betts finally had a pitch he could drive and the Boston Red Sox pulled out anther last at-bat win in Fenway Park. Betts lined a two-run double off the Green Monster with two outs in the ninth inning, capping a three-run rally that lifted the Red Sox to a 5-4 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night...

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. -- The Kansas City Chiefs broke training camp at Missouri Western State University on Wednesday. Whether they'll be back next season is expected to be decided soon. The contract between the Chiefs and the Division II school about an hour's drive north of Kansas City expired this year. But not only are there a pair of mutual options, both sides have expressed interest in negotiating another deal to keep Missouri Western the Chiefs' summer home...