Kansas City Chiefs

• Chiefs GM John Dorsey likes what he's seen of the team May 22, 2013
  The Chiefs reached the halfway mark of their first voluntary offseason program under their new regime, and general manager John Dorsey was as upbeat on Tuesday as when he was hired on Jan. 14. […]
• Chiefs' offense picks up the pace during offseason practice May 21, 2013
  Harassed at times last week by the pressure of the defense, the Chiefs' offense countered during offseason workouts Tuesday with a faster pace of its own. The offense as a result had perhaps its best day of the spring. […]
• Chiefs resume offseason practices May 21, 2013
  The Chiefs returned to the practice field and resumed their voluntary offseason program on Tuesday morning. They'll work three days this week, four days next week and conduct a mandatory minicamp during June 4-6 before adjourning until training camp opens in late July in St. Joseph. […]
• Observations from week one of Chiefs' offseason workouts May 20, 2013
  The Chiefs get back to offseason practice this week with three more sessions, the first being on Tuesday. Their first group of practices last week revealed a few new twists, including the Chiefs running a handful of plays from the pistol formation in Thursday's practice. […]
• Former Jayhawk Opurum signs with Chiefs May 17, 2013
  Former Kansas player Toben Opurum signed a contract with the Chiefs on Friday as an undrafted rookie. […]
• Replay: Talking Chiefs with Adam Teicher May 17, 2013
  The Star's Adam Teicher answered fans' questions on the Chiefs during a web chat earlier today. […]
• Chiefs' inside linebacker competition should be interesting May 17, 2013
  One of the most interesting competitions that should develop at training camp is at one inside linebacker position, the spot next to Derrick Johnson. For now, veteran Akeem Jordan is the starter. But also don't underestimate what the Chiefs think of rookie Nico Johnson (pictured), a fourth-round draft pick from Alabama. […]
• Albert situation major test for new Chiefs regime May 16, 2013
  Branden Albert is standing tall, a 6-foot-5 and 316-pound giant, the most confident and sure face he can muster telling you that whatever problems he might have had with the Chiefs are in the past. He very much wants you to believe this. He very much wants to believe it himself. […]
• Chiefs put emphasis on blitz during first week of offseason practice May 16, 2013
  If there's one thing evident from the first week of Chiefs offseason practice, it's that new defensive coordinator Bob Sutton plans a pressure defense. […]
• Chiefs searching for clear-cut second receiver alongside Dwayne Bowe May 16, 2013
  The Chiefs are working to develop one or more receivers capable of helping Dwayne Bowe (center) boost their passing game. Jon Baldwin is the other starter with Bowe and leads the list of candidates, but hasn't yet emerged as the dominant offseason player he was last season before faltering when the games started. Other candidates are Terrance Copper (le […]

Kansas City Royals

• Follow-up exam confirms Salvy Perez's hip injury is just a bruise May 21, 2013
  The day-after news Tuesday on Royals catcher Salvy Perez was mostly positive: He has a deep bruise to his right hip but no structural damage or other longer-term issues. […]
• Royals fall below .500 as Guthrie struggles May 21, 2013
  The Royals suffered their fourth straight one-run loss Monday night -- they're now one game under .500. After the game, manager Ned Yost said that starter Jeremy Guthrie had struggled with command, finding the right arm slot and keeping the ball down. Guthrie walked three, two of them scored, and the Royals lost this one 6-5. […]
• Perez injures hip in loss to Astros May 21, 2013
  The bigger issue Monday for the Royals, beyond a 6-5 loss to Houston, was the status of catcher Salvy Perez's right hip. Perez left the game shortly after slamming into a post at the Houston dugout while pursuing a foul pop by J.D. Martinez in the fifth inning. […]
• Royals still sliding in 6-5 loss in Houston May 21, 2013
  Monday's depressing 6-5 loss to the Astros makes four straight one-run losses and 11 losses overall in the last 14 games. The Royals now are looking up at .500 -- they are 20-21 -- for the first time since the season's first week. […]
• George Brett: Moustakas isn't the Royals' first young, struggling third baseman May 20, 2013
  The young third baseman, lugging a paltry batting average at the All-Star break in his first full major-league season, felt lost and dejected. Then George Brett and his hitting coach, Charlie Lau, put together a plan, one that included mechanical adjustments and fundamentals but emphasized the mental approach, something Brett says can help current Royals thi […]
• Services planned for Fred White May 20, 2013
  Services for former Royals broadcaster Fred White, who died on May 15, will take place on May 28 at the Village Presbyterian Church in Prairie Village. […]
• Royals Q&A: Fans ask how team can end recent funk May 20, 2013
  Forty games in, approximately one-fourth of the way through the season, and the Royals are 20-20 after suffering a weekend sweep in Oakland. Let's get this out of the way: It was a brutal weekend. Three one-run losses after holding early leads in each game. The quarter point in the season is when teams traditionally step back and take a hard look at the […]
• More misery for Royals as A's sweep series with 4-3 win May 20, 2013
  The script changed Sunday for the Royals, but not the ending as they concluded a three-game weekend pratfall in the East Bay with a 4-3 loss to the Oakland A's. […]
• Ned Yost 'probably' will shift Kelvin Herrera out of eighth-inning role May 20, 2013
  After Sunday's crushing 4-3 loss to the Oakland A's, Royals manager Ned Yost acknowledged he will "probably" will pull the eighth-inning duty away from struggling reliever Kelvin Herrera. […]
• Royals should inspire as much hope as cynicism May 19, 2013
  The Royals should know why the city they play for is suspicious. Nothing personal, guys, but Alex Gordon and Sal Perez and especially James Shields and Jeremy Guthrie might want to know why a fan base starved to watch a winner is watching their best team in 20 years like it's a wild grizzly bear. […]

