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

UNDATED (AP) — When the Kansas City Chiefs beat the heavily favored Minnesota Vikings in the fourth edition of the Super Bowl, the result marked the second straight time the AFL team took down an opponent from the supposedly superior NFL. The two leagues merged soon after. The 23-7 victory by the Chiefs on Jan. 11, 1970, stands as the only time they have hoisted the Super Bowl trophy. The humbling loss by the Vikings became the first of four Super Bowl losses for a franchise still seeking its first such win.

UNDATED (AP) — TCU and Oklahoma State meet after both got needed wins in the Big 12. The Horned Frogs and Cowboys have freshman starting quarterbacks, and the league’s longest-tenured coaches. Gary Patterson is in 19th season at TCU and Mike Gundy in his 15th season at Oklahoma State. Both had lost three of four games before wins last week that knocked other Big 12 teams out of the Top 25. TCU beat Texas, and Oklahoma State beat Iowa State.

UNDATED (AP) — Top Western Conference teams St. Louis and Colorado are facing significant injuries early in the NHL season. The defending Stanley Cup champion Blues will be without Vladimir Tarasenko for five months and the Avalanche won’t have Mikko Rantanen or Gabriel Landeskog indefinitely. Those injuries to top-line players on two Central Division powerhouses threaten to shift the balance of power in the West.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska heads to Purdue this weekend off losses in three of its last four games. The Cornhuskers have underachieved in a season in which they were a popular pick to win the Big Ten West. They are 4-4 and well behind Minnesota in the division race. Tension is palpable inside and outside the program. Frost has ripped his players inside and outside the locker room. A handful of new players have called out older players. A faction of the fan base is growing impatient.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Southeastern Conference women’s basketball coaches have picked Texas A&M as the favorite to win the league title and have voted Aggies guard Chennedy Carter as preseason player of the year. The coaches released their poll after the media picked South Carolina as the league favorite. The coaches poll had the Aggies firsts, followed by South Carolina and Mississippi State.

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — An Oklahoma football fan died after suffering an apparent heart attack at Saturday’s game against Kansas State. David Adams, director of Riley County emergency services, said paramedics were called to the stadium for a patient experiencing chest pain, and the fan collapsed after they arrived. He was treated at the scene and taken to a Manhattan hospital across the street from the stadium, where he was pronounced dead.