Manager Ned Yost says he isn’t panicking about the Royals’ recent slide because that approach got him fired in Milwaukee. And while fans may feel his response is aloof or out of touch, Yost says he’s trying to keep his young players calm.
Missouri state high school track championship
Kansas state high school track championships
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Blue Valley Northwest girls soccer team wins state championship
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Kansas 6A Softball state championship
Blue Valley West becomes Kansas 6A baseball champs
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Astros 3, Royals 1
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Billy Buckner, a one-time Royals’ draftee who hasn’t pitched in the majors in nearly three years, worked five scoreless innings as the Angels shut out the Royals 7-0 and seem poised to sweep their four-game series at Kauffman Stadium.
Royals catcher Salvy Perez has been put on bereavement leave following the death of his maternal grandmother in Venezuela. The club purchased the contract of catcher Adam Moore from Triple-A Omaha, as Perez will be out three to seven days.
The Chiefs have revealed plenty of two-tight end formations during their offseason program and spent plenty of time at least trying to throw the ball to both of their new tight ends, Anthony Fasano and Travis Kelce. The signs are everywhere that the tight end as a pass receiver is back in the Chiefs offense under new coach Andy Reid.
New Chiefs safety Husain Abdullah, a practicing Muslim, elected not to return to the Minnesota Vikings last season and instead took his wife, parents and two older brothers on a monthlong pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia last October. “To get back out here and to have a second chance, not a lot of people get one,” Abdullah said. “So this is a blessing.”
Sporting Kansas City ended Houston’s 36-match home unbeaten streak May 12 in Houston and is one point ahead of the Dynamo in the Eastern Conference.
U.S. Soccer announced the sites for fourth-round Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup games and Sporting Kansas City is in line to play at home again.
Starting pitcher Kahana baffles the Horned Frogs to pick up a 4-0 win. Jayhawks can get an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament with a victory over Oklahoma on Sunday.
An NCAA Tournament loss to Michigan left coach Bill Self dejected. But after signing two top recruits in May, the Kansas Jayhawks are back “in the game” again.
Ehren Earleywine swallowed his words and glanced downward, his eyes fixed on the table before him for the next 30 seconds.
Not even a strong performance by star pitcher Chelsea Thomas help the Missouri softball team, which lost 1-0 on Friday to Washington, which swept the best-of-three NCAA super regional series in Columbia and advanced to the Women’s College World Series.
Oklahoma edges Kansas State 7-6 in 11 innings, eliminating the Wildcats from the Big 12 baseball tournament. K-State now must wait to hear where it goes in the NCAA Tournament.
K-State exploded with five runs in the top of the ninth inning behind Jon Davis, Tanner Witt and Lance Miles, beating Baylor 13-9 at the Big 12 baseball tournament on Friday. The Wildcats will reach Sunday’s championship game with a win over Oklahoma at 12:30 p.m. Saturday.
Blue Valley Northwest beats Blue Valley North 2-1 in 6A championship game.
The sprinter captures championships in the Missouri Class 3 100- and 200-meter dashes and anchors a 4x100 relay victory. Meanwhile, the Grandview boys take the Class 3 team title.
Graham Rahal hasn’t won an IndyCar race since his debut more than five years ago, but thinks he has found a comfort zone driving for his father’s team, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing. Though he will start 26th in Sunday’s Indianapolis 500, Rahal thinks his team has the horsepower and brainpower to enable him to become the first American to win the Indy 500 since Sam Hornish Jr. in 2006.
Defending champion Dario Franchitti and Helio Castroneves will be trying to win a fourth Indy 500 when the race starts at 11 a.m. Sunday on ABC.
The lowly sucker is king for the day when Nixa, Mo., has its annual Sucker Day.
Looking for something different? How about a toad race or a big bowl of porcupine stew?
The Memphis Grizzlies have made a habit of falling behind in series this postseason.
Gregory Campbell scored the go-ahead and insurance goals, while Tuukka Rask made 28 saves as the Boston Bruins eliminated the New York Rangers with a 3-1 decision in Game 5 of this Eastern Conference semifinal from TD Garden. Torey Krug added another marker for the Bruins, who reached the conference finals for the second time in the last three years. Boston will take on the top-seeded Penguins in the Eastern Conference finals, the first time these two clubs meet in the penultimate playoff round since Pittsburgh swept the Bruins in four straight 21 years ago. Dan Girardi's first-period strike was all the offense for the Rangers, who couldn't maintain momentum from Thursday's 4-3 overtime victory which kept them alive in the best-of-seven set. Henrik Lundqvist stopped 29 shots in New York's season-ending defeat.
Paola Moreno and Lindsey Wright took the same, simple approach on the winding road through the Ocean Club in the Bahamas LPGA Classic.
Kenny Perry has been here before, and been crushed by disappointment. Whatever happens in the final round of the Senior PGA Championship, he plans on leaving with his head held high.