K-State

• Kansas State corrals Big 12 baseball awards, tournament postponed a day May 21, 2013
  Big 12 baseball champion Kansas State took home top individuals honors by the conference on Tuesday, led by player of the year Ross Kivett. The Big 12 also announced that it was moving the start of its tournament in Oklahoma City, scheduled to begin on Wednesday, to Thursday because of Monday's tornado disaster in nearby Moore. […]
• K-State sophomore Austin Fisher up for college baseball's top shortstop award May 20, 2013
  Kansas State sophomore shortstop Austin Fisher, formerly of Olathe Northwest, is one of 14 players still in consideration for the Brooks Wallace Award, given to the nation's top shortstop. He led the Big 12 in conference-only batting average at .412. […]
• K-State defies expectations, turns three-mendous feat in Big 12 May 19, 2013
  Kansas State has had a great sports year by winning Big 12 Conference titles in football, basketball and now baseball. Even K-State President Kirk Schulz raises his eyebrows at the across-the-board achievement. […]
• Kansas State takes Big 12 baseball title May 18, 2013
  Kansas State defeated Oklahoma 6-5 and clinched the program's first Big 12 championship and the first league title of any kind since sharing the Big Six in 1933. […]
• K-State basketball announces addition of 6-foot-10 Georgetown transfer Brandon Bolden May 17, 2013
  Kansas State officially announced the addition of 6-foot-10 Georgetown transfer Brandon Bolden to the Wildcats' men's basketball team Friday. […]
• K-State baseball can make history this weekend against Oklahoma May 16, 2013
  The Kansas State baseball team is on the verge of making history. With one more victory, it will clinch at least a share of its first conference championship since 1933 and add an exclamation point to an already stellar year for the Wildcats' athletic department: becoming the second Big 12 school to win conference titles in football, men's basketba […]
• Chiefs sign K-State's Wilson May 16, 2013
  The Chiefs have signed fullback Braden Wilson of Kansas State, the second of the team's two sixth-round draft picks. Wilson is the fourth of Kansas City's eight selections to sign with the club. […]

KU

• KU's Self thinks of home state after deadly storms May 21, 2013
  Kansas coach Bill Self grew up just north of Oklahoma City, attending high school in the suburban enclave of Edmond, Okla. So on Monday afternoon, as a mile-wide tornado ripped through the area and flattened parts of Moore, a southern suburb, Self's mind turned toward his home state. […]
• KU basketball team adds Memphis transfer Tarik Black May 20, 2013
  Kansas' basketball team has added another big body to a burgeoning roster overhaul. Former Memphis forward Tarik Black has signed a grant-in-aid agreement to play basketball at Kansas, the school announced Tuesday. […]
• Former Jayhawk Opurum signs with Chiefs May 17, 2013
  Former Kansas player Toben Opurum signed a contract with the Chiefs on Friday as an undrafted rookie. […]
• Ben McLemore breaks silence about payments to former AAU coach May 17, 2013
  Former KU guard Ben McLemore spoke Thursday to Sports Illustrated and Campusinsiders.com at the NBA Combine in Chicago about AAU coach Darius Cobb's revelation that he accepted $10,000 in cash payments to steer McLemore toward Rodney Blackstock, a middleman with connections to agents and financial advisers in Los Angeles. […]
• Weis wants to give KU fans reason to believe May 16, 2013
  Close to 150 Jayhawks supporters filled the Wichita Marriott banquet hall for Thursday's luncheon in conjunction with the 2013 Kansas Football Preview Party. But while KU football coach Charlie Weis said it was exciting to see fans energized about the future, he added the team must do its part by delivering results. […]
• Top basketball recruit Andrew Wiggins, described by Self as an 'alpha dog,' picks KU May 15, 2013
  Andrew Wiggins, the consensus No. 1 college basketball recruit in the country, announced Tuesday morning he will attend Kansas, picking the Jayhawks over three other finalists, Kentucky, Florida State and North Carolina. […]
• East St. Louis linebacker Kyron Watson commits to KU football team May 15, 2013
  It's not often that a highly recruited high school football player cancels a campus visit to Michigan and then commits to Kansas. But that's what Kyron Watson, a 6-foot, 226-pound linebacker, did on Tuesday. […]

