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It wasn't Alex Gordon's three-run home run that had the New York Yankees chewing their nails.
As temperatures neared 100 and Justin Verlander's pitch count mounted, Jim Leyland thought seriously about replacing his hard-working All-Star.
After Royals starter Bruce Chen labored through five innings, Kansas City manager Ned Yost went to his bullpen hoping to find a couple of arms who were sharper out of the All-Star break.
It took Angel Morris 7 minutes to bring Markieff and Marcus Morris into the world. The Phoenix Suns and Houston Rockets needed only 5 minutes to bring them into the NBA.
For three years Kansas City fans have waited to see Mike Moustakas and Eric Hosmer, their heralded first-round picks of 2007 and '08, on the field together in Kauffman Stadium.
It seemed as though the Kansas City Royals had a perfect chance to climb in the standings.
The Big 12's lower-revenue schools walked out of the conference meetings Friday with a multimillion dollar pay increase.
Finishing among the top six in the regular season will be rewarded with a first-round bye in the redesigned men's and women's Big 12 basketball tournaments.
After blowing three saves in a week, Joakim Soria has lost his job as Kansas City's closer.
Billy Butler hit a game-winning, two-run homer in the ninth inning Wednesday to give the Kansas City Royals a 2-0 victory over the Los Angeles Angels.
The Kansas City Chiefs have sent five semitrailers with donated supplies to the tornado-ravaged communities of Reading, Kan., and Joplin, Mo.
Walks, walks and more walks.
Chris Carpenter has pitched long enough to understand that some games are just a part of the fabric of baseball, and getting upset about them leads only to more failure.
Somebody's going to see Colby Rasmus had only one at-bat in St. Louis' 9-8 victory over Kansas City and wonder how long he was in the game.
So what's wrong all of a sudden with Neftali Feliz?
Jeff Francoeur's game-winning RBI single in the 10th inning allowed everybody in a Kansas City uniform to take a deep breath and relax.
Joakim Soria is desperately trying to regain the form he displayed last season, when the right-hander registered 43 saves in 46 tries and made the All-Star team.
Grady Sizemore would have loved to be a part of this.
One night after clobbering Kansas City 19-1, the Cleveland Indians knew they'd better get off to a quick start. The red-faced Royals would be keyed up, yearning to put the embarrassing loss behind them.
Within days of one another, two unrelated and very expensive scandals have finally wound down at Kansas State and Kansas.
The ball left Justin Verlander's hand, and Mike Aviles knew right away he had no chance, so he simply watched the breaking ball drop over the outside corner of the plate and then flung his bat away in exasperation.
Brandon McCarthy has pitched two complete games already this season for Oakland, which is good. Not so good were the outcomes.
When Oakland right-hander Tyson Ross took the mound against Kansas City on Sunday, he had no idea he would be called upon to execute a defensive play he'd never even seen before, let alone practiced.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell expressed frustration Thursday in the lack of negotiations toward a new collective bargaining agreement.
Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt does not foresee labor peace coming soon to the NFL.
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