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KANSAS CITY, Mo.—The Kansas City Royals announced today that they have acquired left-handed pitcher Anthony Misiewicz from the Seattle Mariners for cash considerations. Misiewicz will be added to the Royals 40-man roster and optioned to Triple-A Omaha. Misiewicz (mih-SEV-itch) recorded a 4.61 ERA (7 ER in 13.2 IP) with Seattle this season before being designated for assignment on Sunday. ...

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The Big 12 and BIG EAST Conferences have announced a two-year extension to the Big 12-BIG EAST Battle, their men’s basketball non-conference scheduling alliance which has been in effect since 2019-20. The extension will include competition in November and December during each of the 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons. With each conference adding member schools since the ...

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LAWRENCE, Kan. – The winningest program in NCAA Division I history, Kansas will celebrate 125 years of KU men’s basketball during the 2022-23 season. Upcoming plans for the 125th season will include a reunion of all former players, coaches and staffs. That celebration, plus additional events throughout the 125th season of KU basketball, will be announced after ...

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LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas senior safety Kenny Logan Jr., was named to his third preseason watch list of the summer on Monday when he was named to the watch list for the Chuck Bednarik Award, which is presented annually to the outstanding defensive player in college football. Logan had already been named to the Jim Thorpe Award ...

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MANHATTAN, Kansas – Kansas State junior defensive end Felix Anudike-Uzomah landed on his second watch list in as many weeks, as the Maxwell Football Club put out the Chuck Bednarik Award watch list on Monday. Anudike-Uzomah was also on the Bronko Nagurski Trophy watch list, which was announced last Tuesday. The Bednarik Award has been presented to the College Defensive ...

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MANHATTAN, Kansas – Kansas State junior quarterback Will Howard was honored for the second time in as many weeks for his work in the community, as he was named to the watch list for the 2022 Wuerffel Trophy, the award’s committee announced Thursday. The Wuerffel Trophy is named after Danny Wuerffel, the 1996 Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback, and honors college football ...

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LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas football super-senior defensive lineman Sam Burt was one of 115 players nationally named to the Wuerffel Trophy Watch List, it was announced on Thursday. The Wuerrfel Trophy honors college football’s top community servant. Named after Danny Wuerffel, the 1996 Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback from the University of Florida, the Wuerffel Trophy is presented each ...

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AFTERSHOCKS 74, GUTTER CAT GANG 67   WICHITA, Kan. -- Markis McDuffie scored 17 points, and the AfterShocks defeated the Gutter Cat Gang, 74-67, to earn their first-ever trip to the TBT semi-finals. McDuffie went 4-for-6 from three-point land in the win for the AfterShocks, who connected on 12 of their 18 attempts from beyond the arc. Darral Willis, Jr. contributed ...

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KANSAS CITY, Mo.—The Kansas City Royals announced tonight that they have traded All-Star and reigning Rawlings Gold Glove outfielder Andrew Benintendi to the New York Yankees for right-handed pitchers Chandler Champlain and Beck Way and left-handed pitcher T.J. Sikkema. “Andrew Benintendi is a true professional and a great example of how a winning player prepares and competes,” Royals President of Baseball Operations Dayton Moore said. “It was an ...

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MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State head coach Jerome Tang completed his full-time coaching staff on Wednesday afternoon (July 27) with the selection of veteran coach Rodney Perry as the program’s third and final assistant coach. Perry’s first official day will be Monday, August 1. Perry, a finalist for the 2022 Jersey Mike’s Naismith High School Boys Coach of the Year, arrives ...

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Editor's Note: This is the first of five in a series announcing the 2022 inductees to the Kansas Wesleyan University Coyote Athletic Hall of Fame. Profiles on each of the inductees will be released each Wednesday through August 24. The Coyote Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony is set for the Saturday of Homecoming and Family ...