KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Mike Moustakas hit a three-run shot and the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago White Sox 9-4 on Saturday night, overcoming Adam Dunn’s 400th career homer. Moustakas connected in the eighth and drove in four runs for the Royals, who have won four of five. Alcides Escobar had four infield singles, scored three runs and had his team-leading 24th steal. Chicago trailed 5-2 before Dunn drove a 2-2 pitch from Tim Collins over the wall in left-center in the eighth. Kevin Youkilis, who singled with one out for his 1,000th career hit, was aboard for Dunn’s…
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ST. LOUIS (AP) Sam Bradford threw touchdown passes on his first two drives, and the St. Louis Rams made improvements on the other side of the ball in a 31-17 preseason victory over the Kansas City Chiefs in the annual Governor’s Cup game on Saturday night. Lance Kendricks and Danny Amendola scored on catches of 23 and 8 yards, and Steven Jackson ran for 49 yards on seven carries in a 151-yard first quarter that handed the backups a two-touchdown cushion. The Rams (1-1) totaled 215 yards in a 38-3 loss last week at Indianapolis. Bradford was 6 for 9…
American endurance swimmer Diana Nyad has begun her third attempt in less than a year to traverse the 103 miles of sea between Cuba and Florida.
Southern California is No. 1 in the AP Top 25, tossing off the weight of NCAA sanctions and returning to a familiar place in the rankings, with a boost from LSU’s problems.
Families waiting for San Francisco’s cable cars on a recent morning couldn’t help but notice Kenny the Clown blasting music from an iPad. Little did the clown know that it would turn out to have been stolen from the home of the late Steve Jobs.
An official said South African police killed 34 attacking miners on strike against Lonmin PLC. Frantic relatives were searching for their loved ones a day after Thursday’s dramatic shooting incident.
Riley County Police announced via Twitter early Saturday morning that former K-State Football player Sam Harvill has been found safe. According to the tweet posted by RCPD Harvill was found on Friday night by law enforcement and was reported to be in good physical condition. It’s not known where Harvill was found or which law enforcement agency located him. Harvill who was a sophomore Defensive Lineman for the Wildcats was reported missing by his mother on Thursday after not being seen since Wednesday afternoon. Harvill, a native of Springdale, Arkansas was not listed on the 2012 K-State Football roster. We’ll…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Chiefs wide receiver Dwayne Bowe has signed his franchise tender after skipping Kansas City’s entire offseason program and the beginning of training camp. The team announced Friday that Bowe had signed. He will make about $9.5 million this season after the two sides failed to reach a long-term deal by the July 16 deadline. It was unknown whether Bowe will join the Chiefs for their preseason game against the St. Louis Rams tonight. Even if he does, there is virtually no chance he would play. Bowe is coming off another strong season in which he…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Salvador Perez hit a tiebreaking two-run double with two out in the seventh inning and the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago White Sox 4-2 on Friday night. Luis Mendoza pitched seven effective innings as Kansas City won for the third time in four games. Lorenzo Cain hit a solo homer. Paul Konerko hit a solo drive for Chicago after being activated from the seven-day concussion disabled list. It was Konerko’s first game since he was struck by a Jarrod Dyson elbow while covering first base on Aug. 7 against the Royals. White Sox ace Chris…
Several former Wildcats participated in NFL Preseason action last night. Two of them scoring touchdowns. Miami Dolphins running back Daniel Thomas scored on a one yard touchdown run capping a 15 play, 71 yard drive for the Dolphins. It was Thomas’ lone carry of the night. The Dolphins fell 23-17 to the Carolina Panthers in Charlotte, NC. Tampa Bay quarterback Josh Freeman completed four out of ten passes for 21 yards and a touchdown on Friday night. Freeman’s endzone strike to wide receiver Mike Williams was the only score for the Buccaneers. Former K-State player Zac Diles of the Tennessee Titans…