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Former KU guard Andrew White transfers to Nebraska

Posted on August 18, 2014August 18, 2014

University of Nebraska Basketball Coach Tim Miles announced Monday that Andrew White III has transferred to the University of Nebraska and joined the Husker basketball program. White, who spent the previous two seasons at the University of Kansas, will sit out the 2014-15 season and have two years of eligibility remaining beginning with the 2015-16 campaign.

White, a 6-foot-7, 220-pound guard from Richmond, Va., spent the last two seasons at Kansas, playing in 44 contests. He helped the Jayhawks to a pair of Big 12 titles in his time at the school. White chose Nebraska over Maryland, Richmond, Notre Dame, Wake Forest, Miami and Florida State.

“I am really excited to add Andrew to our program. I believe he can be an impact guy for us. He has pro potential and reminds me of Paul Pierce.” said Miles, the 2014 Big Ten Coach of the Year. “Andrew has been involved in the elite levels of high school, AAU, and college basketball and that will continue with the Huskers.

“I really liked getting to know Andrew throughout this process. He is mature and thoughtful and wants the best for all involved,” Miles said. “He wants to get better, and he definitely wants Nebraska to continue to rise in major college basketball.”

White joins a Husker team that returns all five starters, including All-Big Ten performers Terran Petteway and Shavon Shields, from a team that went 19-13, finished fourth in the Big Ten and reached the second round of the 2014 NCAA Tournament. The Huskers have been ranked in the top 25 of several preseason polls for the 2014-15 season.

This past season, he appeared in 19 games off the bench for the Jayhawks, averaging 2.3 points per game on 44 percent shooting and added 1.2 rebounds per game. He posted a pair of double-figure efforts off the bench, highlighted by 13 points, including a trio of 3-pointers, in 14 minutes against Towson. He also had 12 points, including 3-of-5 from long range, in a season-high 19 minutes against Louisiana Monroe.

White played in 25 games as a freshman, averaging 5.0 minutes and 2.2 points per game in 2012-13. A three-point sharpshooter, White scored a career-high 15 points against Belmont and grabbed a personal-best six rebounds against Oregon State during his freshman year. As a freshman at Kansas, he also led the team in scoring and steals during the Jayhawks’ European Exhibition Tour.

White is a strong performer in the classroom, where he was a two-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll and Athletic Director’s Honor Roll at Kansas. He was also a member of the National Society of College Scholars.

White attended the Miller School in Charlottesville, Va., where he averaged 22.9 points and 10 rebounds per game for Coach Scott Willard as he was named the Virginia State Player of the Year in 2012. White’s senior season featured a game with 46 points, 19 rebounds and seven assists. He was ranked No. 48 by ESPNU100 and No. 51 by Rivals.com in the class of 2012 and ESPN’s No. 11 small forward in the country that season. He originally selected Kansas over North Carolina State, Virginia Tech, West Virginia, Richmond, Texas and Georgetown among others. Andrew White III is the son of Andrew, Jr. and Sheryl White.

— NU Sports Information —

Chiefs fall in second preseason game at Carolina

Posted on August 17, 2014

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Cam Newton made a successful return following ankle surgery, Jonathan Stewart ran for two touchdowns and the Carolina Panthers beat the Kansas City Chiefs 28-16 on Sunday night.

Newton completed 4 of 9 passes for 65 yards and led a pair of touchdown drives in the preseason game before exiting late in the second quarter with Carolina (1-1) up 14-6.

Stewart ran for 26 yards on four carries and made a strong case to be the Panthers’ goal-line back — if not their primary ball carrier — with scoring runs of 3 and 2 yards.

Carolina’s first three possessions netted a yard and no first downs. Newton compounded the problem by overthrowing Kelvin Benjamin on a deep ball after the rookie receiver got behind the secondary.

But Stewart replaced DeAngelo Williams and immediately gave the Panthers a boost with a 17-yard carry around left end. The Panthers found their rhythm after that, driving 66 and 50 yards for touchdowns on their next two possessions.

