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KU's Robinson declares for NBA draft

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After playing three seasons at Kansas, star forward Thomas Robinson will forego his senior season by declaring for the NBA draft. More>>

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Hope then agony after KU loses in title game

Jayhawk fans excitedly prepared to watch KU play Kentucky in the national championship game in the Superdome in New Orleans against the Kentucky Wildcats. More>>

Top talent defines this year's Final Four

Lurking in virtually every corner of the Superdome this weekend will be lottery picks, some other NBA first-rounders and assorted AP All-Americans. More>>

Johnson rallies KU over Purdue, Jayhawks headed to Sweet Sixteen

The University of Kansas won in dramatic fashion over Purdue and the Jayhawks are headed to the Sweet Sixteen in St. Louis. More>>

Behind the scenes at the NCAA tourney

KCTV5 had crews in Omaha and Pittsburgh covering the Tigers, Jayhawks and Wildcats. More>>

MU, KU snag No. 2 seeds, K-State grabs No. 8

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Missouri and Kansas will open March Madness in Omaha as No.2 seeds while Kansas State travels to Pittsburgh as a number eight seed. Wichita State is the No. 5 seed in the South Region.
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Sports Minute: Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press
Sports Minute: Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press
Former World Series MVP David Freese finally has his first homer of the season - and it was a grand slam. The St. Louis Cardinals scored five in the first to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 7-6 last night. The Brewers pulled...More >
Adam Rosales' go-ahead homer lifts A's past Royals
Adam Rosales' go-ahead homer lifts A's past Royals
Adam Rosales hit a go-ahead home run leading off the eighth inning, Josh Donaldson also connected and the Oakland Athletics beat the Kansas City Royals 2-1 on Friday night.More >
Adam Rosales hit a go-ahead home run leading off the eighth inning, Josh Donaldson also connected and the Oakland Athletics beat the Kansas City Royals 2-1 on Friday night.More >
Freese hits slam, Cardinals hold off Brewers 7-6
Freese hits slam, Cardinals hold off Brewers 7-6
David Freese hit a grand slam for his first homer of the season, and the St. Louis Cardinals used a five-run first inning to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 7-6 on Friday night.More >
David Freese hit a grand slam for his first homer of the season, and the St. Louis Cardinals used a five-run first inning to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 7-6 on Friday night.More >
Tony Schumacher leads Top Fuel qualifying
Tony Schumacher leads Top Fuel qualifying
Tony Schumacher raced to the Top Fuel qualifying lead Friday in the NHRA Kansas Nationals at Heartland Park Topeka.More >
Tony Schumacher raced to the Top Fuel qualifying lead Friday in the NHRA Kansas Nationals at Heartland Park Topeka.More >
Oakland Athletics promote LHP Okajima from minors
Oakland Athletics promote LHP Okajima from minors
The Oakland Athletics have promoted left-hander Hideki Okajima from Triple-A Sacramento and designated right-hander Chris Resop for assignment.More >
The Oakland Athletics have promoted left-hander Hideki Okajima from Triple-A Sacramento and designated right-hander Chris Resop for assignment.More >
Cardinals pitcher gets another injection
Cardinals pitcher gets another injection
St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Jake Westbrook has received another elbow treatment, the Associated Press has learned, likely pushing back his return.More >
St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Jake Westbrook has received another elbow treatment, the Associated Press has learned, likely pushing back his return.More >
EPL 3rd-place playoff would be at Villa Park
EPL 3rd-place playoff would be at Villa Park
The third-place playoff between Arsenal and Chelsea in the Premier League would be played May 26 at Villa Park in Birmingham, England.More >
The third-place playoff between Arsenal and Chelsea in the Premier League would be played May 26 at Villa Park in Birmingham, England.More >
Royals put CF Dyson on DL, recall OF Lough
Royals put CF Dyson on DL, recall OF Lough
The Kansas City Royals placed centerfielder Jarrod Dyson on the disabled list with a sprained right ankle Friday and recalled outfielder David Lough from Triple-A Omaha.More >
The Kansas City Royals placed centerfielder Jarrod Dyson on the disabled list with a sprained right ankle Friday and recalled outfielder David Lough from Triple-A Omaha.More >
Chiefs sign former Kansas standout Opurum
Chiefs sign former Kansas standout Opurum
The Kansas City Chiefs have signed former Kansas defensive end Toben Opurum as an undrafted free agent after trying him out as a fullback during rookie minicamp.More >
The Kansas City Chiefs have signed former Kansas defensive end Toben Opurum as an undrafted free agent after trying him out as a fullback during rookie minicamp.More >
This Hour: Latest Mid-America sports
This Hour: Latest Mid-America sports
Daniel Murphy and David Wright combined for five hits and three RBIs against Adam Wainwright and the New York Mets snapped a six-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday.More >

