The Kansas City Chiefs announced several personnel moves on Thursday including the hiring of Will Lewis as the club’s Director of Pro Scouting and Marvin Allen as the team’s Director of College Scouting. The Chiefs have also hired Randy Ball as the team’s Pro Scouting Assistant and Trey Koziol to serve as an Area Scout. [...]
Missouri Western junior shortstop Michael Schulze has been announced as a semifinalist for the inaugural Josh Willingham Award presented by College Baseball Lineup and D2BaseballNews.com. Schulze the MIAA Player of the Year leads the Griffons in hitting and is secone in the nation with a .456 average. He has set single season records for runs [...]
Longtime Kansas City Royals broadcaster Fred White died Wednesday of complications from cancer. He was 76. The Royals were informed of White’s passing by his son, Joe. White died in hospice one day after the team announced his retirement after 40 years with he organization. White was the sports anchor for Topeka’s WIBW-TV and broadcast [...]
The Southeastern Conference announced matchups for the inaugural Big 12/SEC Challenge on Tuesday and Head Coach Frank Haith’s Tigers will host West Virginia at Mizzou Arena on Dec. 5. The inaugural Big 12/SEC Challenge (the event title will rotate to SEC/Big 12 Challenge in 2014) is a combination of existing games already scheduled along with [...]
Top basketball prospect Andrew Wiggins will play his college basketball at Kansas. The 6-foot-8 Toronto native signed a letter-of-intent Tuesday, choosing the Jayhawks over Kentucky, North Carolina and Florida State. The ceremony ended the frenzied pursuit of the Huntington Prep star, who averaged 23.4 points and 11.2 rebounds per game this season. Rather than turn [...]
The Kansas City Chiefs announced on Tuesday that the club has been awarded offensive tackle Matt Reynolds and cornerback Buddy Jackson via waiver claims. Additionally, the Chiefs have released defensive back De’Quan Menzie. Claimed Off Waivers Reynolds (6-4, 310) originally entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent with the Carolina Panthers on April 30, [...]
Grant Fink added another recognition to his ever-growing repertoire on Wednesday as the first team All-MIAA selection was among 40 players named as a semifinalist for the 2013 Tino Martinez Award. The award is presented to the most outstanding player in DII college baseball. The annual honor is named after the former University of Tampa [...]
Missouri Western senior outfielder Maegan Roemmich earned her second All-Region team by being selected to the Daktronics All-Central Region First Team. Last week she was named to the NFCA All-Central Region Second Team and was a First Team All-MIAA performer this past season. Junior pitcher Jackie Bishop was selected to the second team after being [...]
The Kansas City Chiefs announced on Monday that the club has signed the following six players: DL Risean Broussard, S Greg Castillo, DE Miguel Chavis, S Justin Glenn, RB Jordan Roberts and DB James Rogers. Additionally, the club has released the following three players: FB Ryan D’Imperio, RB Nate Eachus and DB Jose Gumbs. SIGNED [...]
For just the second time in school history the Missouri Western baseball team has earned an NCAA Division II Playoff Apperance. The Griffons will be the #4 seed and will play the #3 seed Southern Arkansas Muleriders in Mankato, Minn. There are 48 teams in the NCAA National Tournament with 20 atomatic bids and 28 [...]