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LAWRENCE, Kan. – Six Jayhawks were selected to the 2020 Athlon Sports Preseason All-Big 12 Teams, eclipsing the previous season’s mark of five selection, while Pooka Williams, Jr. and Kyle Thompson were recognized by the publication for the second-consecutive year. Stephen Robinson, Jr., Andrew Parchment, Malik Clark and Dru Prox all earned recognition from Athlon for the ...

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KANSAS CITY -- The Royals went heavy on college pitching in the last two MLB Drafts, and they did so again on Wednesday with their top pick, selecting left-hander Asa Lacy out of Texas A&M fourth overall. But on Thursday the Royals took a stab at upside, selecting 18-year-old right-hander Ben Hernandez out of De La ...

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Excitement filled Dean Evans Stadium for the Salina Falcons' 2020 home debut. The North Central Blues had a blast, too. North Central spoiled Salina's special day, thumping the Falcons 13-2 in four innings and 7-1 in six for the nightcap on Wednesday night. With the two losses, Salina dropped to 2-2 on the season. The Blues kicked off ...

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KANSAS CITY -- The Royals may have found their next Whit Merrifield. With the No. 32 pick, part of the Competitive Balance Round A, in the MLB Draft on Wednesday, the Royals took Baylor shortstop Nick Loftin, a 21-year-old who has played infield and outfield. MLB Pipeline, which ranked Loftin the No. 36 overall prospect in the ...

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KANSAS CITY -- Are the Royals getting the next Blake Snell? The next Al Leiter? Those are just some of the comparisons to left-hander Asa Lacy, whom the Royals took with the No. 4 pick in the MLB Draft on Wednesday night. Lacy, a 21-year-old out of Texas A&M University, was considered by MLB Pipeline to ...

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Major League Soccer announced Wednesday that its season will resume starting July 8 with a tournament in Florida. The league's 26 teams will be divided into six groups for the opening round of the tournament played without fans at ESPN's Wide World of Sports complex at Walt Disney World. Teams had played just two games to start ...

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Somerset, NJ June 5th, 2020 – FOCO is excited to introduce a brand-new, collectable bobblehead featuring Kansas City Chiefs great Dante Hall on a thematic base celebrating Hall’s nickname of “The Human Joy Stick.” The Dante Hall Kansas City Chiefs Human Joy Stick Bobblehead depicts Hall in his Chiefs uniform, posing with a football while giving ...

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The Champions Indoor Football League board of directors announced today that the 2020 season has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The CIF had been exploring ways to play in 2020 and wanted to explore any and all possibilities before formally cancelling this season. “The CIF board of directors had continuously pushed for a delay ...

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Kansas ended a prolonged contract settlement dispute with former football coach David Beaty by reaching a $2.55 million financial settlement, the school announced Friday. Beaty was owed $3 million when the Jayhawks fired him in November 2018. His Kansas teams went 6-42 in four seasons. “Today, Kansas Athletics entered into a $2.55 million financial settlement with former head ...

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The NAIA released a memo late Thursday with plans for sports to come back this fall which targets early September for a return to competition, according to the letter signed by NAIA President and CEO Jim Carr and NAIA Council of Presidents chairperson Arvid Johnson. Under the plan, all fall sports except football at Kansas Wesleyan ...

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After Washburn University announced the closure of their campus on May 5th, due to health and safety concerns from COVID-19, the fate of the 47th Annual Kansas Shrine Bowl was unknown. Today, the Kansas Shrine Bowl is excited to announce they will stay in Topeka and play their game at Hummer Sports Complex. “While health and ...