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KANSAS CITY, MO. (Aug. 9, 2021) – Kansas City Royals prospect MJ Melendez has been promoted to Triple-A Omaha, the club announced today. The 22-year-old catcher currently ranks second among all minor league players with 28 home runs this season, spending the first part of the year with Double-A Northwest Arkansas. Melendez was Kansas City’s second-round selection in the ...

4 years ago
(Undated) -- Tight end Nick Keizer appears to be hanging up his cleats. Kezier was place on the reserve/retired list by the Chiefs. Last season, the tight end recorded six catches for 63 yards, while also playing more than half his snaps on special teams. Kansas City signed guard Bryan Witzmann to fill the open roster spot.

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ST. LOUIS -- When Sunday’s game finally resumed after a two-hour rain delay, it took approximately six minutes for the Royals to retake the lead. Nicky Lopez poked an RBI single into right field and Richard Lovelady earned the save in the ninth to send the Royals to a 6-5 win over the Cardinals at Busch Stadium, avoiding a ...

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ST. LOUIS -- After coming off an injury-shortened start last weekend, Brad Keller was as eager as anyone to step on the mound at Busch Stadium on Saturday to continue his otherwise excellent month of July into August. But from the first pitch of his start, Keller was instead left searching. Lacking command on his fastball from the beginning, ...

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ST. LOUIS -- By the time the Royals found momentum on their side against Cardinals starter Adam Wainwright on Friday night, they had knocked four consecutive hits and cut their deficit in half in the sixth inning. But Wainwright did what he’s done so many times to the Royals -- and other teams -- over his ...

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(St. Joseph, MO) -- Chiefs training camp continues at Missouri Western, where Tyreek Hill was back in action and looking like his usual self. The star wide receiver left Tuesday's practice with knee tendinitis and missed Wednesday's session, but he didn't miss a beat yesterday, catching a touchdown pass from Patrick Mahomes on the second play ...

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(Lawrence, KS) -- Former Jayhawks basketball player Silvio De Sousa was found not guilty of aggravated battery yesterday. De Sousa struck a man in the face in the early hours of New Years Day 2020, causing him to lose sight in one eye. The jurors did not consider a lesser misdemeanor charge, though De Sousa and his ...

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CHICAGO -- On the seventh pitch of the at-bat and the 22nd of the inning, Daniel Lynch hurled a heater on the bottom corner of the strike zone to White Sox center fielder Adam Engel. The bases were loaded with two outs in the bottom of the fourth, and the crowd at Guaranteed Rate Field was on ...

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Buoyed by a strong finish during the 2020-21 split season Kansas Conference football coaches expect the Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes to continue their surge this fall. KWU was picked to finish second in the KCAC behind defending champion and No. 12 Bethel in the preseason coaches' and media polls conducted Thursday during the conference's annual Media Day. ...

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MANHATTAN, Kan. – For the second time in as many seasons, Kansas State senior quarterback Skylar Thompson has earned a spot on the watch list for the Manning Award, the Allstate Sugar Bowl announced Thursday. The Manning Award was created by the Allstate Sugar Bowl in honor of the college football accomplishments of Archie, Peyton and Eli Manning. It is ...

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MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State sophomore running back Deuce Vaughn has earned a spot on his third preseason watch list in 2021 as he was named to the initial list for the Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award watch list, SPORTyler announced Thursday. The Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award recognizes the nation’s college offensive player of the year who has ties ...