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Rivera ties Major League Baseball record with 601st career save
TORONTO (AP) - Mariano Rivera tied the Major League Baseball saves record, earning the 601st of his career and matching Trevor Hoffman while preserving the New York Yankees' 7-6 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday.
AP Top 25/NFL TV Sports Schedule
AP TOP 25 FOOTBALL TONIGHT No. 4 Boise State at Toledo, 7, ESPN SATURDAY No. 1 Oklahoma at No. 5 Florida State, 7 p.m., ABC No. 2 Alabama vs. North Texas, 6:30 p.m. No. 6 Stanford at Arizona, 9:45 p.m., ESPN HD No. 7 Wisconsin vs. Northern Illinois at Chicago, 2:30 p.m. No. 8 Oklahoma State at Tulsa, 9 p.m., FSN No. 9 Texas A&M vs. Idaho, 6 p.m., PPV No. 10 Navy at South ...
Trying to avoid more brain lock
Call it lockout brain lock. That's what Pro Picks suffered from in a wild, totally unpredictable first weekend of the season. Yes, six road teams won. Unfortunately, we had only two of them. And six underdogs were winners. Unfortunately, the four favorites we had losing were victorious. Things didn't go any better with the Best Bet or the Upset Special. Looks like Pro Picks was about as prepared for the openers as the Colts, Steelers, ...
At 2-0, Kansas travels to Georgia Tech
LAWRENCE - Kansas is off to a flying start. It isn't because of the defense. The Jayhawks have given up 882 yards through two games, and an unsightly 66 points combined to McNeese State and Northern Illinois. Kansas senior linebacker Steven Johnson doesn't think the statistics are as important as what some people make them out to be, and he said that's all that will matter when Kansas heads to Georgia Tech on Saturday. "Coach ...
Kansas State’s line ready for Kent State test
MANHATTAN - Kansas State was stellar on defense in its season opener. Good thing, too, or the Wildcats would have lost in humiliating fashion to Eastern Kentucky.
Improved Lions generating unmistakable buzz
ALLEN PARK, Mich. - From fired-up fans in Motor City bars to bookies in Las Vegas, the long downtrodden Detroit Lions have people believing that this could be their breakout season.
Suh gives Chiefs offensive line big test
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Casey Wiegmann has faced just about every fearsome defensive lineman in the NFL over the past 15 seasons. It comes with the territory when you've had success on the offensive line, one of the least glamorous spots on the field.
College football picks
At the 2001 Orange Bowl, Oklahoma ended one of the greatest runs in college football history when the Sooners beat Florida State to win the national championship.
Chiefs focused on avoiding downward spiral
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The Kansas City Chiefs gathered at their practice facility less than 24 hours after one of the most humiliating defeats in franchise history and watched every second of the 41-7 loss to the Buffalo Bills play out on a video screen.
Jayhawks fly in face of critics to 2-0 start
LAWRENCE (AP) - Kansas head coach Turner Gill went through his entire first season at Kansas without winning two consecutive games. After all, the Jayhawks only won three times all year.
Moustakas helps Royals to fourth straight win
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Luke Hochevar had the flu. Still, the Kansas City Royals right-hander was healthy enough to curb a sickly Minnesota Twins offense.
Major League Baseball scores, Sept. 14
AMERICAN LEAGUE Tuesday's games Baltimore 4, Tampa Bay 2 Boston 18, Toronto 6 Kansas City 4, Minnesota 0 Texas 10, Cleveland 4 Detroit 5, Chicago White Sox 0 L.A. Angels at Oakland (n) N.Y. Yankees at Seattle (n) Today's games Toronto (R.Romero 14-10) at Boston (Lackey 12-12), 12:35 p.m. Detroit (Penny 10-10) at Chicago White Sox (Axelrod 0-0), 1:10 p.m. L.A. Angels (Weaver 16-7) at ...
NFL scores and schedule
Monday's results New England 38, Miami 24 Oakland 23, Denver 20 Sunday's results Chicago 30, Atlanta 12 Buffalo 41, Kansas City 7 Houston 34, Indianapolis 7 Philadelphia 31, St. Louis 13 Detroit 27, Tampa Bay 20 Baltimore 35, Pittsburgh 7 Cincinnati 27, Cleveland 17 Jacksonville 16, Tennessee 14 San Francisco 33, Seattle 17 Arizona 28, Carolina 21 San Diego 24, Minnesota 17 ...
Chen sharp as Royals blank Twins 4-0
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Bruce Chen pitched eight crisp innings, Alex Gordon homered and the Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 4-0 on Tuesday night.
NBA labor talks fail to make progress
NEW YORK (AP) - The long looks on players' faces and the anger in Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver's voice made it obvious: There was no progress Tuesday in talks to end the NBA lockout.
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Parker's bank shot lifts Spurs over Heat
MIAMI - The San Antonio Spurs returned to the NBA Finals just the way they left - with a victory over LeBron James.
Manhattan becomes Big 12 Titletown in 2012-13
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - It was about nine games into the Big 12 season when Kansas State baseball coach Brad Hill started to hear murmuring in the clubhouse.
Four-run eighth inning helps Kansas City capture second consecutive victory, 7-3
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - It started with a double by Alex Gordon, gained momentum on a single by Eric Hosmer and another double by Billy Butler, and then was capped off by a two-run shot from Lorenzo Cain.
Chiefs appear headed in right direction
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - John Dorsey had a vision for what the Kansas City Chiefs should look like when the longtime Packers personnel man was hired as their general manager in January.
Astros draft Stanford's Appel at No. 1
SECAUCUS, N.J. - This time, the Houston Astros couldn't resist drafting Mark Appel with the No. 1 pick.
Royals select shortstop Dozier in first round of MLB draft
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The Kansas City Royals fell in love with Hunter Dozier early in the scouting process, and their opinion of the shortstop never wavered over the course of the college season.
Royals end skid
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Jeremy Guthrie lasted six shaky innings and the Kansas City bullpen held off the Minnesota Twins the rest of the way Wednesday night, wrapping up a 4-1 victory that ended the Royals' franchise-record 11-game home losing streak.
LeBRON IS BURNING
MIAMI - Before reaching the top of basketball, LeBron James was run over by the San Antonio Spurs.
San Antonio’s Leonard eyeing matchup with James
SAN ANTONIO - Hours away from drawing the toughest defensive assignment of his two-year career with the San Antonio Spurs, Kawhi Leonard wasn't feverishly taking mental notes of how to guard LeBron James.
Kansas State punches ticket to first NCAA Super Regional
MANHATTAN - Kansas State needed a little help to win the school's first NCAA regional championship.
Stephenson out at WSU
Gene Stephenson knew the end was near when he got on the phone with Twins pitcher Mike Pelfrey, one of his best players during 36 years as baseball coach at Wichita State.
