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Kansas freshmen Engelman and Davis have stepped up after injuries to key players
Kansas City Star — Perhaps Kansas’ women’s basketball team can look at a difficult season this way: The “basketball gods” never close one door without opening another. The crushing disappointment of losing preseason Big 12 player of the year Danielle McCray and long-awaited point guard Angel Goodrich to knee injuries can’t be underestimated. But their absence — Goodrich was hurt Jan. 13 and McCray Feb. 4 — has meant other Jayhawks had to step in to take up the scoring load.
Kansas Jayhawks 6 hours agoKU shows it can win when Collins or Aldrich struggle
Kansas City Star — Sherron Collins says last year’s Big 12 tournament quarterfinal loss to Baylor was a “What happened?” game. A year later, it’s pretty easy to see what happened. Collins made six of 20 shots, including four of 12 from three-point range, and turned the ball over a team-high five times. Cole Aldrich shot the ball just five times, had eight points and finished with one blocked shot. When the Jayhawks of a year ago didn’t get Collins and Aldrich’s best or close to it, they were very beatable. So they lost 71-64 to the Bears and boarded a b...
Kansas Jayhawks 6 hours agoKU offensive coordinator faces lawsuit in California
Kansas City Star — Kansas offensive coordinator Chuck Long, a former head coach at San Diego State, has been sued by Nick Sandford, a former player. Sandford accuses Long of covering up an alleged assault by a teammate in November 2008 that left Sandford with injuries, according to a civil lawsuit filed this week in San Diego Superior Court. The suit alleges that former San Diego State offensive lineman Lance Louis, now with the Chicago Bears, assaulted Sandford, a safety, in a team meeting room. The attack left Sandford with a concussion, a ruptured eardrum and facial injuries. Sandford is asking for unspecifie...
Kansas Jayhawks 6 hours agoGreinke works three more scoreless innings as Royals top Rockies
Kansas City Star — TUCSON, Ariz. | One benefit generally afforded to veteran big-leaguers in spring training is that long bus trips are minimized. That explains why the Royals’ travel roster for Wednesday’s 300-mile round trip — one of two this spring to Tucson — didn’t include José Guillen, Jason Kendall, David DeJesus, Rick Ankiel, Scott Podsednik, Willie Bloomquist, Yuniesky Betancourt or Josh Fields.
Kansas City Royals 7 hours agoChiefs sign defensive lineman
Kansas City Star — Defensive lineman Shaun Smith had the best seasons of his NFL career in 2007 and 2008 playing for the Cleveland Browns, who were then coached by Romeo Crennel. The Chiefs, who agreed to terms of a one-year contract with Smith on Wednesday, are hoping Smith can play that way again next season as he’s reunited with Crennel. He was hired in January as the Chiefs’ defensive coordinator.
Kansas City Chiefs 7 hours agoRoyals Day in Camp | Rookie Blake Wood pitching his way to bullpen spot
Kansas City Star — Royals rookie right-hander Blake Wood, a former starter, turned in a one-two-three seventh inning on Wednesday and is emerging as a strong bullpen possibility.
Kansas City Royals 11 hours agoFor the fans, Royals add KC logo to crown scoreboard
Kansas City Star — Fans had been wondering if the Royals' KC logo would ever appear on the new Kauffman Stadium scoreboard, and today they got their answer. Construction crews began the seven-day process of attaching a new aluminum KC.
Kansas City Royals 11 hours agoGreinke works three more scoreless innings as Royals win
Kansas City Star — TUCSON, Ariz. | One benefit generally afforded to veteran big-leaguers in spring training is long bus trips are minimized.
Kansas City Royals 11 hours agoRoyals hoping Podsednik can do for them what he's done to them
Kansas City Star — SURPRISE, Ariz. | It’s no surprise the Royals had veteran outfielder Scott Podsednik near the top of their free-agent wish list in the offseason. Very simply, they wanted Podsednik to do to others what he’s done to them. “He sees a lot of pitches,” manager Trey Hillman said in launching into a litany. “He gets into a two-strike count, and he has the ability, because of his approach and his mechanics, of being able to spoil a nasty pitch to get to the next pitch.
Kansas City Royals March 9, 2010Royals' day in camp Tuesday
Kansas City Star — A dramatic comeback by the Royals in the ninth inning Tuesday afternoon — albeit somewhat gift-wrapped — failed to hide the inability by either Robinson Tejeda or Kyle Davies to step forward in their battle for a spot in the rotation. The Royals pulled out an 11-10 victory over an Oakland split-squad at Surprise Stadium by scoring twice in the final inning. The winning run scored with two outs when Oakland first baseman Dallas McPherson failed to corral Vance Wilson’s wind-blown pop-up. It was the only time the Royals led all game.
