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Stringer’s widow wants to ensure that dealing with heat stays a hot topic

Aug 7, 10:06 PM

She watches from the car on good days, keeping her distance as her only son practices football. Kelci Stringer’s boy is getting older now, growing into a body that, at 12 years old, looks made for the game — more than 270 pounds already. On the bad days, when the temperature rises and Kelci can’t silence the worries of the past, she keeps young Kodie home, reminding him that he says he’d like to be an artist when he grows up.

Chiefs' McCluster stepping into the spotlight

Aug 8, 1:15 AM

On the big splash that rookie receiver Dexter McCluster has made at Chiefs camp, The Star's Sam Mellinger writes: "The story of how a 5-foot-8, 170-pound rookie becomes the star of an NFL training camp otherwise dominated by men much bigger and stronger is complicated and layered, so maybe the little man hasn’t stopped to think of the absurdity of busting through three pairs of Nikes before the first preseason game."

If Aldon Smith gets double-teamed, his MU defensive linemates are ready to step up

Aug 7, 9:35 PM

COLUMBIA | Oblivious to the sweat-soaked reasons that might have indicated the reason the defensive linemen seemed to be taking their own, sweet time to line up for end-of-practice sprints, Missouri coach Gary Pinkel applied the verbal whip. “Get your (rear) across the … dang line,” Pinkel barked, his whole body seeming to tremble like a linebacker about to blitz. “Be accountable!”

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Study finds trekking poles help reduce hikers’ soreness

Aug 4, 11:27 PM

Craig Cook, a colleague here at The Star, recently climbed Pike’s Peak in Colorado, and he reported having sore muscles the next day. No doubt that would be the case for most of us, but perhaps he would have been helped by using trekking poles. A recent study by Northumbria University in Newcastle, England, found that trekking poles help hikers maintain muscle function while significantly reducing soreness in the days following a hike.

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On the big splash that rookie receiver Dexter McCluster has made at Chiefs camp, The Star's Sam Mellinger writes: "The story of how a 5-foot-8, 170-pound rookie becomes the star of an NFL training camp otherwise dominated by men much bigger and stronger is complicated and layered, so maybe the little man hasn’t stopped to think of the absurdity of busting through three pairs of Nikes before the first preseason game."

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