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CHICAGO -- Royals right-hander Jorge Lopez brought his “A” stuff to the mound on Tuesday night. But it still wasn’t enough. Lopez struck out a career-high 10 batters, but he fell victim to the long ball, surrendering three home runs in the Royals’ 5-1 loss to the White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field. The Royals now ...

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CHICAGO -- It has been a rough start to 2019 for Royals reliever Brad Boxberger. Boxberger gave up a leadoff double to Tim Anderson when he hung a 2-2 changeup in the eighth inning with a 5-4 lead, and then Boxberger grooved a 2-0 fastball to light-hitting Welington Castillo, who ripped his first home run of ...

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KANSAS CITY -- Just when many observers had left the Royals for dead, they rose up this weekend and swept the Indians, who arguably have been the class of the American League Central the past few years. On the heels of a 10-game losing streak, the Royals rolled past the Tribe and did so in dramatic ...

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KANSAS CITY -- Royals left fielder Alex Gordon was convinced that fate intervened for him as he recorded his first four-hit game since last May. Gordon came into Friday’s game against the Indians with a mission: Give a shoutout to a teenage boy named Charlie, who had been in cancer remission, but required brain surgery on ...

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LAWRENCE, Kan. - Kansas men's basketball guard Devon Dotson has decided to enter the NBA Draft process, KU head coach Bill Self confirmed Friday. Dotson announced his intentions via twitter. "I've had multiple discussions with Devon and his family talking not only about the season but where he stands with his basketball future," Self said. "They ...

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Keenan Thompson has been tabbed to be the next head basketball coach for the Sacred Heart girl's program. Thompson comes to Sacred Heart from Hugoton where he was the assistant coach for the girl's basketball team. He replaces Arnold Schmidtberger as head coach, who is leaving Sacred Heart for a teaching and assistant volleyball coaching position ...

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Join outdoor expert Bob Roberts on Saturday mornings on 1150 KSAL for the latest edition of Central Kansas Outdoors. Bob Roberts visits with KDWPT fisheries biologist Craig Johnson about Marion reservoir about the status of various species at Marion. Walleye stockings the past 3 years should improve angler success this year as some of those fish are ...

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KANSAS CITY -- The anatomy of a 10-game losing streak often includes a fair share of bad luck. And right now, the Royals are getting a bellyful of it. The Royals -- one pitch, maybe one inch from finally stopping this April bleeding -- were instead stung again, this time by a windblown, two-out, two-run triple ...

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LAWRENCE, Kan. - Kansas men's basketball guard Quentin Grimes has declared for the NBA Draft, KU head coach Bill Self confirmed Wednesday. Grimes announced he would be going into the NBA Draft via twitter. "When we recruited Quentin we knew the chances would be great for him to have the opportunity to declare for this upcoming ...

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Big 12 Football Championship to be on ABC or ESPN annually through 2024 Big 12-branded digital offering and event presentation to launch as part of innovative deal Hundreds of events, including exclusive football and basketball, coming to ESPN+ ESPN and the Big 12 Conference have significantly expanded their existing rights agreement, which runs through the ...

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Baseball Newton defeated Salina South 8-7 Salina South defeated Newton 13-11 Southeast of Saline defeated Sacred Heart 18-3 in four innings Southeast of Saline defeated Sacred Heart 8-6 Hillsboro defeated Smoky Valley 15-0 in four innings Smoky Valley defeated Hillsboro 4-3 Minneapolis defeated Little River 20-5 in four innings Minneapolis defeated Little River 15-5 in five innings Inman defeated Ell-Saline 15-3 Inman defeated Ell-Saline 12-4 Softball Salina ...