Kansas City Royals March 9, 2010
- The Squeeze: Reds 6, Angels 0 From the Dugout | Orange County Register The gist: The Angels were held to three hits in a 6-0 shutout by the Cincinnati Reds at Tempe Diablo Stadium Wednesday. Top bat: Not applicable today. Mark Trumbo, Mike Napoli and Brandon Wood had the Angels’ only hits (all singles). Top arm: Sean O’Sullivan bounced back from a bad outing in his first spring start to [...]The Squeeze: Reds 6, Angels 0 is a post from: Angels blog
- Columnist rips Nomar/Sox reunion From the Dugout | Orange County Register Dan Shaughnessy of the Boston Globe wasn’t the DJ at the Nomar Garciaparra party, in which the ex-Red Sox shortstop retired after he signed a ceremonial contract with the club that traded him three months before it won the World Series. In fact Shaughnessy says the Bosox probably wouldn’t have broken the Curse had they [...]Columnist rips Nomar/Sox reunion is a post from: Angels blog
- Rocky McIntosh willing to make inside move in 3-4 Redskins Insider | Washington Post Washington did not pursue Karlos Dansby, and Larry Foote left without a contract after visiting the complex this week, so it would seem the team still has a big hole to fill at linebacker opposite London Fletcher. The Redskins appear to need another starting middle linebacker because they are in the process of transitioning from a base 4-3 defense to a 3-4 alignment. But there is an in-house answer, Rocky McIntosh said. "I can play inside," McIntosh said in a phone interview the other day. "I've played inside before. It's no big deal. I can play anywhere. I did it when Gregg [Williams] was her...
- Groundbreaking is set for Brooklyn home for NJ Nets Newark Star-Ledger APAn artist's rendering of the planned arena.NEW YORK -- A groundbreaking ceremony is set for the massive Atlantic Yards development in Brooklyn that includes an arena for the New Jersey Nets. The event on this afternoon will be attended by...
- Barnes tips Albion to edge out Forest Express & Star Confident Albion winger Giles Barnes has tipped the Baggies to edge out Nottingham Forest to claim an automatic ticket to the Premier League.
- Trail Blazers: Can Blazers snap losing streak in Oakland?; news, notes and links Behind The Blazers Beat | Oregonian Blazers have lost nine straight games at Oakland
- Derrick Mason brought back in Baltimore FFToolbox.com Suddenly, the AFC is the division of wide receiver duos. The Baltimore Ravens re-signed wideout Derrick Mason on Wednesday to a two-year, $8 million contract. Mason spent the past five seasons with the Ravens, never missing a game and representing the team's most trustworthy targets. Mason had wanted to play again for Baltimore all along, but said that he would only return to the game if he got a two-year deal. That's exactly what happened. Mason, 36, is a fossil compared to other solid wide receivers, but he is coming off his eighth 1,000-yard season, including his third in a row. He will te...
- Harris: Bryant gets slight bump after joining Bengals ESPN Christopher Harris looks at the fantasy implications of Antonio Bryant signing with the Cincinnati Bengals.
- Bengals sign Antonio Bryant FFToolbox.com The Cincinnati Bengals have a legit No. 2 wide receiver. Or maybe more like a second No. 1. The team signed former Tampa Bay wide receiver Antonio Bryant to a four-year, $28 million deal on Wednesday. With incentives, Bryant could earn as much as $29 million. Bryant had a breakout season in 2008 with more than 1,200 receiving yards, 83 catches and seven touchdowns. Lingering pain from offseason knee surgery and a rookie quarterback dragged down his 2009 numbers, but he was still seen as the top unrestricted free agent wideout this year. Miami and Washington were also rumored to be vying for Br...
- Blanks emerging as fantasy breakout candidate ESPN The San Diego Padres' Kyle Blanks has posted a .304 batting average, .393 on-base percentage and .505 slugging percentage in 1,935 minor league at-bat...
- 30 Questions: Phillies ESPN AJ Mass assesses the condition of the Phillies bullpen and how manager Jerry Manuel might fill the void at closer should Brad Lidge not be able to do the job.
- Fantasy: 2009-2010 Top Point Guards Hoops World Back in October, in addition to compiling an overall TOP 100 Fantasy list , I also produced a position-by-position breakdown of top performers. And with the fantasy playoffs inching closer and closer, we thought it would makes some sense to, over the next couple of weeks, re-examine those pre-season prognostications by comparing each players current cumulative rank to their preseason placing. We'll see how the predictions turned out/ who I whiffed on/ and the reasons for any major variances…