LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas coach Bill Self has always relied on veteran point guards to run his teams, All-Americans such as Frank Mason III and Devonte’ Graham, or Tyshawn Taylor, who led an unheralded group of Jayhawks to the Final Four in 2012.
As quarterback dominoes continued to fall throughout the NFL on Monday — Matt Ryan from Atlanta to Indianapolis, free agent Marcus Mariota to Atlanta to take Ryan’s place, Jameis Winston to New Orleans — the Seahawks introduced Drew Lock to the media.
A night that began with a disastrous first quarter only got worse for the Kansas City Comets Sunday. The visiting Dallas Sidekicks scored the first three goals of the game and added four in the fourth quarter to claim a 7-3 win at Cable Dahmer Arena.
The Kansas City Chiefs have agreed with former Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster on a $10.75 million deal for next season, the team confirmed Sunday. Smith-Schuster wasted little time in announcing the move himself, tweeting to Chiefs fans: “Let’s Go!” The Chiefs have been searching for a high-profile wide receiver to take the pressure off Tyreek Hill and tight end Travis Kelce in the passing game.
CHICAGO — Kacper Przybylko scored two goals to help lead the Chicago Fire to a 3-1 win over Sporting Kansas City. Przybylko scored his first goal for the Fire (2-0-2) in the 30th minute, assisted by Fabian Herbers.
FORT WORTH, Texas — Remy Martin hadn’t led Kansas in scoring all season coming into the NCAA Tournament. The fifth-year senior transfer from Arizona State is 2 for 2 on the big stage.
Kansas State has settled on Baylor assistant Jerome Tang to be its next head coach, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press on Monday, and a deal is expected to be finished soon to replace the departed Bruce Weber.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Virginia named Amaka “Mox” Agugua-Hamilton, the women’s coach at Missouri State the past three seasons, as its basketball coach on Monday.
STILLWATER, Okla. — Oklahoma State has hired UMKC’s Jacie Hoyt as its women’s basketball coach.
With a pair of strong pitching performances – one as a starter and one as a reliever – Blue Springs got its baseball season off to a winning start. The Wildcats rallied for a 10-5 win over Park Hill behind Owen Lisk’s strong relief appearance, and then Cole Gibler shut down Staley for an 8-0 victory in the Metro Leadoff Classic Saturday at Creekside Baseball Complex.