“We had a slow start tonight, which is unacceptable,” Newton said. “We have to stay on schedule and not waste opportunities like the shot to Benji. Kansas City’s a good football team and we didn’t match their intensity early, but it was good to put a few drives together and score some points.”

Kansas City’s Alex Smith finished 14 of 22 for 127 yards.

The Chiefs (1-1) moved the ball well early on without star running back Jamaal Charles, but were forced to settle for a pair of field goals — one of them a 54-yarder by Ryan Succup.

Kansas City’s search for a reliable No. 2 receiver continues.

Dwayne Bowe, who will miss the first game of the regular season because of an NFL-imposed suspension, had five catches for 62 yards but none of the Chiefs’ other wide receivers stood out.

Rookie quarterback Aaron Murray’s first NFL pass was for a 43-yard touchdown strike to tight end Travis Kelce, but he later threw an interception leading to a Carolina touchdown.

Newton had to shake off some early rust.

He missed on five of his first six passes and was sacked for a 13-yard loss, leading to three straight three-and-outs to start the game. He didn’t run the ball at all because coach Ron Rivera didn’t want to chance him reinjuring his left ankle.

Carolina benefited from a 32-yard pass interference penalty on Chiefs cornerback Ron Parker that set up Stewart’s first TD — a run in which the 5-foot-10, 235-pounder bounced off a defender and bowled his way into the end zone.

Newton connected on a 24-yard pass to Benjamin over the middle on Carolina’s next series leading to Stewart’s second score.

It was an encouraging return to the field for Stewart, a former first-round draft pick who has missed 17 games the past two seasons with foot and ankle injuries. Stewart has been limited to 516 yards rushing and one touchdown the past two seasons after rushing for 3,500 yards and 26 TDs during his first four seasons in Carolina.

“It’s been a while since I’ve touched the end zone,” said Stewart, who sat out the first preseason game because of a hamstring injury. “It’s the preseason so it’s good to get my feet wet and get back into the groove.”

The Panthers had a chance to extend their lead before halftime, but Benjamin lost his cool and head-butted Chiefs defensive back Chris Owens. That cost the Panthers 15 yards and took them out of field goal range.

— Associated Press —

Kansas City scores seven in 2nd, beats Twins 12-6

Posted on August 17, 2014

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Kansas City Royals scored seven runs in the second inning. Then they really started hitting the ball.

Alex Gordon, Salvador Perez and Josh Willingham homered, and the Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 12-6 on Sunday for their 20th win in their last 25 games.

Kansas City sent 11 batters to the plate in the big second, keyed by two-run singles for Alcides Escobar and Nori Aoki. The Royals then started hitting the ball out of the park after a 54-minute rain delay in the fourth.

Gordon sent one drive into a flower bed in right-center. Perez lined one into the left-field seats, and Willingham’s homer traveled an estimated 433 feet into the third deck in left field.

“Those tack on runs are huge,” Royals manager Ned Yost said.

The Royals also increased their AL Central lead to 1 1/2 games over Detroit, which lost 8-1 to Seattle. This is the latest the Royals have been in first place since 2003.

Kansas City’s Jeremy Guthrie (9-10) returned to the mound after the delay in the fourth and lasted seven innings, yielding home runs by Joe Mauer and Kennys Vargas.

Oswaldo Arcia also went deep for Minnesota, hitting a two-run drive off Jason Frasor in the eighth for his 11th homer.

But Kansas City’s post-rain delay power surge helped it remain in control despite the Twins showing some power of their own.

“You gotta fight for 27 outs,” Perez said. “We continued to play hard. We needed to keep hitting it until the game was over.”

In his second start with Minnesota since coming over in a trade from Oakland, Tommy Milone (6-4) allowed seven runs in a career-low 1 1/3 innings.

“Awful. The first inning was good, the second one was pretty awful,” Milone said. “Couldn’t get a good feel, try not to walk guys, left the ball over the plate. It was pretty tough.”

