KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri wide receiver Luther Burden III on Monday declared for the NFL draft, where he is expected to be a first-round pick. Burden said he would skip the No. 22 Tigers’ bowl game and begin preparing for the April draft. The decision was widely expected after the junior from St.…

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) — Things had a chance to unravel for Missouri early in its matchup with Mississippi State on Saturday, but a big play changed it all. Trailing 3-0 and giving up great field position to the Bulldog offense, the Tigers got a fumble recovery from Dylan Carnell returned 67 yards for a score.…

Drew Bannister is out as coach of the St. Louis Blues after less than a full calendar year on the job. Jim Montgomery is back behind the bench of an NHL team five days after he was fired by the Boston Bruins. The Blues fired Bannister on Sunday and hired Montgomery as his replacement, a…

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina coach Shane Beamer got a text recently from an SEC rival coach impressed with freshman quarterback LaNorris Sellers. “You’ve got ‘Superman’ back there,” the message read, Beamer said. Sellers may not be the “Man of Steel,” but he’s certainly making a major impact for No. 23 South Carolina. And…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — PJ Haggerty scored 22 of his 25 points in the second half when Memphis took over en route to an 83-75 win over Missouri in the season opener for both teams on Monday night. The Tigers trailed by 10 at halftime but shot 58% in the second half, while going 17-20…