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The Big Ten won't play football this fall because of concerns about COVID-19, becoming the first of college sports' power conferences to yield to the pandemic. The move announced Tuesday comes six day after the conference that includes historic programs such as Ohio State, Michigan, Nebraska and Penn State had released a revised conference-only schedule that ...

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WICHITA, Kan. — The Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Board of Presidents (BOP) voted to modify the football schedule for the upcoming 2020-21 football season, the conference office announced Friday. The BOP received guidance from the conference's Fall 2020 Return to Play Task Force, who have been developing solutions to provide a fall sports season while still ...

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Michigan defensive back Hunter Reynolds saw the tweets from Trevor Lawrence and other college football players, pushing for the opportunity to play this season, despite the pandemic. Reynolds, one of the organizers behind a players' rights movement in the Big Ten, didn't like the way some on social media seemed to be pitting Lawrence's message against ...

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KANSAS CITY -- The big league education of Royals rookie right-hander Brady Singer continues. Sunday’s lesson: Don’t try to field 100-mph grounders with your bare hand. Singer, the Royals’ No. 3 prospect per MLB Pipeline, did exactly that off a grounder from Minnesota’s Byron Buxton. Fortunately, Singer wasn’t hurt, but the event seemed to rattle him and he allowed two runs ...

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KANSAS CITY -- It took a while for the Royals to get their offense cranking in 2020, but it’s hitting on all cylinders now. Two nights after scoring 13 runs in a win over the Cubs, the Royals erupted with four home runs and 12 hits in a 9-6 victory over the Twins on Saturday night ...

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KANSAS CITY -- A night after the Royals romped with 13 runs in a win over the Cubs, they came back with a manager’s dream: A gritty, grind-it-out, 3-2 win over the American League Central-leading Twins on Friday night at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals’ bullpen looked like a flashback to the shutdown era of 2013-15, as Greg ...

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WICHITA, Kan.— The Coyotes of Kansas Wesleyan University came out on top of both the media and coaches' polls that were voted on after the 2020 KCAC Football Media Day, the conference office announced Friday. This year's Football Media Day was conducted virtually, after a vote from the conference's head coaches, and was broadcast on the KCAC's Facebook ...

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (August 7, 2020) - The MIAA has released statements regarding Wednesday's announcement by the NCAA Division II President’s Council to cancel the 2020 NCAA Division II Fall Championships, and also the NCAA's release of new COVID-19 Mitigation Requirements for practices and competition this year in all three divisions. “Like last winter and spring, our ...

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KANSAS CITY -- Finally. The Royals’ mostly dormant offense in 2020 awoke on Thursday night with a fair share of pent-up anger. The unsuspecting victim was the Cubs’ pitching staff as every Kansas City hitter reached base at least once en route to a 13-2 victory at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals snapped a six-game losing streak. Right-hander Brad ...

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Clemson is No. 1 in the USA Today coaches' preseason poll for a second straight year. The Tigers received 38 of 65 first-place votes in the poll released Thursday. Clemson is seeking its third national title in five years after losing 42-25 to LSU in last season's championship game. Ohio State, which lost 29-23 to Clemson in ...

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LINDSBORG - Bethany College Department of Athletics announced it is launching a new varsity Esports program set to begin in Fall 2021. Bethany College will be commencing a national search in the coming weeks to find the program's first head coach. The team will practice and compete in a state of the art lab in the Mingenback Art Center. The ...