The first pitch was delayed 34 minutes in anticipation of a rain shower that never happened. The rain did arrive as the second inning started and got worse until umpires called the players off the field with one out in the bottom of the fourth.

After managing just one run in Saturday night’s 4-1 loss, the Royals scored 10 or more for just the third time since June 17.

“With the weather and everything, we were pretty good,” Perez said. “We fought through it.”

— Associated Press —

Cardinals hold off San Diego; Wainwright win 15th

Posted on August 17, 2014

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals got just enough hitting to save Trevor Rosenthal.

Matt Carpenter homered, doubled and drove in three runs and Adam Wainwright tied for the major league lead with his 15th win in a 7-6 victory over the San Diego Padres 7-6 on Sunday.

“Our offense did a great job, put us all on their back,” Wainwright said.

The 24-year-old Rosenthal is among the major league leaders with 36 saves in 40 chances in his first season as closer. He walked the bases full with a strikeout in the ninth and Seth Maness gave up a two-run single to Abraham Almonte before earning his second save in two chances.

“We needed to get him some help,” manager Mike Matheny said. “We didn’t feel like we were going to sit around and watch too much without giving him a break.”

Three walks was a career worst for Rosenthal, who has walked five his last two appearances along with three hits and three runs in 1 1/3 innings. The hard-throwing righty and his manager believe it’s a timing issue and not about fatigue.

“Physically, everything feels pretty good,” Rosenthal said. “I think it’s just going to be narrowing the sights a little bit, or maybe not trying to do too much.”

Rosenthal is among the league leaders with 57 appearances.

“We’ve worked him pretty hard and we’re going to be very careful about how we move forward,” Matheny said. “We’re not afraid to use the other guys in our bullpen to pick up the games when he can’t.

“But as far as his role, he’s our closer.”

Jon Jay’s two-run single highlighted a four-run first inning when the Cardinals batted around against rookie Odrisamer Despaigne (3-4). Peter Bourjos and Tony Cruz each had an RBI single for St. Louis, which took three of four in the series.

Despaigne needed 37 pitches to get out of the first.

“He just couldn’t finish off any hitters,” manager Bud Black said. “He couldn’t get any of his pitches where he needed to get them.”

Carpenter’s two-run double off Tim Stauffer in the sixth made it a three-run cushion for Wainwright (15-7), who joined the Reds’ Johnny Cueto at 15 wins. Milwaukee’s Wily Peralta was seeking his 15th later Sunday.

Wainwright allowed three earned runs in seven innings with five strikeouts and one walk, overcoming a handful of rough patches. He hasn’t felt locked in for a while.

“It’s been a grind for over a month now,” Wainwright said. “I’m about ready for it to end.”

Wainwright is 5-0 at home with a 1.55 ERA against the Padres, so this was one of his stiffer tests.

“We did a nice job of laying off the breaking balls as the game went on,” Black said. “We put together some better swings.”

Alexi Amarista and Yangvertis Solarte had an RBI apiece in the San Diego fifth. Jake Goebbert had an RBI triple and scored on second baseman Kolten Wong’s wild relay as the Padres pulled within 5-4 in the sixth.

First baseman Matt Adams made a nice defensive stop to rob Seth Smith of a game-tying hit for the second out in the ninth.

— Associated Press —

Royals fall at Minnesota Saturday 4-1

Posted on August 16, 2014

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kurt Suzuki rarely makes errors or hits home runs. He did both on Saturday night, and the homer made up for a bad throw that could have cost Minnesota another game.

The All-Star catcher went 2 for 3 with a solo homer and made an impressive slide into home plate that helped lift the Twins over first-place the Kansas City Royals, 4-1.

Suzuki redeemed himself for an errant throw in the fourth that allowed Nori Aoki to score after stealing third and give Kansas City a 1-0 lead. The mistake came with his starting pitcher, Phil Hughes, looking dominant and locked in a duel with hard-throwing rookie Yordano Ventura.

