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Gender Is No Object When Royals Fans Throw Down<em></em>
TMZ obtained this video, from Tuesday night’s home loss to the Giants, of a man in a Royals shirsey absolutely decking a woman....
Josh Jackson Pleads Not Guilty To Criminal Property Damage After Allegedly Vandalizing Car Of Women's Basketball Player
Kansas forward Josh Jackson pleaded not guilty yesterday to a misdemeanor count of criminal property damage, stemming from a December incident in which he allegedly vandalized the car of women’s basketball player McKenzie Calvert. ...
Yordano Ventura's Mom Threw Out The First Pitch For The Royals' Home Opener
The Royals played their first home game today since 25-year-old starting pitcher Yordano Ventura died in a January car crash in his native Dominican Republic....
Arkansas Fans No Longer Allowed To Bring Guns Into Stadiums
Despite the best efforts of the NRA, gun owners in Arkansas will not be allowed to bring their concealed handguns to Razorbacks football games this year. The Arkansas House of Representatives passed SB 724 this afternoon with a 71-20 vote. The vote came a week after Governor Asa Hutchinson signed HB...
Arkansas Senate Attempts To Fix Stupid Bill Allowing Guns In Football Stadium
On Wednesday, Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson signed into law one of the more ill-conceived bills in the recent history of state politics, making it legal for people to carry concealed handguns in government buildings, college campuses, and even some bars. Do you think that rowdy drunk people atten...
Bill Self Sat In On Police Interview With Josh Jackson
A police affidavit has been released giving more details about what police have found in the investigation into what part forward Josh Jackson played in damaging the car of McKenzie Calvert, a guard on the women’s basketball team. ...
Seton Hall Boned By Terrible Flagrant Foul Ruling
Seton Hall was down 72-71 in the final 22 seconds of today’s game against Arkansas and had to foul to try and avoid losing, so Desi Rodriguez put his hands on Jaylen Barford to extend the game. Barford hit the floor hard, but given the situation, it didn’t seem malicious—and looked as if Barford sol...
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Salvador Pérez Injured In WBC Home-Plate Collision
The Royals’ backup catcher crushed the Royals’ starting catcher in a play at the plate tonight. In the bottom of the ninth of the World Baseball Classic game in Mexico, Drew Butera, playing for Team Italy, collided with Salvador Pérez, guarding home for Team Venezuela, as he tried to score the winni...
Lawyer Downplays Attempt To Pay Off Women's Basketball Player After Josh Jackson Allegedly Damaged Her Car
An attorney for Josh Jackson is trying to downplay claims that the Kansas forward’s legal team tried to pay off women’s basketball player McKenzie Calvert, in order to keep her from pressing vandalism charges after Jackson damaged her car in an argument....
Kansas Goes Down In Opening Game Of Big 12 Tournament
The top-ranked Kansas Jayhawks’ run in the Big 12 Tournament lasted exactly one game, as they just got bounced by TCU in the quarterfinals. Freshman superstar Josh Jackson was suspended for the game because of a traffic citation and his involvement probably had a large say in the outcome, since Kans...
Report: Josh Jackson Issued One-Game Suspension For Traffic Citation
According to the Kansas City Star, Kansas forward Josh Jackson has been suspended for the team’s first game in the Big 12 tournament. Provided the Jayhawks win their opening matchup against the winner of today’s Oklahoma-TCU clash, Jackson will be available to play in the semifinals....
Report: Kansas Punished Women's Basketball Player, Not Josh Jackson, For Role In Bar Argument
The Kansas City Star continues to highlight the male-first atmosphere that appears to embody Kansas athletics, reporting on Friday that women’s basketball player McKenzie Calvert was barred from Allen Fieldhouse for two days after her was car vandalized and she was accosted by a star member of the m...
Kansas's Josh Jackson Charged For Allegedly Kicking The Car Of Women's Basketball Player
Kansas star forward and future lottery pick Josh Jackson was charged with criminal damage to property on Friday. The misdemeanor charge is for cases under $1,000-worth of damage, and can call for a six-month jail sentence....
Yordano Ventura's Toxicology Report Will Not Be Made Public
Three weeks ago, Ken Rosenthal of Fox Sports reported that the fate of the $20 million left on Yordano Ventura’s contract would depend on whether he was legally drunk when he died in a car crash last month. A clause in the Kansas City Royals pitcher’s contract noted that payment would be invalidated...
Kansas State President To Students: Please Stop Chanting "Fuck KU," We're On TV
Richard Myers, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under President George W. Bush, is in his first year as Kansas State president, and it would seem that some of the finer points of college sports fandom have been lost on the 74-year-old military man. ...
77-Year-Old Bill Snyder Plans To Coach Through Throat Cancer Treatment
Bill Snyder, Kansas State’s 77-year-old head coach, announced on Monday morning that he’s been receiving treatment for throat cancer for the past three weeks. In a statement, Snyder said he plans to continue coaching the Wildcats while he undergoes treatment. ...
The Reaction To HB2 Will Go Down As A Fluke Or College Sports' New Standard
If the national reaction to North Carolina’s HB2 is meant to serve as the new guiding principle and not a brief moment of political posturing, and if southern states continue to specialize in discriminatory laws disguised as acts encouraging religious freedom, the list of available postseason venues...
Iowa State Upsets No. 3 Kansas, Breaking 51-Game Winning Streak At The Phog
Iowa State got 20-plus point performances from three starting guards as the Cyclones, who have played like butt for the majority of the season, downed No. 3 Kansas at Allen Fieldhouse behind a school-record 18 three-pointers. The loss marked the first time in 51 games that the Jayhawks have fallen ...