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Sports Minute: Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press
Sports Minute: Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press
Former World Series MVP David Freese finally has his first homer of the season - and it was a grand slam. The St. Louis Cardinals scored five in the first to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 7-6 last night. The Brewers pulled...More >
Tony Schumacher leads Top Fuel qualifying
Tony Schumacher leads Top Fuel qualifying
Tony Schumacher raced to the Top Fuel qualifying lead Friday in the NHRA Kansas Nationals at Heartland Park Topeka.More >
Tony Schumacher raced to the Top Fuel qualifying lead Friday in the NHRA Kansas Nationals at Heartland Park Topeka.More >
K-State adds F Bolden from Georgetown
K-State adds F Bolden from Georgetown
Kansas State says sophomore forward Brandon Bolden is joining the Wildcats after leaving Georgetown.More >
Kansas State says sophomore forward Brandon Bolden is joining the Wildcats after leaving Georgetown.More >
Chiefs sign former Kansas standout Opurum
Chiefs sign former Kansas standout Opurum
The Kansas City Chiefs have signed former Kansas defensive end Toben Opurum as an undrafted free agent after trying him out as a fullback during rookie minicamp.More >
The Kansas City Chiefs have signed former Kansas defensive end Toben Opurum as an undrafted free agent after trying him out as a fullback during rookie minicamp.More >
This Hour: Latest Mid-America sports
This Hour: Latest Mid-America sports
Daniel Murphy and David Wright combined for five hits and three RBIs against Adam Wainwright and the New York Mets snapped a six-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday.More >
Noel says knee rehab ahead of schedule
Noel says knee rehab ahead of schedule
Kentucky freshman Nerlens Noel calls himself ahead of schedule in his rehab from a torn left anterior cruciate ligament and expects it will not keep him from being the first pick in next month's NBA draft.More >
Kentucky freshman Nerlens Noel calls himself ahead of schedule in his rehab from a torn left anterior cruciate ligament and expects it will not keep him from being the first pick in next month's NBA draft.More >
Sporting KC sends Convey to Toronto for draft pick
Sporting KC sends Convey to Toronto for draft pick
Sporting Kansas City traded forward Bobby Convey to Toronto FC on Thursday for a third-round pick in next year's MLS SuperDraft.More >
Sporting Kansas City traded forward Bobby Convey to Toronto FC on Thursday for a third-round pick in next year's MLS SuperDraft.More >
Kansas lures top prospect Andrew Wiggins to Phog
Kansas lures top prospect Andrew Wiggins to Phog
The nation's top basketball recruit is headed to Kansas, and expectations at the perennial contender are soaring once again.More >
The nation's top basketball recruit is headed to Kansas, and expectations at the perennial contender are soaring once again.More >
Standout Andrew Wiggins to announce college choice
Standout Andrew Wiggins to announce college choice
Top basketball prospect Andrew Wiggins is set to go public with his college choice.More >
Top basketball prospect Andrew Wiggins is set to go public with his college choice.More >
Collin's late goal lifts Sporting KC past Dynamo
Collin's late goal lifts Sporting KC past Dynamo
Aurelien Collin scored in the 73rd minute to lift Sporting Kansas City to a 1-0 win over the Houston Dynamo on Sunday night.More >
Aurelien Collin scored in the 73rd minute to lift Sporting Kansas City to a 1-0 win over the Houston Dynamo on Sunday night.More >

