Billy Butler swung the baseball bat Friday like he wants back in the lineup. On the bench to start a game for the second time in three days, Butler watched the Royals surrender a three-run lead. But his two-run blast over the left-field bullpen in the eighth inning broke a tie and paved the way for a 6-4 Royals triumph.

As a practicing Muslim, Chiefs safety Husain Abdullah does not eat or drink from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan. But his priorities won’t waver even after Islam’s monthlong period of fasting ends on Monday.

Sure, we all know Tour de France cyclists have to eat a lot. Like 6,000 to 9,000 calories per day a lot, according to NPR.

“Excessive” pay isn’t tied to performance, Institutional Shareholder Services says. Shareholders will vote on approving the executive pay package Aug. 6. The vote is only advisory, but boards take “no” votes seriously.

Mindy Corporon lost her 14-year-old son and 69-year-old father in the Jewish Community Center shootings that shook Kansas City in April, but she her energy is returning to the point where she is planning to run a marathon this weekend.