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Patrick Mahomes has been on the cover of GQ magazine and Sports Illustrated. The 26-year-old is also a Super Bowl MVP with a library full of impressive football stats, but a new research project indicates that Mahomes' looks are a factor in those accomplishments.

The Monarchs swept the best-of-five championship series against the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks, carrying the winning legacy of its Negro Leagues namesake into a new century.

The Kansas City Royals are looking ahead and beginning to publicly consider downtown as the team's next stadium location.

Chris Burnett, 34, who also coached a women's football team in Kansas City, died Saturday. He was not vaccinated.

The safety protocols implemented at sporting events after 9/11 have become a routine part of fans' experience, accepted as one of the ways life changed after the attack.

Courtney Frerichs took home silver in her second Olympic bid, while a Canadian sprinter with Kansas ties claimed gold in the men's 200-meter sprint.

Chris Nilsen's family set their clocks to rise in the predawn hours to watch him compete in Tokyo, and say they're thrilled with his performance.

Trapshooter Derrick Mein has one more shot at an Olympic medal in Tokyo when he teams up with Kayle Browning, who won a silver medal in the women's competition. Then he has his sights set on Paris in 2024.

The road to the Olympics for the Honduran Men's soccer team came at the expense of the U.S. Men's National team, leaving Kansas Citians with Honduran connections only one team to cheer for in Tokyo.

Kara Eaker and Leanne Wong arrived in Japan as alternates on the Women's Gymnastics team, prepared to compete if one of their teammates suffered an injury or became ill. Instead, they were quarantined after Eaker tested positive for the coronavirus.

After a yearlong postponement, the Tokyo Olympics start today, placing Kansas Citian Vlatko Andonovski on the international stage as he leads the USA Women's Soccer team into competition.

Kara Eaker tested positive at a training camp near Tokyo. Last month at the Olympic Trials, Eaker said she had been vaccinated. Her teammate, Leanne Wong, who is also from the Kansas City area is in quarantine.