NEW YORK — Wall Street stormed back after its worst week ever and staged the biggest single-day stock rally since the Great Depression on Monday, catapulting the Dow Jones industrials to a 936-point gain and finally offering relief from eight consecutive days of stock market carnage.

KANSAS CITY — Former Toronto manager John Gibbons returned to the majors Monday when he was hired by the Kansas City Royals to be their bench coach.

KANSAS CITY — Tony Gonzalez practiced with the Kansas City Chiefs for what could be the last time Monday and then went home to await word on whether he’s been traded.

The St. Louis Rams seemed almost determined to sink to 0-5. They fumbled at their own 4-yard line on their second play from scrim­mage. They were going nowhere un­til a fluke turnover flipped the mo­mentum. They blew a nine-point lead in the fourth quarter. They set them­selves up for a gimme field goal to win the game, then committed a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty.

KANSAS CITY — Like a giddy gambler hitting a four-team parlay, the Kansas City Chiefs beat Jacksonville on the final day of the 2006 regular season and then watched Tennessee, Cincinnati and Denver all fall like dominoes.

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Oklahoma State stopped a Missouri offense that had been scoring at will all season, intercepting Chase Daniel three times in the second half and upsetting the third-ranked Tigers 28-23 victory on Saturday.

Tony Gonzalez, the most productive tight end in NFL history, will be traded to a contender if the Kansas City Chiefs get the right price.

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Southeast Missouri State fired athletic director Don Kaverman and placed men’s basketball coach Scott Edgar on administrative leave on Thursday, three days after the NCAA notified the school of possible major violations.

NEW YORK — Wall Street suffered through another extraordinary and traumatic session Monday, with the Dow Jones industrials plunging as much as 800 points — their largest one-day point drop — before recovering to close with a loss of 370.

WASHINGTON — The now-bankrupt investment bank Lehman Brothers arranged millions in bonuses for fired executives as it pleaded for a federal lifeline, lawmakers learned Monday, as Congress began investigating what went so wrong on Wall Street to prompt a $700 billion government bailout.