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A New MLB Rule Forced Royals-Cardinals To Go 8 Soggy Hours
The listed time of game for the desperate Royals' 4-2 win over the Cardinals was a crisp 2:27. This is how box scores lie to you. The last out was recorded at 3:14 a.m. CDT, with maybe 100 fans left in the stadium. In baseball limbo, Mitchell Boggs is forever coming on to protect a lead....

The Royals Are Calling On The Last Man Who Can Possibly Save Them
Teams hire their legends as their coaches (e.g., Roy to the Avs) with mixed feelings. On one hand: Who better to bring success to a franchise than someone who had it there before? On the other: How did the hiring process go so poorly that a team wound up with a sentimental, nostalgic choice as the f...

How Many Mistakes Are In This Graphic From Last Night's Royals 'Cast?
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Idiot On The Field In Kansas City Steals Rosin Bag, Escapes Cop
We were blessed during tonight's Angels-Royals matchup to get an Idiot On The Field who not only earned live TV time, but pulled a decent stunt to boot....

The Royals TV Broadcast Had A Half-Inning Of Silence For Fred White
Fred White was the radio voice of the Royals for 25 years, and remained close to the team until his sudden death yesterday, at the age of of 76. During last night's game, he was given the perfect tribute: silence, and baseball....

Andrew Wiggins Commits To Kansas
We finally know where Andrew Wiggins will be tearing shit up next year. Maple Jordan announced this morning that he will be playing basketball for the Kansas Jayhawks next season....

AAU Coach Says He Accepted Money To Influence Ben McLemore
Ben McLemore's former AAU coach says he accepted money and benefits to influence the star Kansas guard's decisions, according to USA TODAY....

Jeff Francoeur Celebrates His Triple By Ball-Tapping His Coach
Jeff Francoeur hit a triple last night, something he's only done 24 times in his eight-plus seasons in the majors. But the occasion didn't call for high fives or fist bumps with Royals third-base coach Eddie Rodriguez. Nope. The only way to react was for Francoeur to touch two more....

Tennessee QB Tyler Bray Declares Early For Draft, Goes Undrafted
Bray did sign with the Chiefs as an undrafted free agent, though. This draft was light on quarterbacks, maybe light on everything but the big guys, and that figured to be a good thing for Tennessee's junior quarterback. As it turned out, a weak quarterback class meant that quarterbacks went ignored....


The Chiefs' Tony Moeaki Wants You To Do Some NFL Draft Trolling
The Kansas City tight end would know about these things. He was drafted late in the third round, at the very end of the second day of the 2010 NFL draft, the first time it was extended to three days. Now he wants you to pass it on. [Twitter]...

Royals Ball Boy Prevents Rajai Davis From Making Routine Catch
Oh, sure. Everyone's gonna blame the kid for this. They're gonna say Alcides Escobar's foul ball was obviously playable, and that the ball boy was wrong to interfere. But come on. This one's on Rajai Davis. He could have easily made that catch had he called the kid off....

The Wolverines Beat Kansas Despite A Late-Game 99.4 Percent Chance Of Losing
The OMFGCU dream died last night around gone-to-bed o’clock, amid a flipbook of turnovers. Krzyzewski beat Izzo in the battle of the z’s. The Cardinals dispatched the Ducks. Higher seeds advancing, dynasties on the make, a swell Sunday set up....

Trey Burke May Have Hit The Equalizer, But It Was Mitch McGary Who Played The Game Of His Life
Florida Gulf Coast stopped scoring at the wrong time, while Louisville and Duke won by maintaining solid, boring leads, so the chatter last night naturally turned to Trey Burke's remarkable game-tying shot against Kansas. Michigan clawed back from a 14 point deficit in seven minutes, Burke scored al...

Trey Burke's 30-Footer Forced Overtime Against Kansas
Michigan erased a late 14-point Kansas lead to force overtime in Dallas when Trey Burke's mega-deep three-pointer tied the game with four seconds remaining. It's the 2013 tournament's first overtime game....

Does Sluggerrr, The Kansas City Royals Mascot, Enjoy Lap Dances? (NSFW)
What you see below is a very NSFW photo of what appears to be Sluggerrr, the Kansas City Royals' mascot, enjoying the view at a party attended by our tipster's buddies. ...

Bruce Weber Tried His Hardest To Call Timeout In The Final Seconds Of KSU's Loss, But Nobody Was Listening
La Salle upset Kansas State today, driving Deadspin writers into a frenzy and ruining brackets for those of you foolish enough to trust Bruce Weber to do anything right. He did, for what it's worth, try for a last-second strategy play. Too bad nobody noticed....

What Is Bill Snyder Eating?
Kansas State football coach Bill Snyder is in attendance for the Wildcats' bout in Kansas City against La Salle. What's he eating? Some people have suggested it's a hot dog, but that's one big-ass hot dog. I think it's a burrito....

