The basketball season has come to a close for the Hawks of Gilman City High School, with the girls falling, 50-41 to eventual district champion Norborne on Thursday, February 25th, finishing a 16-8 season, while the boys continued their years-long rebuilding surge with an 8-15 season that came to a close with a 67-49 loss […]
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Jarrod Dyson injures oblique, DL stint likely
SURPRISE, Arizona (CBSSports.com) – Kansas City Royals outfielder Jarrod Dyson will be sidelined for roughly six weeks because of a strained right oblique. Rustin Dodd of the Kansas City Star reports that Dyson is likely to open the regular season on the disabled list. Dyson suffered the injury during Wednesday’s 6-2 spring loss to the Rangers. Dyson, 31, […]
Family finds not one but 7(!) 100-year-old Ty Cobb baseball cards
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) – From a crumpled paper bag in a dilapidated house came a baseball-card find of a lifetime. Seven of them actually. Card experts in Southern California said Wednesday that they have verified the legitimacy — and seven-figure total value — of seven identical Ty Cobb cards from the printing period of 1909 […]
Kolten Wong agrees to $25.5M, 5-year deal with Cardinals
JUPITER, Fla. (AP) Making a long-term commitment to Kolten Wong as their second baseman, the St. Louis Cardinals agreed Wednesday to a $25.5 million, five-year contract with the 25-year-old. Wong gets $1.25 million this year, $2.5 million in 2017, $4 million in 2018, $6.5 million in 2019 and $10.25 million in 2020. St. Louis has […]
Princeton Tiger coaches shows for Thursday, February 25, 2016
The Princeton girls and boys basketball teams bowed out of the Class 2, District 6 tournament at Schuyler County with quarterfinal round losses. The final KTTN coaches shows of the season with Tiger coaches Wade Hall and Michael Creekmore aired on Thursday, February 25th. “The Wade Hall Show” (Princeton Lady Tigers basketball) “The Michael Creekmore […]
Milan Wildcats coaches shows for Friday, February 26, 2016
The final coaches interviews of the Milan High School basketball season were aired on Friday afternoon, March 4th on KTTN FM 92.3, as the Wildcat teams had lost in the quarterfinals of Class 2, District 6 at Schuyler County earlier in the week (to the Scotland County girls and Marceline boys). A late highlight to […]
Less than half the tickets sold so far for Rio Olympics
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) With five months to go before the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian organizers are struggling to sell tickets for South America’s first games. Don’t worry, says the IOC president, the locals will buy up tickets at the last minute. On a day when Rio organizers provided reassurances over the Zika outbreak, […]
Six Mercer Cardinals named to Class 1, All-District 12 team
Three members each of the district champion Mercer Cardinals have been named to the 10-member all-district team for Class 1, District 12. For the Lady Cardinals, the junior trio of Nicole Kost, Bailey Owens, and Lindsay Wyatt were named all-district, joined by the Grundy R-5 duo of Matana Munday and Abby Wells, a pair from […]
Rangers beat World Series champ Royals 6-2 in Cactus League
SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) Promising prospect Kyle Zimmer tossed two scoreless innings for the World Series champion Royals before the Texas Rangers rolled to a 6-2 victory over Kansas City in their Cactus League opener Wednesday. “I’m excited to get the first one going and hopefully there’s a lot more to come,” said Zimmer, who is […]
Construction of new MU softball stadium, in Hearnes Center parking lot, begins
COLUMBIA, Mo. (MUTigers.com) – Following its initial design debut to fans last June, the new Mizzou Softball stadium project construction officially began this week. The new home of Tigers Softball will be located east of the Hearnes Center. Heading into groundbreaking, plans remain for the new facility to be completed in time for the 2017 season. […]
Final NCMC coaches shows of 2015-2016 season
The basketball seasons for North Central Missouri College both ended on the same afternoon, with the Lady Pirates and Pirates falling in the Region 16 semifinals at Joplin on Friday, February 26th. The Lady Pirates showed great effort and resolve, but fell to eventual Region 16 champion St. Louis, 77-75, while the North Central men […]
Final Trenton Bulldog coaches shows of 2015-2016 season
The basketball and wrestling season for the Trenton Bulldogs are now in the rear-view mirror, as five Bulldogs advanced to the Class 1 state wrestling tournament in Columbia, while the Lady Bulldog basketball team finished second in districts (to Chillicothe), while the Bulldog boys had a tough, one-point, first-round playoff loss to Richmond. Here are […]
Royals, Perez agree to deal adding $52.5M through 2021
SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) Salvador Perez signed a club-friendly deal with the Royals four years ago in part so his mother, Yilda, would no longer have to work in their increasingly violent hometown in Venezuela. Now, Perez hopes he can move her to the U.S. permanently. The Royals signed the All-Star catcher to a contract through […]
Pleasant View to host Alumni, staff, and student basketball event
The Pleasant View School District will host an evening of basketball games, with a dessert and quilt auction, on Thursday night, March 10th at the Pleasant View gymnasium southeast of Trenton. Regular admission prices will be charged, with a regular concession stand, including pulled pork sandwiches. The dessert and quilt auction will be held between […]
No. 12 Indiana beats Iowa 81-78 for outright Big 10 title
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) The thought of Indiana winning even a sliver of the Big Ten title seemed far-fetched in January. After two months of inspired and unexpectedly stellar play, the Hoosiers have claimed the crown all for themselves. Yogi Ferrell had 20 points, including a crucial 3 with 37 seconds, and No. 12 Indiana […]
Simmons’ 22 points leads LSU past Missouri, 80-71
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) Ben Simmons‘ LSU teammates lowered their gaze, shook their heads and laughed incredulously as Simmons politely floated the remote possibility of returning for his sophomore year. More than likely, the star 6-foot-10 freshman played his final regular season home game for LSU on Tuesday night, and he made it a good […]
NCMC’s Terrance Bush named NJCAA Division 2, Region 16 Player of the Year
North Central Missouri College sophomore Terrance Bush has been named “Player of the Year” in Region 16 (NJCAA Division Two), in voting from the four region coaches during last weekend’s region tournament in Joplin. Bush, who came to North Central two years ago out of North High School in Des Moines, Iowa, leaves NCMC as […]
Richman, Tolson, Mullenix named Class 3, All-District 15
Class 3, District 15 has announced All-District girls and boys basketball teams. The Chillicothe girls and Lawson boys won district championships on Friday night at Lawson High School, advancing to Class 3 sectional action tonight (Wednesday night) at Excelsior Springs, with the Lady Hornets playing St. Pius X at 5 o’clock, and the Cardinals battling […]
Strong second half sends Stanberry into Class 1 quarterfinals, rematch with Winston
The #1 ranked Stanberry boys received a strong challenge to their unbeaten season on Tuesday night, leading the North Andrew Cardinals by a tight score of 25-24 at the half of the Class 1 sectionals at the St. Joseph Civic Arena. However, by the end of the night, the Bulldogs were 27-0, putting two strong […]
Mercer boys survive Wellsville rally, advance to Class 1 quarterfinals
The Mercer boys, through three quarters of Tuesday night’s Class 1 sectional against the Wellsville Tigers, looked to be in great position for victory, leading 45-36. However, the fourth quarter would be highly stressful for the Cardinals, after the Tigers scored the first nine points out of the break to tie the game at 45 […]