LAWRENCE, Kan. — Kansas coach Bill Self called point guard Dajuan Harris something unfit for print after his scoreless performance at TCU earlier this week served as a microcosm of the Jayhawks’ entire listless performance.
A look at the upcoming weekend around the Big 12 Conference: GAME OF THE WEEKEND The Big 12 regular-season title and No. 1 seed in next week’s conference tournament likely will be decided by two games taking place roughly 600 miles apart on Interstate 35 on Saturday.
Wild turkey rumors start about this time of year. For example, cougars are not being stocked in Midwestern states, even though your Aunt Alice said they were.
LOS ANGELES — If negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement were akin to a benches-clearing brawl, players and owners would be bunched in front of the mound, their bullpens and dugouts having emptied, pointing fingers and hurling insults toward one another, with some needing to be restrained.
NEW YORK — Locked-out Major League Baseball players are starting a $1 million fund to support workers impacted by canceled games. The players’ association said Friday the fund will be administered by the union and the AFL-CIO.
The talks are over, at least for now. Opening day is gone, too, and now we’re forced to wait to see if we get any baseball at all.
WHAT: Houston Dynamo (0-0-1) vs. Sporting Kansas City (0-1-0), Children’s Mercy Park, Kansas City, Kansas; Saturday, 2:30 p.m.
The NFL has suspended all aspects of its COVID-19 protocols, citing recent trends showing that the spread of the coronavirus is declining. In an agreement with the players’ association, the league sent a memo to the 32 teams Thursday in which it mentioned “encouraging trends regarding the prevalence and severity of COVID-19, the evolving guidance from the CDC, changes to state law and the counsel of our respective experts” as reasons for the move.
(Schedules subject to change) SATURDAY, MARCH 5 ECHL MINOR LEAGUE HOCKEY 7:05 p.m. — Iowa Heartlanders at Kansas City Mavericks, Cable Dahmer Arena SUNDAY, MARCH 6 ECHL MINOR LEAGUE HOCKEY 4:05 p.m.
Today’s sports broadcast highlights Saturday’s Television • Golf: DP World Tour Kenya Open, 3:30 a.m., GOLF (Comcast 27) • Soccer: EPL: Leeds United at Leicester City, 6:30 a.m., USA (52) • Fishing: Bassmaster Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Classic, 7 a.m., WDAF 4 (6) • Soccer: Bundesliga: Bayern Leverkusen at Bayern Munich, 8 a.m., ESPN2 (29) • Tennis: WTA Lyon semifinals, 8 a.m., Tennis (277) • Soccer: EPL: Chelsea at Burnley, 9 a.m., USA (52) • College wrestling: Big Ten Tournament (session 1), 10 a.m., BTN (255) • Women’s college basketball: Atlantic 10 semifinal, 10 a.m., CBSSN (274) • College basketball: Alabama at LSU, 11 a.m., KCTV 5 (3) • College basketball: Villanova at Butler, 11 a.m., WDAF 4 (6) • College basketball: Arkansas at Tennessee, 11 a.m., ESPN (13) • College basketball: Virginia at Louisville, 11 a.m., ESPN2 (29) • Women’s college basketball: Big East quarterfinal: Connecticut vs. TBD, 11 a.m., FS1 (43) • Women’s college basketball: ACC semifinal, 11 a.m., ACCN (961) • Soccer: EPL: West Ham United at Liverpool, 11:30 a.m., KSHB 41 (8) • Golf: PGA Arnold Palmer Invitational, 11:30 a.m., GOLF (27) • College basketball: Davidson at Dayton, 11:30 a.m., USA (52) • Basketball: Africa League: SLAC vs.