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NEW YORK (Metro News) Major League Baseball and the players' union agreed Thursday to expand the playoffs from 10 teams to 16 for the pandemic-delayed season, a decision that makes it likely teams with losing records will reach the postseason. The agreement was reached hours before the season opener between the New York Yankees and World ...

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (July 23, 2020) – The Kansas City Royals announced the following roster moves today to finalize their roster for Opening Day: · Placed RHP Chance Adams and LHP Randy Rosario on the 10-day IL (retro to July 20) · Placed RHP Jesse Hahn on the Bereavement/Family Medical Emergency List · C Meibrys Viloria was returned from his rehab assignment, reinstated from the Injured List and recalled · Recalled RHP Ronald ...

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The start of high school athletics in Kansas is still up in the air. The Kansas State High School Activities Association remained undecided on the beginning of the fall sports season after an hour-long executive board meeting Wednesday. The board ultimately decided on a plan to conduct a survey with school district superintendents across the state ...

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Sporting Kansas City (4-1-0, 12 points) clinched progression to the MLS is Back Tournament Knockout Stage presented by Audi with a 2-0 victory over Real Salt Lake (1-1-3, 6 points) on Wednesday morning at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Walt Disney World. Forward Johnny Russell struck just 49 seconds into the game before ...

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MANHATTAN, Kan. – Organizers of the 2020 Cayman Islands Classic are relocating the fourth annual tournament to Niceville, Florida and Raider Arena on the campus of Northwest Florida State College due to the ongoing COVID-19 virus, officials announced on Wednesday (July 22). K-State is one of eight schools scheduled to participate in the tournament, which runs from ...

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Salina Baseball Enterprises is pleased to announce that we will be expanding our operations in player and youth development. We will be adding two 14U teams to our program for the 2021 season. These two teams will participate under Salina Baseball Enterprises with appointed coaches by the newly formed Operations Committee and the already established ...

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KANSAS CITY, MO (July 22, 2020) – The Kansas City Royals today announced that infielder/outfielder Hunter Dozier has tested positive for Covid-19 and is being placed on the Injured List. The 28-year old was Kansas City’s first pick in the 2013 First Year Player Draft (eighth overall) and is coming off of his best big league ...

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Kansas Wesleyan Athletics is taking the 10th Annual Night with the Yotes fundraising event global. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, KWU has chosen to cancel the in-person portion of the August 15 event and take the auction online. KWU officials plan to hold the auction completely online and increase its length, as the event will now begin ...

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An NAIA conference that has schools in Kansas, Missouri and Iowa is announcing that it will not postpone fall 2020 sports. The Heart of America Athletic Conference says it plans on having fall sports as scheduled for the 2020 season. The league includes schools in northeast Kansas such as Baker University, Benedictine College and MidAmerica Nazarene University. Heart ...

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KANSAS CITY, MO (July 20, 2020) – The Kansas City Royals today announced that right-handed pitcher Jakob Junis has been placed on the Injured List to allow him to continue to prepare for the 2020 season. The 27-year old was not among the initial group of players who reported to Summer Camp after testing positive for ...

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Ryan Showman got the inevitable questions following Kansas Wesleyan's ultra-successful 2019-20 women's basketball season. "Last year was a banner year and people asked me all the time 'where's your next move, what level you trying to get to, what job are you looking at?'" said Showman, who guided the Coyotes to a 26-6 record and the program's ...