PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) Big East Commissioner John Marinatto has resigned. The conference said Monday that Marinatto had decided to step down after less than three years in the position. The Big East lost several high-profile members under his watch. In a statement from the conference, Marinatto says he is “proud of what we have been able to accomplish.” Former Miami Dolphins CEO Joseph A. Bailey III will serve as interim commissioner. Pittsburgh and Syracuse made plans to leave for the Atlantic Coast Conference in September, and West Virginia bolted for the Big 12 the following month. The Big East then…
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Arrests Robert Lee Green, Jr., 28, Topeka, Kan., for three counts of failure to appear. Bond set at $29,000. Paul David Mann, 44, 430 Warner Park Rd., for abusing toxic vapors. Bond set at $500. Shaun Andrew Studey, 23, 2301 Candlewood Dr., for domesitc battery, criminal restraint. Bond set at $1,000. Stephen Eugene Terrill, 28, 3000 Tuttle Creek Blvd., Lot 531, for probation violation. Bond set at $500. Cherita Andre Thomas-McElveen, 22, Fort Riley, Kan., for driving with a suspended license. Bond set at $750. Keeley Shaye Williams, 21, 210 Ridge Dr., for domestic battery. Bond set at $500. Incidents…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Robinson Cano hit his eighth career grand slam, Alex Rodriguez added a three-run shot and the New York Yankees roughed up Luke Hochevar in a 10-4 win over the Kansas City Royals on Sunday. Nick Swisher added a homer in his return to the starting lineup, helping the Yankees to a four-game split. The series began with a freak, season-ending injury to All-Star closer Mariano Rivera, but ended with the Yankees’ best offensive output in a dozen games. The Yankees already led on RBI singles by Raul Ibanez and Curtis Granderson when Cano came to…
*STORY COURTESY OF KSTATESPORTS.COM* MANHATTAN, Kan. – Jared King and Wade Hinkle combined for five hits and seven RBI as Kansas State completed a weekend sweep of Nebraska Omaha with a 10-2 victory Sunday afternoon at Tointon Family Stadium. With the win, K-State improved to 22-27 on the season and earned its first three-game sweep since early April. The Mavericks fell to 12-35 with the loss. The Wildcats tallied double-digit hits for the third-straight game and scored at least 10 runs in back-to-back contests. K-State also drew six walks after seven on Friday and 16 on Saturday as the Wildcats recorded a team on-base percentage…
LAS VEGAS (AP) Floyd Mayweather Jr. used his speed and accuracy to win a unanimous decision Saturday night over a game Miguel Cotto in one of his toughest fights ever. Mayweather dominated late, rocking Cotto in the 12th round to pull out a win and remain unbeaten in 43 fights. But it wasn’t easy, with Mayweather getting his nose bloodied and Cotto fighting until the final bell. Mayweather won Cotto’s 154-pound title in the fight, which two judges scored 117-111 and the third 118-110. The decision was roundly booed by the crowd at the MGM Grand arena, which cheered wildly…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Felipe Paulino came off the disabled list to toss six shutout innings, Billy Butler drove in three runs and the Kansas City Royals beat the New York Yankees 5-1 on Saturday night. Paulino (1-0) retired 11 straight to start the game and did not allow a ball out of the infield until Raul Ibanez singled with one out in the fifth. Paulino gave up only four hits and walked two while striking out six in his first start of the season. Butler doubled in the first and again in the fifth, each time driving in Alex…
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) I’ll Have Another caught Bodemeister down the stretch and pulled away in the final furlong on Saturday to win the Kentucky Derby. Jockey Mario Gutierrez, riding in his first Derby, guided the 3-year-old colt ahead of Bob Baffert’s Bodemeister and a late closing Dullahan to win on a fast track. It was trainer Doug O’Neill’s first Derby victory. He had never finished better than 13th in the Kentucky Derby with two other horses. I’ll Have Another, the Santa Anita Derby winner, went off at 15-1 in one the deepest and evenly balanced fields in recent years.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) The Kansas City Royals have reinstated Felipe Paulino from the disabled list to start Saturday night’s game against the New York Yankees. They optioned right-handed reliever Louis Coleman to Triple-A Omaha in a corresponding move. Paulino hasn’t pitched this season after spending time on the DL with a strained right forearm. He takes the rotation spot of Luis Mendoza, who has been shuffled to the bullpen. Paulino is coming off a strong start at Double-A Northwest Arkansas, where he allowed four hits and no runs in 6 1-3 innings. He threw a side session Wednesday and…