Mizzou wrestling sensation, and recent Olympic qualifier, J'Den Cox, will be appearing Thursday night with Jim Heuer and Brendan Wiese on the Big Sports Show. Cox rolled through the World Games Qualifying Tournament over the weekend, capturing a first place finish in the 86-kilogram weight class. It secures Cox a spot in the upcoming 2016…

CHICAGO (AP) - Game 7 of the Blackhawks-Blues series drew the largest TV audience for a first-round NHL playoff game on NBCSN. St. Louis' 3-2 win Monday to eliminate the defending Stanley Cup champions averaged 1.35 million viewers. The telecast on CSN Chicago earned a 19.1 rating, a record for the regional sports network. That…

PHOENIX (AP) - Carlos Martinez gave up three hits in eight scoreless innings, Brandon Moss and Stephen Piscotty homered and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-2 on Tuesday night. Martinez (4-0) won for the fourth time in four starts. The 24-year-old right-hander held the Diamondbacks without a hit until David Peralta's one-out…

PHOENIX (AP) - Jean Segura had four hits, including a go-ahead three-run home run in the sixth inning, to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 12-7 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday night. Segura's homer came during a nine-run inning that made ace Zack Greinke a winner despite allowing seven runs. The Cardinals…

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Troy Brouwer tapped in his own rebound to snap a third-period tie and the St. Louis Blues advanced to the second round of the playoffs for the first time in four seasons, eliminating the defending Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 in Game 7 of their Western Conference quarterfinals series Monday…