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LAWRENCE, Kan. – With the 2018 Kansas football season set to begin in just under two months, Kansas Athletics and K Club have announced plans to honor three Jayhawks legends and two historic KU football teams. Kansas alums Chris Harris Jr., Todd Reesing and Larry Brown will be added to the Ring of Honor at ...

6 years ago
MINNEAPOLIS -- Royals left-hander Danny Duffy was back on his "A" game Monday night. After getting roughed up for six runs over six innings in his last outing, Duffy came back and fired six scoreless innings against the Twins, continuing his personal upsurge that started in late May. Yet it wasn't enough, as the Royals' bullpen gave ...

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KANSAS CITY -- As the Royals did on Saturday night, they took an early lead Sunday. And as the Royals also did Saturday night, they gave it back. Kansas City surrendered a pair of leads before falling to the Red Sox, 7-4, at Kauffman Stadium as the Red Sox completed a three-game sweep. Whit Merrifield had ...

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (July 8, 2018) – The Kansas City Royals today announced the signing of Japanese 16-year old pitcher Kaito Yuki.  The Osaka, Japan native just completed his junior high season in May and chose to sign a professional contract with the Royals over attending high school.  Yuki, is a 6-2, 170 lb. right-handed ...

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The Salina Falcons surpassed their win total from 2017 before their toughest tournament of the regular season. Check off another box on the already impressive list. Pitchers Ethan Kickhaefer and Seth Catania combined for a three-hitter, Brayden Pavey and Cason Long drove in runs, and the Salina Falcons shut out the Millard North SR's 2-0 for the ...

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KANSAS CITY -- Rookie right-hander Brad Keller seemingly was cruising along with a three-run lead and two outs and no one on in the fifth. Suddenly the wheels came off. Keller gave up four runs in the inning, three on a bases-clearing double by Xander Bogaerts, and the Royals went on to lose to the Red ...

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KANSAS CITY -- Royals right-hander Jason Hammel's recent struggles continued in a big way on Friday night. Hammel served up a leadoff home run to Mookie Betts, and it didn't get any better after that as the Red Sox pounded him for eight runs before he exited after two innings in the 10-5 loss at Kauffman ...

6 years ago
Join outdoor expert Bob Roberts on Saturday mornings on 1150 KSAL for the latest edition of Central Kansas Outdoors. Bob Roberts talks about fishing prospects for our lakes as we move into the middle of summer. Bob also questions the current length limits on Walleyes and Saugeyes after seeing the results for this year from the Kansas ...

6 years ago
The 4th of July features fireworks, hamburgers and baseball. The diamonds of Salina are ready for the 28th annual Salina Regional Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Kansas Grand Slam, presented by Salina Regional Health Center. Over 35 games take place the next four days, concluding with 17U and 19U championships. Salina has two squads in the tournament, including ...

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LAWRENCE – University of Kansas Chancellor Douglas A. Girod today named Jeff Long as the university’s new director of athletics. Long brings more than two decades of experience in athletic administration at the Division I level, most recently at the University of Arkansas, where he led a program comprising 19 sports and 460 student-athletes from 2008 ...

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KANSAS CITY -- How bad is it going for the Royals? Their pitchers threw a combined four-hitter against the American League Central-leading Indians on Wednesday night and it still wasn't enough. Four Royals pitchers held the Indians down, but the Royals' offense -- last in Major League Baseball in runs scored -- couldn't produce, either, in ...