Royals complete season-opening sweep of Tigers in Detroit
Zack Greinke pitched seven strong innings allowing one run as Kansas City won 4-1 to cap a three-game sweep. Detroit slumped to a .206 team average with 24 strikeouts after failing to launch their high payroll offense. Royals reside at 3-0, with Alex Gordon and Mark Teahen homering, Gordon delivering a two-run shot to put KC ahead in the fourth.
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Zack Greinke
Detroit Tigers
Detroit
Royals
Tigers
Kansas City
Jim Leyland
Greinke
Minnesota
Trey Hillman
Alex Gordon
Mark Teahen
Gordon
Hillman
Placido Polanco
Curtis Granderson
Late goal lifts GCHS to 43 win at Great Bend
Garden City High School rallied for a 3 2 lead late as Cindy Benitez opened the scoring and added another before Sandra Guzeman delivered the game winner with 1 30 remaining in a 3 1 Western Athletic Conference victory at Great Bend over the Panthers.
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Garden City High School
Sandra Guzeman
Great Bend
Guzeman
Lady Butts
GCHS
Benitez
Panther
Buffaloes
Bengals cut Henry after arrest amid legal troubles
Former Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chris Henry was released from the team and jailed awaiting arraignment on assault and criminal damaging charges. In court he pleaded not guilty. bond was set at 51000 with electronic monitoring possible. Bengals president Mike Brown said his conduct cannot be tolerated.
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Chris Henry
Hamilton County
Cincinnati
Bengals
Henry
Bernie Bouchard
NFL
Greg Aiello
Prema
Self stays put as Jayhawks reach Final Four
On the day Sean Sutton resigned Oklahoma State's coach, Kansas athletic director Lew Perkins says Bill Self told him he is staying at Kansas. Self led Kansas to the Final Four after defeating Davidson in the Midwest Region final, earning a semifinal date with North Carolina and a potential rematch with Roy Williams.
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San Antonio
Sean Sutton
Oklahoma State
Bill Self
Kansas
Lew Perkins
Self
Jayhawks
Davidson
Perkins
Mighty North Carolina
Roy Williams
Butler leads Ohio State to NIT title over Massachusetts
Jamar Butler scored 19 points with eight assists as Ohio State defeated Massachusetts 92-85 at Madison Square Garden to win the NIT championship. The Buckeyes capped a domi nating run after coming up short in the NCAA tournament last year.
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NEW York
Jamar Butler
Nets
Buckeyes
Butler
Massachusetts
Madison Square Garden
Ohio State
Kosta Koufos
Ricky Harris
Garden City swimmers place fifth at Emporia Invitational
Garden City High School placed fifth with 323 points at the Emporia Invitational. Olathe East won with 510, Emporia 476, Washburn Rural 461, while McNeill finished third in the 100 yard butterfly and fifth in the 50 free. Upcoming home meet Tuesday at the Garden City Family YMCA.
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Emporia
Lady Buffaloes
Olathe East
Shannon McNeill
Garden City
Theresa Amante
McNeill
Laisa
Alcantar
Abby Bradstreet
Buffaloes
Bradstreet
Whitney Wells
Garden City Family Ymca
Washburn Rural
el Dorado