Kelvin Herrera, Wade Davis and Greg Holland will be forever connected in the minds of many Royals fans. They formed one of the most potent bullpen trios in Major League Baseball history, helping the Royals reach the World Series in 2014 and 2015.

The New York Mets honored longtime pitcher Dwight “Doc” Gooden on Sunday. The club retired his No. 16 jersey in a special on-field ceremony before the Mets played host to the Kansas City Royals at Citi Field.

Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes wasted little time in getting to work with new receiver/running back Louis Rees-Zammit. Late last month the Chiefs signed Rees-Zammit, the former Welsh rugby star, and he said one of his biggest challenges is getting up to speed with the game of football.

NEW YORK — The Kansas City Royals returned to the win column on Saturday. And they did it with a unique lineup.

AUGUSTA, Ga. — The one-and-only, the original was fading at a heartbreaking rate right before our eyes. So by Sunday afternoon at the Masters, auditions for the next Tiger Woods — or a reasonable facsimile — had become even more urgent.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — This is the 56th year of Royals baseball, and Thursday’s 13-3 victoiy over the Houston Astros marked only the third time they’ve completed a homestand with at least a 7-0 record.

It could be an eventful few days for Kansas State at the NFL Draft. Mel Kiper, perhaps the most respected draft expert in the business, thinks two former Wildcats could end up being selected in the second round while a couple more of Chris Klieman’s former players could get picked in the later stages of the event.

Last Thursday, April 4, Independence High School track and field headed to Frontenac to take part in the 13-team Raider Invitational, then followed that up by welcoming nine schools to town for the Montgomery County Classic this past Tuesday. At the home event, the Lady Bulldogs took third place as a team, meanwhile the IHS boys were fifth overall.

Coming off a season-opening team victory at home last week, Independence High School boys’ golf made the trip to Pittsburg on Tuesday, April 9. The Bulldogs came away with fourth place as a squad and one individual medal as sophomore Ethan Small once again led the way with a third place showing. The host Purple Dragons finished first with a combined score of 325, followed by Chanute in second (342), Ft. Scott in third (347) and IHS in fourth (352).

Kansas’ basketball program does not have as much NIL money available as reported recently in some outlets, coach Bill Self said at Thursday’s season-ending hoops banquet at Burge Union on the KU campus.