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Texas beat Oklahoma but got the shaft

By JASON WHITLOCK

The Kansas City Star

This being America and all, I’ll never understand the near-violent opposition to sportswriters settling college sports’ No. 1 debate at the ballot box.

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Momentum leaves Kearney crushed as it falls to Webb City

By CANDACE BUCKNER

The Kansas City Star

Momentum sure can be a tricky thing. Teams try to hold on to it and never let go because momentum can change sides like a fair-weather fan. Through the opening 23 minutes and 40 seconds of the Saturday afternoon Missouri Class 4 semifinal game at Kearney, momentum wore purple and gold, whispering sweet words like “Edward Jones Dome” in the Bulldogs’ ears.

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Royals’ Davies credits mental training with Biancalana for his September success

- 11/30/2008 12:12 AM CST

B een two months now, but Royals fans looking for reasons to smile remember Kyle Davies’ solid gold September.

Joe Posnanski

Plenty of moments to cherish this Thanksgiving

Every couple of weeks or so, someone will write in to ask about Steve. A good while back, I wrote a column about Steve, who was born in the Soviet Union. He lived in various places around the world and moved to the United States with his new wife in 1963. He got a job fixing machines in a factory, he coached his son’s baseball team, and he took his family to fireworks shows on the Fourth of July. He always loved being an American.