ROYALS AND TWINS PLAY AN AFTERNOON GAME WEDNESDAY TO CLOSE OUT THEIR QUICK TWO GAME SERIES. ADALBERTO MONDESI HIT AN INSIDE THE PARK HOMER FOR KC, AND THE ROYALS PLAYED THEIR FIRST EXTRA INNINGS GAME OF THE SEASON LAST NIGHT. THE BLUE CREW LOSE IT 5-4 IN TEN INNINGS.

CARDS WERE OFF YESTERDAY, THEY CAN FINISH OFF A TWO GAME SWEEP OF THE PIRATES TONIGHT. FIRST HOME GAME OF THE SEASON COMES TOMORROW AGAINST THE PADRES. THE CARDS SIT IN SECOND PLACE IN THE DIVISION BEHIND THE BREWERS EARLY IN THE SEASON.

ST. LOUIS BLUES ARE DOWN TO THE FINAL THREE GAMES OF THE REGULAR SEASON, PLAYOFFS START NEXT WEEK. BLUES WILL BE IN CHICAGO TONIGHT, THEN COME BACK HOME TO PLAY THE FLYERS AND CANUCKS LATER IN THE WEEK.

JUST THREE GAMES LEFT IN THE MEN’S BIG DANCE. FINAL FOUR GAMES GO SATURDAY EVENING, VIRGINIA IS FAVORED BY 5 ½ TO BEAT AUBURN, IN THE LATE GAME, MICHIGAN ST. IS A 2 ½ POINT FAVORITE TO BEAT TEXAS TECH. THE NATIONAL TITLE GAME IS MONDAY NIGHT.

WOMEN’S FINAL FOUR GOES ON FRIDAY. THE NATIONAL SEMI FINAL MATCH-UPS HAVE #1 OVERALL SEED BAYLOR TAKING ON OREGON, AND NOTRE DAME AGAINST UCONN.

THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS HAVE BEEN BUSY THIS OFF SEASON. THEY COMPLETELY CHANGED OUT THEIR DEFENSIVE COACHING STAFF AND HAVE BEEN GETTING RID OF A LOT OF HIGH PAID DEFENSIVE PLAYERS (DEE FORD, ERIC BERRY, JUSTIN HOUSTON), NOW THEY GET BRING ONE IN. THE CHIEFS TRADE WITH CLEVELAND TO GET DEFENSIVE END EMMANUEL OGBAH. HE’S BEEN A GOOD PLAYER FOR THE BROWNS ‘D’, DRAFTED #32 OVERALL IN 2016. THE CHIEFS HAD ONE OF THE WORST DEFENSES IN THE LEAGUE LAST SEASON AND IT COST THEM IN THE AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME LOSS TO NEW ENGLAND.

AFTER JUST 8 WEEKS OF GAMES THE AAF, ALLIANCE OF AMERICAN FOOTBALL, IS SUSPENDING OPERATIONS. AFTER THE FIRST WEEK OF THE SEASON THE AAF NEEDED AN INVESTMENT OF $250 MILLION DOLLARS FROM AN NHL OWNER TO STAY AFLOAT. ORLANDO COACH STEVE SPURRIER SAID AT TUESDAY PRACTICE IT WAS “SAD TO END THIS WAY.”

NASCAR HEADS TO BRISTOL SUNDAY FOR THE 8TH RACE OF THE SEASON. KYLE BUSCH AND DENNY HAMLIN ARE 1 AND 2 IN THE POINT STANDINGS, EACH WITH TWO WINS THIS YEAR.