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METS PAY PIRATES
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- The New York Mets will pay more than $8.1 million to Pittsburgh as part of this week’s trade that sent pitcher Luke Weaver to the Pirates for minor league infielder Sammy Stafura, covering most of the nearly $13.4 million remaining on the right-hander’s contract.
Pittsburgh will in effect pay Weaver just $229,412 this year, a prorated share of the $780,000 minimum salary. Weaver had $2,352,941 remaining of his $8 million salary for 2026 at the time of Monday’s trade and the Mets will pay the Pirates four installments of $530,882 on Aug. 24 and 28, and Sept. 11 and 25, according to trade details obtained by The Associated Press.
New York will pay the Pirates $6 million next year, offsetting most of his $11 million salary for 2027. The Mets owe $500,000 each on April 2, 6 and 30; May 14 and 28; June 11 and 25; July 9 and 23; Aug. 6 and 20; and Sept. 3.
In all, the Mets will give the Pirates $8,123,529. Weaver’s $22 million, two-year contract had $13,352,941 left at the time of the trade.
MEMPHIS OUT OF MIX
(AP) -- The PGA Tour confirmed Wednesday the FedEx St. Jude Championship, the leadoff postseason event since 2022, would not be part of the top-tier Championship Series in 2028.
After more than a week of piecemeal announcements which tournaments would be part of Championship Series, the tour said Memphis, Tennessee, would not be on the list. That also raises questions about the future of the FedEx Cup -- the name and structure -- when the overhaul begins in 2028.
Memphis has hosted a PGA Tour event since 1958. It was given World Golf Championship status in 2019 when the tour lost sponsorship at Akron’s Firestone Country Club, and it became a playoff event in 2022 when another sponsor did not renew.
The tournament still is under consideration for a Challenger Series event, one of about 20 tournaments that will serve as a feeder tour to the more lucrative Championship Series.
CHIEFS AT ARROWHEAD
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The home of the Kansas City Chiefs will once again be known simply as Arrowhead Stadium.
The team announced Wednesday that one of the NFL’s iconic venues had shed its official name -- GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium -- after the Government Employees Health Association agreed to using the classic, simplified name of the facility going forward.
The Chiefs and GEHA signed a naming rights deal in 2021 that resulted in the name change. But it never stuck among fans, and even players and coaches often forgot to use the official moniker, instead using the name it was christened with upon opening in 1972.
In fact, Arrowhead Stadium has become such a well-known brand that just about everybody in Kansas City and beyond continued to refer to it that way during the recent World Cup, when FIFA renamed it “Kansas City Stadium” for the six matches played there.
The Chiefs will continue playing at Arrowhead Stadium until their lease expires in 2031, at which point they will move into a $3 billion domed stadium being built across the state line in Kansas. That stadium has yet to be named.
STEWART WINS INVITE
WARREN -- Beaver Local’s boys golf team took third out of 10 teams on Tuesday at the Howland Invitational.
The Beavers shot 322 with Eli Stewart shooting a one-under 70 to win medalist honors. Brady McNear added an 82, Andre Weigand 83 and Britton Hickman 87.