Kansas City Royals News

Angel Berroa applies the tag after David Ortiz slides into second with a double.

He did not go to class today, Mike Gordon told The Associated Press. There were never any plans to actually.

Winning without his good stuff is what makes David Wells feel like a good pitcher.2.7

Even after pitching seven hitless innings, Freddy Garcia had no margin for error.2.7

Before getting into his Boston Red Sox pregame practice jersey, second baseman Tony Graffanino spent more than 30 minutes on the field.2.7

Hope is a funny thing. It's like a trick candle - elusive yet enduring. During the Royals' incredible 19-game losing streak, many fans probably felt as if Kansas City baseball had entered an impenetrable abyss, ...3.2

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The step was a minor one -- standing on flat ground and playing catch in the ... Appealing thoughts At long last, David Wells today goes before John McHale, Major League Baseball's executive vice president of administration, to have the appeal of his six-game suspension heard.2.7

With 12 days remaining in the Northern League season, the playoff pool is still muddy.2.7

Carlos Pena hit two homers and Nate Robertson won for the first time in just over a month as Detroit beat the Oakland Athletics 4-1 on Tuesday night, the Tigers' fifth straight victory.2.7

There's no real mystery to Google's decision to sell $4 billion in new stock ... Writing for ESPN.com, Golf World's Jaime Diaz writes about Tiger Woods, natch, but also has another question: What happened to the rest of golf's Big Five this year?2.7

The Texas Rangers and the Seattle Mariners will begin a three-game set at Ameriquest Field this evening.4.1

Both squads still have several unanswered questions heading into the season. Seattle Sweeps Kansas City Who hasn't? The Royals are losers of 18 in a row.2

Today, Aug. 22, is Be An Angel Day. Be an angel in this heat? The devil you say ... Major League Baseball just cooks along in August, like a half-done pot of beans.2.7

LANCE ARMSTRONG WENT for a bike ride and wound up begging his riding partner for money.2.7

It's that time of the year already. College football is back and the schedule kicks off Thursday with home games for two area teams.3.1

An All-Star one year, a non-star the next. That was pitcher Mike MacDougal's fate ... This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.2.7

PAWTUCKET, R.I. + Red Sox outfielder Trot Nixon showed no ill effects from the side injury that put him on the disabled list last month during a rehabilitation assignment at Triple-A Pawtucket yesterday.2.7

Jason Vargas pitched a six-hitter for his first major league complete game and hit a two-run single for his first major league RBIs to lead the Florida Marlins over the Los Angeles Dodgers 7-1 on Sunday.1.3

The World Golf Championships were created seven years ago to bring together the best players from around the world.2.9

Ap . Sports Index 49ers Lineman Herrion, 23, Dies After Game Woods and Perry Tied for NEC Lead Royals' Losing Streak Ends at 19 Games Mets Hold Off Nationals 9-8 in 10 Innings Raikkonen Wins First Turkish Grand ...2.7

Javier Vazquez allowed one run in eight innings and Tony Clark hit a tiebreaking, three-run homer in the eighth to send the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 6-2 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Saturday night.1.3

WICHITA - He's a kid. OK? He's a year out of high school, and after he's done with work, he showers up, towels off, slides a lollipop-patterned shirt over his head and levels his eyes across the room.3.1

Chris Woodward 's pinch-hit single in the 10th inning drove in the winning run, and the New York Mets beat the Washington Nationals 9-8 Saturday night despite blowing an eight-run lead after Pedro Martinez ...2.7

USC Easy Choice for No. 1 in First AP Poll AP Woods back in charge after nine holes at Firestone Reuters Storms Halt Play at NEC; Woods Leads by 2 AP Kansas City Royals suffer 19th straight loss Reuters Stewart ...2.9

Three days after having season-ending elbow surgery in Alabama, Phillies first baseman Jim Thome was back in the dugout and in uniform at Citizens Bank Park on Friday.2.7

Let me start by saying Terrell Owens needs more ink like the Kansas City Royals need to lose another baseball game.2.7

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Despite the fact they've been hurt by injuries and underperformance in their pitching rotation and still occasionally have to hope for the best from ancient, used-up discards , and despite the fact they somehow ...2.7

When Marcus Vick and his friends play Madden, the NFL video game, they follow one house rule: No one gets to be Michael Vick.2.7

This was supposed to be a crescendo year, the kind professional golf is lucky to see once a ... The class of 1992 -- Nick Faldo, Fred Couples, Nick Price and Davis Love III -- came close to meeting the criteria.2.7

Darrent Williams has never lacked in the self-confidence department. The Denver Broncos cornerback isn't arrogant, just self-assured. ''You& ... More Danica mania hits Pueblo Countdown to Danica Day is at one.2.7

Gordon said if he were the car owner for Busch or McMurray, "I would be finding a suitable replacement for them tomorrow.

Miguel Olivo tripled and Mark Loretta doubled in a three-run sixth inning and San Diego beat Florida 4-2 on Tuesday night.2.7

Kiel Thibault is living his dream, at least the beginning. Thibault is nearing the end of his first year in major league baseball as a catcher for the Idaho Falls Chukars, a short season minor league affiliate ...2.9

What had been becoming an intriguing sports radio talk-show war between WHB and KCSP last fall suddenly has turned into a mismatch.2.7