Missouri Western senior outfielder Maegan Roemmich earned her first career All-America honor by being selected to the Daktronics honorable mention All-American team. Earlier this season Roemmich was a Daktronics All-Central Region First Team selection as well as being named to the NFCA All-Central Region Second Team and a First Team All-MIAA performer this past season. [...]
Mike Trout and Albert Pujols hit solo home runs, and Mark Trumbo hit a two-run shot to help the Los Angeles Angels beat the Kansas City Royals 5-4 Thursday night. Joe Blanton got his first victory of the season after going 0-7 in his first nine starts. He held the Royals to seven hits and [...]
Kansas State relievers Nate Williams and Jake Matthys combined for 3.2 scoreless innings to bolster a solid start by freshman Blake McFadden as the Wildcats edged Texas Tech, 4-3, Thursday in the opening round of the Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark. K-State improved to 40-16 on the year, reaching the 40-win [...]
The Kansas City Chiefs announced on Thursday that the club has signed safety Sanders Commings. He is the fifth of Kansas City’s eight draft selections from the 2013 NFL Draft to sign his contract. Commings (6-0, 223) joined the Chiefs as the club’s fifth-round pick (134th overall) in the 2013 NFL Draft. He appeared in [...]
Missouri Western senior third baseman Grant Fink has been named as one of eight finalists for the 2013 Tino Martinez Award. The award, which goes to the top player in NCAA Division II, is named after the former University of Tampa Spartan, United States Olympian, first round draft pick and Major League Baseball All-Star, Tino [...]
J.D. Martinez hit a two-run homer off James Shields, Jordan Lyles pitched six effective innings and the Houston Astros beat the Kansas City Royals 3-1 on Wednesday night. Lyles (2-1) allowed one run and six hits in his 50th career game. Travis Blackley and Hector Ambriz each got three outs before Jose Veras pitched a [...]
Kansas football head coach Charlie Weis announced Wednesday that wide receiver Nick Harwell has signed a grant in aid to join the KU football program in August. One of the top returning wide receivers in the nation, Harwell spent his first three collegiate seasons playing at Miami (Ohio), where he was a record-setting receiver for [...]
The Kansas City Chiefs announced on Wednesday that the club has signed free agent S Malcolm Bronson and S Quintin Demps. Additionally the club has released S Justin Glenn and CB James Rogers. SIGNED Bronson (5-11, 192) joins Kansas City as a rookie free agent after playing collegiately at McNeese State. In four years, he [...]
Kansas State junior center B.J. Finney is one of 44 players nationally and three from the Big 12 Conference named to the 2013 Rimington Trophy Spring Watch List, the award committee has announced. Finney, a native of Andale, is a former walk-on who has turned into a team leader for the Wildcats. Last season, he [...]
Mike Moustakas tied it with an RBI single before George Kottaras scored the go-ahead run on a bases-loaded walk in a four-run eighth inning, and the Kansas City Royals rallied for a 7-3 win over the Houston Astros on Tuesday night to end a four-game skid. The Royals trailed 3-0 and couldn’t get much going [...]