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Prince to miss a few weeks to play for Russia
Prince to miss a few weeks to play for Russia
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Epiphanny Prince is headed to Russia.More >
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Epiphanny Prince is headed to Russia.More >
Strasburg goes 8 to beat hometown Padres 6-2
Strasburg goes 8 to beat hometown Padres 6-2
Stephen Strasburg pitched a career-high eight innings against his hometown Padres, and Bryce Harper and Adam LaRoche homered to lead the Washington Nationals to a 6-2 victory against San Diego on Thursday night.More >
Stephen Strasburg had quite the homecoming.More >
OJ back in court; Day 4 of bid for new Vegas trial
OJ back in court; Day 4 of bid for new Vegas trial
O.J. Simpson, a former star athlete who once lived for the spotlight, was back on stage telling the grim story of the Las Vegas afternoon in 2007 that sent him to prison.More >
The lead defense attorney in O.J. Simpson's armed robbery trial had a conflict of interest because he could have been a witness in the case, a lawyer who worked on Simpson's unsuccessful appeal to the Nevada Supreme...More >
US Open tennis leaving CBS for ESPN in 2015
US Open tennis leaving CBS for ESPN in 2015
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer The U.S. Open tennis tournament will leave CBS after nearly a half-century and move all TV coverage to cable starting in 2015 under an 11-year contract with ESPN.More >
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer The U.S. Open tennis tournament will leave CBS after nearly a half-century and move all TV coverage to cable starting in 2015 under an 11-year contract with ESPN.More >
OJ Simpson testifies in bid for new Vegas trial
OJ Simpson testifies in bid for new Vegas trial
More than four years after the world last heard from O.J. Simpson in court, one of the nation's most famous prisoners speaks again Wednesday in a bid to win freedom from a sentence that could keep him behind bars...More >
His leg shackles rattling as he shuffled to and from the witness stand, O.J. Simpson made his own case Wednesday for a new trial on armed robbery charges with testimony that he relied on the advice of his trusted attorney...More >
Penn State defends medical changes after report
Penn State defends medical changes after report
Penn State coach Bill O'Brien fervently disputes suggestions raised in a report that player medical care has been compromised after the team doctor was replaced.More >
Penn State coach Bill O'Brien is fervently disputing suggestions raised in a report that player medical care has been compromised after the team doctor was replaced.More >
Rutgers makes Louisville's Hermann AD
Rutgers makes Louisville's Hermann AD
By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer A person familiar with the decision says Rutgers has hired Julie Hermann from the University of Louisville to be its new athletic director.More >
Rutgers named Julie Hermann its new athletic director Wednesday, and the former No. 2 athletic administrator at Louisville promised a restart for the scandal-scarred program following the ouster of its men's basketball...More >
TCU suspends DE Fields for 1st 2 games of season
TCU suspends DE Fields for 1st 2 games of season
TCU defensive end Devonte Fields has been suspended for the first two games of the 2013 season due to an unspecified violation of "university and team policy."More >
TCU defensive end Devonte Fields has been suspended for the first two games of the 2013 season due to an unspecified violation of "university and team policy."More >
Top prep prospect Andrew Wiggins signs with Kansas
Top prep prospect Andrew Wiggins signs with Kansas
Top basketball prospect Andrew Wiggins is headed to Kansas.More >
Top prep basketball prospect Andrew Wiggins told a small gathering of family and friends at his high school gym Tuesday that he will play at Kansas.More >
Tennessee plans to honor Summitt with sculpture
Tennessee plans to honor Summitt with sculpture
Tennessee plans to honor former Lady Vols coach Pat Summitt by building an on-campus statue in her honor.More >
Tennessee plans to honor former Lady Vols coach Pat Summitt by building an on-campus statue in her honor.More >

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Ex-NBA player stabbed, seriously injured in fight
Ex-NBA player stabbed, seriously injured in fight
Serbian police say Predrag Danilovic, who played for the Miami Heat and Dallas Mavericks, is seriously injured after being stabbed in a fight.More >
Serbian police say Predrag Danilovic, who played for the Miami Heat and Dallas Mavericks, is seriously injured after being stabbed in a fight.More >
Ryder Cup players into last 8 at World Match Play
Ryder Cup players into last 8 at World Match Play
Ryder Cup-winning teammates Graeme McDowell, Nicolas Colsaerts and Francesco Molinari are through to the quarterfinals of the World Match Play Championship.More >
Ryder Cup-winning teammates Graeme McDowell, Nicolas Colsaerts and Francesco Molinari are through to the quarterfinals of the World Match Play Championship.More >
Serena Williams reaches Italian Open final
Serena Williams reaches Italian Open final
A week out from the French Open, Serena Williams is one victory away from winning her fourth consecutive title this year.More >
A week out from the French Open, Serena Williams is one victory away from winning her fourth consecutive title this year.More >
FILA approves new rules to keep wrestling in games
FILA approves new rules to keep wrestling in games
Wrestling's governing body has approved new rule and constitutional changes aimed at modernizing the sport and keeping it in the Olympics after 2016.More >
Wrestling's governing body has approved new rule and constitutional changes aimed at modernizing the sport and keeping it in the Olympics after 2016.More >
Denmark's Hoyer wins presidency of badminton body
Denmark's Hoyer wins presidency of badminton body
Former Olympics champion Poul-Erik Hoyer has pledged to improve the image of badminton after winning the presidency of the sport's world governing body.More >
Former Olympics champion Poul-Erik Hoyer has pledged to improve the image of badminton after winning the presidency of the sport's world governing body.More >
Penguins take control vs. Senators behind Crosby
Penguins take control vs. Senators behind Crosby
Dan Bylsma has spent more than four years watching Sidney Crosby be Sidney Crosby.More >
Dan Bylsma has spent more than four years watching Sidney Crosby be Sidney Crosby.More >
Orb favored to take Preakness, set up Triple try
Orb favored to take Preakness, set up Triple try
Orb is ready for his whirl at history.More >
Orb is ready for his whirl at history.More >
Bradley has 3-stroke lead after 2 rounds at Nelson
Bradley has 3-stroke lead after 2 rounds at Nelson
The last thing Keegan Bradley wanted to do at the 18th hole with a cozy lead was flirt with the water on the left.More >
The last thing Keegan Bradley wanted to do at the 18th hole with a cozy lead was flirt with the water on the left.More >
10 Things to Know about the Preakness _ and beyond
10 Things to Know about the Preakness _ and beyond
There are only two outcomes when it comes to Saturday's Preakness Stakes - either the Kentucky Derby winner Orb wins the race to set up a Triple Crown try in the Belmont Stakes in three weeks, or another horse...More >
There are only two outcomes when it comes to Saturday's Preakness Stakes - either the Kentucky Derby winner Orb wins the race to set up a Triple Crown try in the Belmont Stakes in three weeks, or another horse pulls an...More >
Bills DE Williams fails to mediate ring dispute
Bills DE Williams fails to mediate ring dispute
Bills defensive end Mario Williams isn't any closer to getting back his $785,000 diamond engagement ring from his former fiancee, Erin Marzouki.More >
Bills defensive end Mario Williams isn't any closer to getting back his $785,000 diamond engagement ring from his former fiancee, Erin Marzouki.More >