MU

• MU opens SEC baseball tournament vs. Mississippi State needing win to stay alive May 20, 2013
  With his team needing a win Tuesday night to keep its season alive and advance in the Southeastern Conference tournament, Missouri baseball coach Tim Jamieson will see a familiar face. The Tigers first-round opponent, fifth-seeded Mississippi State, is led by John Cohen, who coached under Jamieson as the primary hitting coach and recruiting coordinator at MU […]
• Deuce Bello will transfer from Baylor to Missouri May 20, 2013
  Former Baylor swingman Deuce Bello -- once ranked by Rivals.com as the No. 54 player in the country -- has decided to transfer to Mizzou. "I just feel like the coaching staff is good, and I've been cool with (associate coach) Tim (Fuller) for a while," Bello said. "At Baylor, we played Mizzou three times and I like their style of play. […]
• Missouri beats Hofstra 5-0, advances in NCAA softball tournament May 20, 2013
  In an NCAA Regional game that essentially amounted to a winner-take-all showdown for the right to advance to the Super Regional, the Missouri softball team received a complete-game shutout from star pitcher Chelsea Thomas and pounded out eight hits against Galati in a 5-0 win over Hofstra in Columbia. […]
• Missouri softball beats Hofstra and reaches final of NCAA regional May 19, 2013
  Tigers' Chelsea Thomas settles down, beats Hofstra's ace Olivia Galati 1-0. […]
• Missouri softball team beats Stony Brook in NCAA regional game May 18, 2013
  Jenna Marston comes through with a three-run homer in Tigers' 3-0 win over Stony Brook. […]
• MU softball coach's quandary: Save Thomas for later in regional? May 17, 2013
  A little more than 24 hours before the biggest game of the season, Missouri softball coach Ehren Earleywine was still unsure whether his best pitcher, Chelsea Thomas, would take the mound. […]
• Nashville cornerback Finis Stribling gives verbal commitment to MU football team May 14, 2013
  Cornerback Finis Stribling IV, who became Missouri's ninth verbal commitment for the Class of 2014 on Monday, is the second defensive back in the 2014 class to commit to Missouri, joining East St. Louis safety Greg Taylor. Stribling is also the second prospect from Tennessee to commit, joining two-star receiver Thomas Richard from Nashville. […]

UMKC

• Former UMKC women's basketball coach hired at Texas Tech May 20, 2013
  Texas Tech on Monday hired former UMKC women's basketball coach Candace Whitaker as its head coach. Whitaker, 33, returns to her alma mater, where she played point guard from 2000-02. […]
• UMKC basketball team adds 6-foot-10 forward Isaac Kreuer May 15, 2013
  Isaac Kreuer, a 6-10 front liner from Kansas City, signed with the UMKC basketball team, the school announced Wednesday. […]
• UMKC men's tennis swept by UCLA in NCAA Tournament opener May 10, 2013
  Top-ranked UCLA eliminated the UMKC men's tennis team from the NCAA Tournament with a 4-0 victory Friday in Los Angeles. […]
• UMKC men's tennis team opens NCAA Tournament at top-ranked UCLA May 9, 2013
  The UMKC men's tennis team is in the NCAA Tournament for the third straight year, and the Kangaroos will face the toughest task in this year's field. […]
• UMKC basketball team adds transfer from Bradley May 9, 2013
  Shayok Shayok, a 6-foot-8 forward who played two seasons at Bradley, has transferred to the UMKC men's basketball team. […]
• UMKC basketball team lands two former KC-area high school players May 1, 2013
  Martez Harrison, a second-team All-Metro selection at University Academy in 2011-12 who played last season at Brewster Academy in New Hampshire, and former Raytown High player Frank Williams gave commitments to UMKC and new coach Kareem Richardson. […]
• UMKC men win Summit League golf title, women finish second April 25, 2013
  The UMKC men's golf team won its second Summit League championship in three years Wednesday at the Sky Creek Ranch Golf Club in Keller, Texas. UMKC senior Korbin Kuehn won his second MVP honor after winning the individual conference title. The UMKC women finished second. […]

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