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Free State baseball hangs on to beat Shawnee Mission South

LENEXA – Free State baseball saw its lead shrink twice Saturday, and both times, the Firebirds just shook it off as if nothing happened. A wild pitch scored a run in the top of the sixth, and after the game was tied once again in the bottom of the seventh, Free State broke through with two ...

Big 12 strikes a private capital deal in hopes of growing revenue, sources says

DALLAS — The Big 12 has approved a five-year agreement with RedBird Capital Partners, becoming the first known conference in major college sports to strike a league-wide, private capital deal, multiple people with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Thursday. The people spoke ...