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UK prince, injured US officer launch Warrior Games
UK prince, injured US officer launch Warrior Games
Combat pilot Prince Harry joins injured US officer in launching Warrior Games for wounded vetsMore >
Combat pilot Prince Harry joins injured US officer in launching Warrior Games for wounded vetsMore >

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Officer hopes to complete 52 marathons in 52 weeks
Officer hopes to complete 52 marathons in 52 weeks
A Lenexa police officer running 52 marathons in 52 weeks is one step closer to reaching his goal. KCTV5 will be keeping up with Bob Schluben though photos of his runs and follow his journey in his own words.More >
A Lenexa police officer running 52 marathons in 52 weeks is one step closer to reaching his goal. KCTV5 will be keeping up with Bob Schluben though photos of his runs and follow his journey in his own words.More >
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Masters winners through the years
Masters winners through the years
The Masters is the first of the four major golf tournaments every year and ushers in the beginning of spring. It tees off this week at August National Golf Club in Augusta, GA.More >
The Masters is the first of the four major golf tournaments every year and ushers in the beginning of spring. The tournament tees off Thursday at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, GA. Here are some of the men who have won golf's biggest event.More >
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NCAA Championship game - Michigan vs. Louisville
NCAA Championship game - Michigan vs. Louisville
The Louisville Cardinals and Michigan Wolverines face each other in the NCAA Men's Championship game in Atlanta, April 8, 2013.More >
The Louisville Cardinals and Michigan Wolverines face each other in the NCAA Men's Championship game in Atlanta, April 8, 2013.
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2013 Final Four
2013 Final Four
A pair of tight contests highlighted the Final Four in Atlanta's Georgia Dome.More >
A pair of tight contests highlighted the Final Four in Atlanta's Georgia Dome.More >
Teams practice for the Final Four
Teams practice for the Final Four
The last four teams left in the 2013 NCAA men's basketball tournament make their final preparations on Friday at the Georgia Dome. More >
The last four teams left in the 2013 NCAA men's basketball tournament make their final preparations on Friday at the Georgia Dome. More >
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America's 10 best baseball parks
America's 10 best baseball parks
With the start of the Major League Baseball season around the corner, TripAdvisor has ranked the nation's most popular baseball parks.More >
With the start of the Major League Baseball season around the corner, TripAdvisor has ranked the nation's most popular baseball parks.More >
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NCAA tournament players to watch
NCAA tournament players to watch
The stars of the 2012-13 college basketball season are sure to shine in the tournament this year.More >
Last season, the Kentucky Wildcats won the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. Who will take home the national championship in 2013?More >
Faces behind the Chiefs quest for franchise quarterback
Faces behind the Chiefs quest for franchise quarterback
The Kansas City Chiefs are hoping to land a franchise quarterback. Check out the faces of the Chiefs quarterback dilemma.More >
The Kansas City Chiefs are hoping to land a franchise quarterback. Check out the faces of the Chiefs quarterback dilemma.More >
Super Bowl has-beens and never-beens
Super Bowl has-beens and never-beens
As the nation gets ready to crown an NFL champ, some fans continue to wait - some for generations - for their favorite teams to bring home their first Lombardi trophy.More >
As the nation gets ready to crown an NFL champ, some fans continue to wait - some for generations - for their favorite teams to bring home their first Lombardi trophy.More >
The faces of the Chiefs hiring process
The faces of the Chiefs hiring process
The major players involved in the firing of Head Coach Romeo Crennel and General Manager Scott Pioli and the search for their replacements.More >
The major players involved in the firing of Head Coach Romeo Crennel and General Manager Scott Pioli and the search for their replacements. More >