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In what is likely a testament to continuity and a tradition of success, Kansas Wesleyan is picked second in the Kansas Conference's preseason volleyball poll released Friday. 2018 runner-up Ottawa is the favorite, receiving 11 of 13 first-place votes and 143 points. KWU's second with 124 points and one first-place vote. Saint Mary's third with 119 ...

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DETROIT -- When this 10-game road trip started, Royals third baseman Hunter Dozier did not have any career multihomer games. Now he has three. And when this trip began, there wasn’t a ton of chatter about Jorge Soler getting close to Mike Moustakas’ single-season club home run record of 38. But Soler blasted seven home runs ...

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The Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Cincinnati Bengals at Arrowhead Stadium on Saturday night, 38-17, as the two teams kicked off the 2019 preseason. Chiefs’ quarterback Patrick Mahomes started the contest and led Kansas City’s offense for one series, completing 4-of-4 passes for 66 yards. He picked up more than half of that production on the ...

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DETROIT -- So, this is the Mike Montgomery the Royals thought they might be getting when they acquired him from the Cubs for catcher Martin Maldonado in July. In his fifth start with his new club, and the first without a pitch limit, Montgomery was dominant. The left-hander gave up four singles and he didn’t walk ...

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SEATTLE — There were flashes. On a summer night at CenturyLink Field in his first true road test as an NFL quarterback, Drew Lock wasn’t perfect. He couldn’t cap the Broncos’ second consecutive come-from-behind win of the preseason. He threw his first career interception. He started the second half with a three-and-out and a safety. But make no ...

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DETROIT -- Royals third baseman Hunter Dozier’s breakout season just keeps getting more impressive. Dozier unleashed the second multi-homer game of his career -- both on this road trip -- in the Royals’ 10-8 loss to the Tigers on Thursday night at Comerica Park. Jordy Mercer walked it off with a two-run home run with one out ...

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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) A person familiar with the deal tells The Associated Press that the Kansas City Chiefs have agreed to terms with veteran cornerback Morris Claiborne on a one-year deal to fortify their backfield. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity Thursday because the team had not announced the deal. The Chiefs have ...

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BOSTON -- The Royals had put together the makings of a comeback. Runs in the sixth and seventh to tie the game, 4 2/3 scoreless innings pitched by the bullpen to force extra frames, potentially three outs away from winning the series against the defending World Series champions. And then the rain hit. After a one-hour and ...

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BOSTON -- What’s better than one home run? How about two. Jorge Soler achieved the 30-home run milestone and then passed it with two homers off Andrew Cashner as the Royals snapped their seven-game losing streak with a 6-2 win over the Red Sox on Tuesday night at Fenway Park. Soler started his home run barrage in the ...

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BOSTON -- Mike Montgomery reached a pitching marker as he continues to be stretched out in the starting role. The lefty threw 90 pitches for the first time since September 18, 2018, on Monday against the Red Sox at Fenway Park. Montgomery struck out a season-high seven batters, while allowing seven hits and four runs (two ...

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First year head coach, Chris Klieman, continues to get acclimated to his new position at K-State. The Wildcats' football team reported to campus on Friday and has been hard at work ever since with their first practices of the year. K-State opens its season on Aug. 31 at home against Nicholls State. Klieman spoke to media for the ...