Kevin’s Friday Sports

NFL-

THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS  ON THURSDAY EXERCISED A FIFTH YEAR OPTION ON STAR QUARTERBACK PATRICK MAHOMES …..IT ASSURES HE’LL BE IN THE RED AND GOLD FOR THE NEXT TWO SEASONS, WITH HOPES THAT A LONG-TERM CONTRACT CAN BE REACHED, PERHAPS BY THE START OF TRAINING CAMP, WHENEVER THAT MIGHT BE…MAHOMES IS SCHEDULED TO MAKE $825 THOUSAND DOLLARS THIS YEAR WHICH WILL CONCLUDE HIS ROOKIE CONTRACT, THEN CLOSE TO 25 MILLION IN 2021….THOSE IN THE INDUSTRY PROJECT THAT MAHOMES COULD EARN AS MUCH AS $40 MILLION DOLLARS PER SEASON….

RACING-

NASCAR IS SCHEDULED TO RESUME THIS YEAR’S SERIES OF RACES TWO WEEKS FROM SUNDAY AT DARLINGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA….THERE ARE 7 RACES IN THE THREE SERIES ON TAP OVER AN ELEVEN DAY PERIOD WITH THREE AT DARLINGTON AND THE OTHER FOUR AT CHARLOTTE…HOWEVER, ALL OF THE EVENTS WILL RUN WITHOUT SPECTATORS..

BASEBALL-

GAME THREE OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES FROM 2011 IS COMING UP TONITE WITH THE CARDINALS HOSTING MILWAUKEE AFTER THE TEAMS SPLIT THE FIRST TWO GAMES AT MILLER PARK….AIRTIME IS AT 6:15 ON KJEL, THEN GAME FOUR IS TOMORROW AT 6 FOLLOWED BY GAME FIVE SUNDAY AT 12 NOON…THE 2011 WORLD SERIES STARTS TUESDAY NIGHT AT 6:15 ON REGIONAL RADIO..