“The hardest part is Phil was throwing so good and for me to do something like that, that’s what really got me a little bit,” Suzuki said.

It was his fourth error of the season.

“It was pretty brutal,” Suzuki said. “It was just one of those things where you get your body moving too quick and I lost the ball probably about right before my arm started coming forward. I said, `This is not good.”

It looked as if that run would be all the Royals needed to win their fourth straight. Ventura had dominated Minnesota’s lineup with his power for most of the night, consistently hitting into the upper-90s.

Hughes (13-8) allowed one run, seven hits and struck out six over 7 1/3 to outlast the young righty.

“You just don’t want to be the guy that breaks first,” Hughes said. “Obviously in a situation like that, I knew that one run might not be good enough and I had to at least keep it there.”

Ventura (9-9) threw six innings of one-hit ball before the Twins broke through in the seventh. With runners on second and third, Ventura threw a 99-mph fastball that shattered Danny Santana’s bat — but Santana reached base when Billy Butler tried to throw out Suzuki at home. The throw was in time, but the tag by catcher Salvador Perez was off, and Suzuki scored.

Brian Dozier followed with his 25th double of the season to score pinch-runner Eduardo Escobar. Kennys Vargas chased Ventura two batters later with a sacrifice fly to score Santana.

“You got to put up more runs than one,” Butler said. “That’s not the way it is every night, but that’s the way it is tonight.”

Hughes has won three in a row after losing three straight starts. He also has allowed only three runs this month. Casey Fien pitched to two batters in the eighth and Glen Perkins pitched the ninth for this 31st save in 34 chances.

— Associated Press —

Willingham’s 3 RBIs lead Royals over former Twins team

Posted on August 15, 2014

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Josh Willingham returned to Target Field and hit a bases-clearing double in Kansas City’s five-run fourth inning, and the surging Royals hung on to beat the Minnesota Twins 6-5 on Friday night.

Danny Dufy (8-10) allowed three runs in 5 1/3 innings to win his third straight start. Kansas City has won 11 of 12 and sits atop the AL Central.

Oswaldo Arcia hit an RBI double in the ninth and pinch-hitter Chris Parmelee drove him in with a groundout to cut the Royals’ lead to 6-5. But Greg Holland struck out Danny Santana for his 37th save in 39 chances.

After Minnesota took a 2-0 lead in the third, the first six Royals hitters reached base to start the fourth off Ricky Nolasco (5-8).

— Associated Press —

Missouri Western athletics announces 2014 Hall of Fame class

Posted on August 15, 2014August 15, 2014

The Missouri Western State University Athletics Hall of Fame Committee is excited to announce the 2014 induction class. This year’s class includes; John Chavez – Track & Field; Mitch Mason – Football; Darroll Wright – Men’s Basketball; and the 1994-1995 Women’s Basketball Team.

Along with the 2014 class, Griffon golfer and current PGA member Brice Garnett (2012) will return to officially accept his Hall of Fame nomination. Griffon basketball player Larry Ingram (2007) will also return for his official induction.

Brice Garnett • Men’s Golf • (2003-2006)

Brice Garnett is the most decorated golfer to ever play at Missouri Western. Originally from Gallatin, Mo., Garnett was a three-time NCAA Division II All-American (2004, 2005 and 2006). He was a four-time NCAA Division II All-Region and All-MIAA player (2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006). He was the MIAA Tournament Champion three times (2004, 2005 and 2006) and was the NCAA Division II Super Regional Champion twice (2004 and 2005). In 2006 he was named the first-ever MIAA Player of the Year.

While playing for the Griffons, he won 12 career tournaments which included six in a row. In 2005 he placed 4th at the NCAA Division II National Championships in Savannah, Ga., and in 2004 he placed 62nd at the National Championships in Deland, Fla.

Garnett also excelled in the classroom graduating Cum-Laude in 2006 with a degree in business finance. He was the MWSU Male Student –Athlete of the Year twice (2005 and 2006) and was a finalist in 2006 for the Ken B. Jones MIAA Student-Athlete of the Year. He was a three-time MIAA All-Academic performer (2004, 2005 and 2006) as well as earning the Financial Executive Institute award in 2006.

