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One can’t start a season much better than Royals right-hander Brad Keller. But Keller’s second win of the season didn’t exactly come easy. Closer Trevor Rosenthal got out of a bases-loaded one-out jam by getting former Royal Christian Colón to roll into a double play, preserving a pulsating 5-4 win for the Royals at Cincinnati on ...

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LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas football’s revised Big 12 Conference schedule, which features four home games and five road trips, was released by the conference office on Wednesday. The Jayhawks will kick-off the 2020 conference schedule by travelling to Waco to face the Baylor Bears on Sept. 26. “We are excited to be able to move forward with ...

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MANHATTAN, Kan. – K-State Athletics and the Big 12 Conference today unveiled the Wildcats' new 10-game football schedule for the 2020 season, which includes a newly scheduled non-conference matchup and all nine conference games. K-State will now open the season on September 12 by hosting Arkansas State at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. The Wildcats are 2-0 all-time against the ...

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The Big 12 Board of Directors last evening agreed to proceed with plans for the fall sports’ seasons. “The Board continues to believe that the health and well-being of our student-athletes must guide all decisions” commented Board of Directors Chairman and TCU Chancellor Victor Boschini. “To that end the Board has consistently relied on the advice and ...

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The final line for Royals rookie left-hander Kris Bubic won’t look very impressive -- five innings, seven hits, five runs. But as is often the case in the big leagues, one or two pitches would have changed everything about Bubic’s night. As it is, Bubic -- making his third career start and first on the road -- fought through ...

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (August 11, 2020) – The Kansas City Royals announced today that right-handed pitcher Carlos Hernández and left-handed pitcher Asa Lacy have been added to the alternate site camp, part of the club’s 60-man roster. Hernández, 23, pitched at three different minor league levels with the organization last year and was added to the 40-man roster last November. Lacy, 21, ...

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SAN FRANCISCO - The Pac-12 CEO Group voted unanimously to postpone all sport competitions through the end of the 2020 calendar year. The decision was made after consultation with athletics directors and with the Pac-12 COVID-19 Medical Advisory Committee who expressed concern with moving forward with contact practice.  The report and updated guidelines of the Committee can be found ...

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (August 11, 2020) – Kansas City Royals outfielder Franchy Cordero had surgery to repair a broken right hamate bone this morning. The 25-year-old was placed on the Injured List on Sunday and transferred to the 60-day IL yesterday. Cordero, acquired from the Padres on July 16, played in 11 games with the Royals this season.

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The Big Ten won't play football this fall because of concerns about COVID-19, becoming the first of college sports' power conferences to yield to the pandemic. The move announced Tuesday comes six day after the conference that includes historic programs such as Ohio State, Michigan, Nebraska and Penn State had released a revised conference-only schedule that ...

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WICHITA, Kan. — The Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Board of Presidents (BOP) voted to modify the football schedule for the upcoming 2020-21 football season, the conference office announced Friday. The BOP received guidance from the conference's Fall 2020 Return to Play Task Force, who have been developing solutions to provide a fall sports season while still ...

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Michigan defensive back Hunter Reynolds saw the tweets from Trevor Lawrence and other college football players, pushing for the opportunity to play this season, despite the pandemic. Reynolds, one of the organizers behind a players' rights movement in the Big Ten, didn't like the way some on social media seemed to be pitting Lawrence's message against ...