7 years ago
KANSAS CITY -- It was Bubba Starling's first big league game and his night, but Royals catcher Martín Maldonado continues to show in the last three weeks that he could have trade value for teams needing depth behind the plate. Maldonado belted a go-ahead home run in the seventh inning and the Royals went on to ...

7 years ago
TOPEKA, Kan. – When the 2018 Kansas State High School Activities Association football playoffs ended, it brought to a conclusion the 50th season of postseason play in the sport for the state of Kansas. In 1969, the KSHSAA launched the first-ever state playoff system with five classifications of 11-man football and one classification for the 8-man ...

7 years ago
KANSAS CITY, MO (July 11, 2019) — The Kansas City Royals today selected the contract of Bubba Starling from its Omaha (AAA) affiliate and placed him on the active 25-man roster.  The ball club will make a corresponding 40-man roster move prior to Friday night’s 7:15 p.m. game against the Detroit Tigers. Starling, 26, is enjoying ...

7 years ago
LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas men's basketball will face Chaminade in the opening round of the Maui Jim Maui Invitational, Nov. 25, at the Lahaina Civic Center in Lahaina, Hawaii, as the event released its bracket Thursday. The Jayhawks and Silverswords will play at 8 p.m. (Central) on ESPNU. Kansas will face either UCLA or BYU in ...

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MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State will match up against ACC foe Pittsburgh in the semifinals of the 2019 Rocket Mortgage Fort Myers Tip-Off, which is set for Monday-Wednesday, November 25 and 27 at the Suncoast Credit Union Arena in Fort Myers, Florida. The Wildcats and Panthers will be part of a doubleheader on Monday, November 25 ...

7 years ago
It was a season to remember for Kansas City Chiefs’ quarterback Patrick Mahomes in 2018, and while the upcoming campaign is inching closer by the day, the awards are still rolling in for the 23-year-old signal caller. Mahomes was recognized at the annual ESPY awards on Wednesday night with “Best NFL Player” honors, beating out Saints’ ...

7 years ago
Oklahoma was chosen to finish at the top of the standings for the fourth consecutive year in the Big 12 football preseason poll, voted on by media representatives. This year marks the seventh since 2011 in which the Sooners led the preseason rankings. They have captured a Big 12-record 12 league titles, including the last four. OU ...

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MANHATTAN, Kan. – Former Kansas State forward Dean Wade has signed a two-way contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers, the organization announced on Tuesday (July 9). Wade, who has appeared in two different summer leagues for the Cavaliers so far, is one of only two players who can receive a two-way contract at any given time, in ...

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(Kansas City, MO)  --  Tyreek Hill is contradicting his guilty plea.  A Kansas City radio station aired audio of the Chiefs Pro Bowl wide receiver denying committing assault and battery against his fiancee Crystal Espinal in 2014.  He pleaded guilty to the charges in 2015.  "You lied on me in 2014," Hill tells Espinal in ...

7 years ago
The Big 12 Conference has announced its 2019 Preseason All-Big 12 Football Team and individual awards, chosen by media representatives who cover the league. The Big 12 media preseason poll will be released on Wednesday followed by the annual Big 12 Football Media Days to be conducted in Arlington, Texas on July 15-16. Both days will ...

7 years ago
LAWRENCE, Kan. - University of Kansas student-athlete Anthony "Pooka" Williams Jr., will rejoin Kansas Football this week after a seven-month suspension from all team-related activities as a result of a domestic battery charge in December. Williams has been suspended for the Jayhawks' first game Aug. 31 against Indiana State. Due to federal privacy law, KU does ...