(Radio Iowa) – Former Iowa Speedway CEO and President Stan Clement has died after a battle with cancer. Clement was able to get longtime NASCAR driver Rusty Wallace to design the track and pushed to get it built. Newton Mayor Mike Hansen.

Hansen says Clement played a key role in getting the Iowa Speedway built in 2005.

Southwestern Community College in Creston announced on Monday that Scott Vicker has been promoted to Head Cross Country Coach. He will be switching roles with former Head Coach Trey Bruton, who will slide into an assistant role instead.

Vicker is a former prep runner for Creston and competed collegiality at Saint Louis University. He spent time as a sports writer and editor for the Creston News Advertiser before taking a role as marketing specialist for Southwestern Community College.

Bruton will also be stepping away as head track and field coach for Southwestern, a position he took over in 2018. The school is actively looking for their next track and field coach.

A record breaking season is over for the Iowa Wild. Todd Kimm reports.

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(KNOXVILLE, Iowa A-P) Kyle Larson returned to racing for the first time since he was fired by Chip Ganassi Racing for using a racial slur in an iRacing event last month. Larson was one of 24 drivers to make the main event in Friday night’s World of Outlaws race at Knoxville Raceway. The $15,000-to-win Invitational was held without spectators on the dirt oval in Knoxville, Iowa. Larson drove a car fielded by Paul Silva with sponsorship from Tarlton & Son Inc. and Finley Farms. He finished 10th.

The National Football League announced on Thursday the regular season schedule for the 2020 season. The Kansas City Chiefs will play five primetime contests, including two nationally televised home games at Arrowhead Stadium.

Kansas City will kick off its Super Bowl title defense on the NFL’s opening night against the Houston Texans at Arrowhead Stadium on Thursday, Sept. 10. The contest will be a rematch of last year’s AFC Divisional playoff game where the Chiefs overcame a 24-0 deficit to defeat the Texans 51-31. The Chiefs will celebrate their Super Bowl LIV title that night by raising their championship banner.

Other primetime matchups include a Monday Night Football game at Baltimore on September 28^th,  a Thursday Night Football trip to Buffalo on October 15^th, and Sunday Night Football matchups at Las Vegas on November 22^nd and a hosting the Denver Broncos on December 6^th.

2020 PRESEASON SCHEDULE

Date | Opponent | Time | Network

Aug. 13-17 | Cincinnati Bengals | TBD | KSHB
Aug. 20-24 | at Arizona Cardinals | TBD | KSHB
Aug. 27-30 | at Dallas Cowboys | TBD | KSHB
Sept. 3-4 | Green Bay Packers | TBD | KSHB 

2020 REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE

Date | Opponent | Time | Network

Thursday, Sept. 10 | Houston Texans | 7:20 p.m. | NBC
Sunday, Sept. 20 | at Los Angeles Chargers | 3:25 p.m. | CBS
Monday, Sept. 28 | at Baltimore Ravens | 7:15 p.m. | ESPN
Sunday, Oct. 4 | New England Patriots | 3:25 p.m. | CBS
Sunday, Oct. 11 | Las Vegas Raiders* | 12:00 p.m. | CBS
Thursday, Oct. 15 | at Buffalo Bills | 7:20 p.m. | FOX/NFLN/Amazon
Sunday, Oct. 25 | at Denver Broncos* | 3:25 p.m. | CBS
Sunday, Nov. 1 | New York Jets* | 12:00 p.m. | CBS
Sunday, Nov. 8 | Carolina Panthers* | 12:00 p.m. | FOX
Sunday, Nov. 15 | BYE WEEK
Sunday, Nov. 22 | at Las Vegas Raiders* | 7:20 p.m. | NBC
Sunday, Nov. 29 | at Tampa Bay Buccaneers* | 3:25 p.m. | CBS
Sunday, Dec. 6 | Denver Broncos* | 7:20 p.m. | NBC
Sunday, Dec. 13 | at Miami Dolphins* | 12:00 p.m. | CBS
Sunday, Dec. 20 | at New Orleans Saints* | 3:25 p.m. | CBS
Sunday, Dec. 27 | Atlanta Falcons* | 12:00 p.m. | FOX
Sunday, Jan. 3 | Los Angeles Chargers* | 12:00 p.m. | CBS

Home games in bold; all kickoffs are Central Time.
* Subject to Flexible Scheduling

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(Radio Iowa) — Prairie Meadows is still hoping to offer a 31st season of horse racing. The meet was scheduled to start May first but has been delayed according to CEO Gary Palmer.

Palmer says they are looking at several options as they wait for the all clear.

Palmer says once they get permission to open it won’t take long to start racing.

Palmer says they are still planning on a mixed thoroughbred/quarter horse meet.

Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — The NCAA struck back at the University of Kansas and its men’s basketball program Thursday, calling five Level I violations that are alleged to have occurred “egregious” and arguing that they undermine and threaten” college athletics. It was the latest in a series of back-and-forth filings that set up a likely infraction hearings. The case came out of an FBI investigation into college basketball corruption. It centers on whether two Adidas representatives were acting as boosters for the Jayhawks when they paid prospective recruits to lure them to the program.

UNDATED (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs will open defense of their Super Bowl championship by hosting Houston on Sept. 10 in the NFL’s annual kickoff game — pending developments in the coronavirus pandemic, of course. The Texans won a regular-season game at Arrowhead Stadium in 2019, then blew a 24-0 lead in the divisional round of the playoffs. Another highlight of the opening weekend will have Tom Brady’s regular-season debut with Tampa Bay against Drew Brees at New Orleans on Sept. 13 — the first matchup of 40-plus quarterbacks in NFL history. The opening of SoFi Stadium in the Los Angeles area that Sunday night has the Rams hosting the Cowboys.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Royals had an entire offseason and most of spring training to get to know Mike Matheny. But one unintended consequence of the coronavirus pandemic is they’ve gotten to know their new manager better than they could ever have imagined. Their virtual meetings, often several times a week, touch on baseball but also on the bigger picture of life in general. And when the Royals do gather again, Matheny hopes that they will be a closer-knit group because of it.