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Buckeyes remain on top
Ohio State and Kansas are 1-2 in The Associated Press college basketball poll for a second straight week.
Iowa State hopes to carry strong play into Big 12 tournament
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - After beating Colorado at home last week, Iowa State coach Fred Hoiberg praised his team for playing with passion and energy through loss after heartbreaking loss.
Sabbatini leads Honda Classic going into final round today
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) - Rory Sabbatini had another good round with his new putter Saturday, shooting a 4-under 66 to take a five-stroke lead in the Honda Classic.
Kansas City plans for football stoppage
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Everyone who works for the Kansas City Chiefs, including general manager Scott Pioli and head coach Todd Haley, will be lighter in the wallet if there's a work stoppage in the NFL.
Saturday's AP Top 25 capsules
No. 3 BYU 102, Wyoming 78 PROVO, Utah (AP) - Jimmer Fredette scored 38 points and BYU closed a tumultuous week with a runaway win. Charles Abouo scored 21 of his 25 points in the second half for the Cougars (28-3, 14-2 Mountain West Conference), who earned their first win since Brandon Davies was kicked off the team for breaking the school's honor code. BYU was coming off an 82-64 loss to New Mexico on ...
Rockies edge Kansas City, 10-9
SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) - Vin Mazzaro realizes a good early impression is important in camp for the Kansas City Royals.
NFL’s future has new deadline — again
WASHINGTON (AP) - Let's make a deal? Not quite. There is still time, though. The NFL and the players' union need to figure out a way to bridge major gaps on core issues if they're going to negotiate a new collective bargaining agreement. They gave themselves an extra week to try to do that, agreeing Friday to extend the deadline a second time. The current labor deal had been set to run out Thursday night. ...
Pullen scores 17 on senior night, leads Cats over Iowa State
MANHATTAN (AP) - Jacob Pullen, in his last game at Bramlage Coliseum, scored 17 points and Kansas State held off Iowa State 67-55 Saturday, ending the regular season on a six-game winning streak.
Former Kansas basketball assistant coach Manning dies
LAWRENCE – Former Kansas men's basketball assistant coach Ed Manning, father of current assistant coach Danny Manning, died Friday morning at Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas.
SEVEN STRAIGHT
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - No. 2 Kansas wrapped up its seventh straight Big 12 title with defense and dominant play inside. Ball-handling, well, that needs some work.
No. 14 UNC bests No. 4 Duke
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - Harrison Barnes scored 18 points to help No. 13 North Carolina beat No. 4 Duke 81-67 on Saturday night, clinching the Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season championship.
Royals’ Maier has big day against Angels
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) - The Los Angeles Angels are expecting big things from Ervin Santana again this season.
Chiefs announce new Hall of Fame inductee
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Former defensive back Kevin Ross, a seventh-round draft pick who went on to become a two-time Pro Bowler in 11 seasons with Kansas City, is this year's inductee into the Chiefs Hall of Fame.
Negotiations get another 24 hours for NFL, players union
WASHINGTON (AP) - America's favorite sport is still in business - for another day.
Kansas City rallies past Tigers, 11-5
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) - Kansas City manager Ned Yost isn't rushing to judgment on the Royals despite liking what he sees so far.
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Twenty-four patrons injured when deck at Miami sports bar collapses
MIAMI - A packed outdoor deck behind a popular Miami-area sports bar partially collapsed during the NBA Finals on Thursday night, sending dozens of patrons into the shallow waters of Biscayne Bay.
Heat evens series at 2-2
SAN ANTONIO - LeBron James was better as promised. Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh were the best they've been since the playoffs started.
A’s top Yankees in 18th inning, 3-2
OAKLAND, Calif. - Maybe a game-winning, broken-bat hit against baseball's career saves leader in the 18th inning will get Nate Freiman in a nice groove again.
Mickelson in fine form at U.S. Open
ARDMORE, Pa. - Even for Phil Mickelson, his path to the top of the leaderboard Thursday in the U.S. Open was unconventional.
Scoring explosion lifts Royals past Rays, 10-1
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Elliot Johnson had a three three-run homer for his second hit of an eight-run sixth inning Thursday night, leading the surging Kansas City Royals to a 10-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays.
Blowouts prevalent in NBA Finals — thus far
SAN ANTONIO - Spurs guard Tony Parker opened the NBA Finals with a memorable shot at the end of Game 1.
LeBron: Something has to give in Game 4
SAN ANTONIO - Game 4 of the NBA Finals will tell more about the Miami Heat than a 66-win regular season ever could.
PARKER’S PERIL
SAN ANTONIO - Tony Parker, along with all of San Antonio, really, spent a restless night worrying about a gimpy right hamstring that hampered him in Game 3 of the NBA Finals and threatened the momentum the Spurs seized with a drubbing of the Miami Heat.
KIDD ROCK
NEW YORK - The Brooklyn Nets hired Jason Kidd as their coach on Wednesday, bringing the former star back to the franchise he led to its greatest NBA success.
U.S. Open to tee off this morning at Merion
ARDMORE, Pa. - It's quite the ride from the driving range to the first tee at Merion, and that's going to take some getting used to this week at the U.S. Open, which starts today.
EXTRA-INNING HEROICS
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - After striking out his first three times, Lorenzo Cain came through in the ninth inning for the Kansas City Royals.
Tigers strike down Royals' six-game winning streak
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Max Scherzer won his ninth straight decision, and the Detroit Tigers beat Kansas City 3-2 to snap the Royals' six-game winning streak on Tuesday night.
Spurs light up Heat for 113-77 win
SAN ANTONIO - From big 3s to Big Three, the Spurs had it all in the NBA Finals' raucous return to San Antonio.
Rolling Royals win sixth straight, 3-2 over Tigers
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Jeremy Guthrie pitched impressively into the seventh inning, Salvador Perez hit a two-run triple and the Kansas City Royals beat the Detroit Tigers 3-2 Monday night for their sixth straight victory.
