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Witt caps 9th inning comeback as Royals beat Twins

MINNEAPOLIS — Bobby Witt Jr. hit an RBI single with two outs in the ninth inning to give the Kansas City Royals a come-from-behind 3-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday. With the Royals trailing 2-1, Isaac Collins led off top of the inning with a single against Eric Orze (2-2). ...

Jayhawks fall 8-1 to Sooners in Super Regional opener

The Kansas baseball team took one on the chin in the opening game of the Lawrence Super Regional on Saturday night, dropping an 8-1 decision to Oklahoma at Hoglund Ballpark in front of a school record crowd of 4,415. “You have to tip your cap to (Oklahoma),” KU head coach Dan Fitzgerald ...

Buzzer-beater caps off 18th annual Roundball Classic

Travis Releford concluded the 18th annual Rock Chalk Roundball Classic with some on-court heroics. The former Kansas guard, now working in medical device sales and as an assistant coach at Centennial High School in Ankeny, Iowa, capped off Thursday night’s all-star charity basketball game ...