Garnett is currently playing on the PGA Tour.

John Chavez • Track & Field • (1960-1962)

John Chavez is a household name in the track and field world as an athlete, educator and coach for over 48 years. Chavez came to MWSU in 1960 and was involved with track and field until the day he passed on March 21, 2013. As a student-athlete at St. Joseph Junior College, he won two individual national championships (400 & 800 meter) and one relay (One Mile).

Chavez graduated in 1962 from SJJC and moved on to attend William Jewell College where he graduated in 1965. While at William Jewell, he left his name all over the record books. He still holds six school records for the following events: 800-yard dash, 2-mile relay, 4 x 400 relay, 4 x 1600 yard relay, sprint medley relay and distance medley relay.

John taught school and served as a translator and track official in the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City; 1984 games in Los Angeles, Calif.; 1992 games in Barcelona; and 1996 games in Atlanta.

He was a member of St. James Catholic Church, a former president of Little United Nations Club and a member of the Missouri Track and Cross Country Coach Association Hall of Fame in 1996. He was a 10-year member of the games committee at the State High School Track and Field Meet as well as being named the 2009 St. Joseph Sports Inc. Coach of the Year.

He taught Spanish in St. Joseph, Mo. for over 40 years, including stints at Central High School, Christian Brothers High School (now LeBlond High School) and Lafayette High School.

Mitch Mason • Football • (1993-1996)

Mitch Mason is one of the best defensive backs to ever wear the black and gold. Mason was a two-time All-MIAA first team selection (1995 & 1996). He was also a First Team Don Hanson Football Gazette All-American in 1996 and an Honorable Mention selection in 1995. He was a Third Team Daktronics All-America selection in 1995.

During his career at Missouri Western he finished with 16 interceptions which is second all-time and 187 interception return yards which is fifth all-time. In 1996 he tied the single game record with three interceptions in a game against Pittsburg State.

Mason led the Griffons in interceptions in 1994, 1995 and 1996 with two, eight and six respectively. He also had 126 interception return yards in 1995.

Darroll Wright • Men’s Basketball • (1994-1995)

Darroll Wright joins the list of 2014 inductees after one season at Missouri Western in the mid-1990s. One of the leaders on one of the best teams in Missouri Western Basketball history, Wright was an All-MIAA first team selection coming off the bench. His efforts helped lead the Griffons to the MIAA Regular Season Championship and a berth in the NCAA South Central Region Tournament.

During his one year stint at MWSU, Wright averaged 18 points per game. He scored in double figures in every game but one and scored a career high 37 points against Emporia State on Feb. 18, 1995, which helped him earn MIAA Player of the Week honors.

Wright was a NABC/Sears South Central All-District second team selection as well as being named to NABC/Sears All-America third team. He was also CoSIDA All-South Central Region second team and Division II Bulletin Honorable Mention All-American.

Larry Ingram • Men’s Basketball • (1982-1984)

Larry Ingram (2007) played on the men’s basketball team from 1982-1984. While at Missouri Western, Ingram led the Griffons in scoring, rebounding and field goal percentage.

He is MWSU’s career points per-game leader, averaging 22.1 points per game. He sits second all-time in free throw percentage at 82.0 percent; 11th in career scoring with 1,107 points; and fourth in career field goal percentage at 56.2 percent.

Ingram was an All-American in 1984 and graduated in May of 1986 with BS in Criminal Justice. He is a part of the 2007 class but is officially accepting the nomination this year.

1994-1995 Women’s Basketball Team

The 1994-1995 Griffon Women’s Basketball team finished with an overall record of 31-3 while posting a 15-1 MIAA record giving them the outright MIAA regular season title. The team won the MIAA Post Season Tournament as well as the South Central Region Tournament which qualified them for the NCAA Division II Elite Eight. The Griffons finished third in the nation, falling to North Dakota State 74-67, before defeating Stonehill 76-66 in the consolation game.

