The excitement of a new football season is in the air as the West Plains Zizzers prepare to host their annual Red & White Scrimmage on Friday, August 22 at 7 p.m. at Zizzer Stadium. Admission to the event is a case of sports drinks or bottled water, which will be used to help keep Zizzer athletes hydrated throughout the season.
The STL Cardinals wrapped up their series with the Marlins last night with more here is your redbird recap.
Cardinals are off today as they travel to the west coast for the next 7 games starting Friday night at San Diego for three games then to LA to face the Dodgers for three games before heading back to STL to host the Cubs.
The New York Mets acquired two-time All-Star reliever Ryan Helsley from the St. Louis Cardinals for three minor leaguers.
Mizzou football has gone through two days of fall camp, and a familiar theme for Eli Drinkwitz is not knowing who the starting quarterback may be. This year it’s between two. Sam Horn, who just signed with the LA Dodgers but is committed to the Tigers for this football season, and incoming transfer Beau Pribula. There isn’t any secrecy in Drink’s motives in not naming the starter. He’s going to use as much time as he needs or as the QBs need to determine who won the job.
The Kansas City Chiefs held their longest training camp practice Tuesday in temperatures that felt upwards of 110 degrees with the heat index. Transitioning to a new position in camp is offensive lineman Kingsley Suamataia, moving from left tackle to left guard. Head Coach Andy Reid says now that players have had pads on for a few days now, he’s seen good things from Suamataia.
Suamataia says while the move is going well, it’s still a learning process, with things moving much faster at the guard position.
The heat brought a slew of new injuries, including a hamstring injury for wide receiver Skyy Moore and an ankle injury for Hollywood Brown among others.
