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KANSAS CITY -- It won’t be long now until the Royals have most of the rotation they envisioned starting the season with back in place. Right-hander Jakob Junis returned from the injured list on Sunday and provided an encouraging start against the White Sox, going 4 1/3 innings with two earned runs. Kansas City, though, lost 9-2 and ...

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Even before the White Sox took the field for an 11-5 victory over the Royals on Saturday at Kauffman Stadium, the organization made history as the first Major League team to have a Cuban-born player in each of the first four spots of the batting order. Then, a few White Sox players came up just short ...

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Adam Engel's three-run home run in the second was all the offense the White Sox needed in a 3-2 victory over the Royals at Kauffman Stadium Friday night, marking a second consecutive victory for the South Siders. There wasn’t much offense for the White Sox after Engel's blast, just two more singles through the eighth. But ...

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KANSAS CITY, MO – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Council of Presidents (COP) voted on Friday, July 31 to postpone the fall national football championship to spring 2021. This decision came after the COP voted earlier this week to postpone championships in all other fall sports until spring. This decision still allows NAIA conferences to ...

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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 interviews Brad Loveless, secretary of Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism. Blue-green algae treatments may help our lakes and Loveless talks about what the department tried at Milford. The secretary also talks about the good reaction ...

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The Royals finally got some late-innings production. Kansas City had taken early leads in two previous losses to the Tigers but then watched its offense go dormant, not scoring a run after the third inning in the 4-3 or 5-4 defeats. Not on Thursday. The Royals scratched across a run in the seventh on a hit batter, ...

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The Philadelphia Union are into the MLS is Back Tournament semifinals thanks to a 3-1 win over Sporting Kansas City on Thursday night that included a Sergio Santos brace. Head coach Jim Curtin’s group will face either the Portland Timbers or NYCFC next Wednesday, with their opponent determined after Saturday’s nightcap quarterfinal matchup (10:30 pm ET | FS1, ...

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The Southeastern Conference will play only league games in 2020, a decision that pushes major college football closer to a siloed regular season in which none of the power conferences cross paths. The SEC's university presidents agreed on a 10-game schedule that eliminates all nonconference opponents and is set to begin Sept. 26, the person said. ...

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The Big 12 Conference is cancelling its Virtual Football Media Day presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors.  It is yet to be determined if the event will be rescheduled.  The Conference’s annual media preview was slated for Monday, August 3, after being moved from its originally scheduled July 20-21 dates. “There continues to be a lot ...

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The folks at NFL Network revealed their annual rankings of the top 100 players in the league this week and – unsurprisingly - the reigning Super Bowl Champions were well-represented. Kansas City landed six players in this year's "NFL Top 100," which are voted on by current players from around the league. The Chiefs' six representatives ...

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The Royals have to figure out how to be consistent at the plate. During the first five innings of Wednesday’s 5-4 loss to the Tigers, Kansas City was able to frustrate left-hander Matthew Boyd, collecting four runs on nine hits. Maikel Franco did most of the damage, tallying three hits with two RBIs. But when Boyd ...