The Griffons were guided by MIAA Coach of the Year Jeff Mittie (2011). On the court, the Griffons were led by All-MIAA first team performers Tonya Foster and Amy Towne. Kathy Dyess and Toni Wood were named to the MIAA honorable mention squad.

Foster and Towne earned NCAA Division II South Region All-Tournament Team honors as well as Division II Bulletin Honorable Mention All-American honors. Towne also earned All-American honors from WBCA/Kodak (honorable mention) and CoSIDA (third team).

Foster was named MIAA Player of the Week once (12/12/94) while Towne was named Player of the Week twice (1/16/95 & 2/20/95). On the season, Towne averaged close to 20 points per game while Foster dumped in 15 points and snared nine boards per contest. Dyess and Wood were the other two Griffons who scored in double figures

Academically, Dana Obersteadt and Amy Towne were named to the MIAA All-Academic Teams.

— MWSU Sports Information —

Lynn, Cardinals defeat San Diego for third straight win

Posted on August 15, 2014August 15, 2014

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Lance Lynn pitched six strong innings and the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the San Diego Padres 4-2 Friday night for their third straight win.

Matt Adams, Kolten Wong and Oscar Taveras hit RBI singles for St. Louis. San Diego has lost two in a row after a five-game winning streak.

Lynn (13-8) gave up one run and six hits, striking out six and walking one. The Padres handed him a 3-1 defeat on July 29.

Reliever Pat Neshek posted his fourth save. Regular closer Trevor Rosenthal was given the night off after two successive appearances.

Pinch-hitter Yasmani Grandal homered with two outs in the Padres ninth. After Chris Nelson doubled, Neshek struck out Will Venable.

Tyson Ross (11-11) gave up three runs and five hits over six innings. He walked four and hit two batters.

Ross walked the first three batters in the first and Adam hit an RBI single. Jhonny Peralta followed with a run-scoring groundout.

Wong pushed the lead to 3-0 with an RBI single in the fourth. It was his team-high 27th RBI with two out.

San Diego climbed to within 3-1 on a double by Venable in the fifth. Lynn retired Tommy Medica and Seth Smith with runners on second and third to preserve the lead.

Taveras had a pinch-hit single in the eighth.

The Cardinals are 22-7 at home against San Diego since 2006.

— Associated Press —

AP source: Chiefs WR Bowe facing 1-game suspension

Posted on August 15, 2014August 15, 2014

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A person familiar with the situation says Kansas City Chiefs receiver Dwayne Bowe is expected to be suspended for the season opener against Tennessee after his arrest for marijuana possession.

The person disclosed the expected one-game suspension to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the team and NFL had not yet announced a punishment.

Bowe was pulled over in a Kansas City suburb on Nov. 10 for driving 48 mph in a 35 mph zone. He was arrested after police found a black bag containing his wallet, driver’s license and two containers of suspected marijuana.

He later pleaded guilty to amended charges of defective equipment and littering, and paid $610 in fines. Bowe’s attorney said there was no admission of guilt for the marijuana charge, which was dismissed.

NASCAR adds new rule on exiting cars after crashes

Posted on August 15, 2014August 15, 2014

BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) — NASCAR has added a new rule telling drivers to not approach the track or moving vehicles after accidents. The rule comes less than a week after a driver was struck and killed during a dirt-track race at a small New York track.

NASCAR star Tony Stewart is skipping this weekend’s Sprint Cup race at Michigan International Speedway. Last Saturday, Stewart’s car hit and killed Kevin Ward Jr. at a sprint car event in Canandaigua, New York. After Stewart clipped Ward’s car, sending it spinning, Ward left the car during the caution period, walked down the track and was hit by Stewart.

NASCAR Vice President Robin Pemberton says the new rule merely formalizes reminders that take place during drivers’ meetings. NASCAR will address violations of the rule on a case-by-case basis.