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• Braves bats awaken to snap losing skid against Royals

Peter Aiken-Imagn Images Offense? In this economy? The Braves scored 10 runs on nine hits and an astounding 14 walks against the Kansas City Royals on Monday night, picking up a 10-7 victory to snap a five-game losing skid. Spencer Strider did not look comfortable in the early going and gave up two runs in the first. He needed 50 pitches to get through two innings but settled in nicely fro...2025
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• Royals be walkin’ up that (Rich) Hill, lose to Braves 10-7

Royals catcher Salvador Perez (13) reacts after getting hit with a pitch in the third inning by Braves starting pitcher Spencer Strider. | Peter Aiken-Imagn Images Not great Kansas City Royals pitchers—led by 45-year-old Rich Hil, but aided by multiple bullpen armsl—walked 14 Atlanta Braves batters. For most of the game, the Royals were able to avoid the proverbial shit hitting the fan, bu...2025
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• Rays Your Voice: Trade Deadline Preview

Peter Aiken-Imagn Images With less than 10 days to go, there are sure to be more moves. We are less than 10 days out from the MLB trade deadline, and the Rays are sure to be active. To discuss potential additions and debate which direction Erik Neander will head in, we are joined by special guest Brian Menendez, whose work has been found on this site as well as Baseball Prospectus. They’...2025
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• There is no such thing as an even count

A single plate appearance is like a teeter totter. | Peter Aiken-Imagn Images The neutral state of a plate appearance does not exist. During the May 24th game against the Twins, Ryan Lefebvre told a story about how former Royals VP Mike Swanson always used to say that 2-2 is not an even count and should not be considered as such. Even though the two numbers are the same, the distance from ...2025
• Carlos Estévez joins Bubic, Witt Jr as All-Star

Peter Aiken-Imagn Images Kamehamehey now you’re an All-Star! The Royals announced today that they will actually have three representatives at the All-Star Game. In addition to Bobby Witt Jr. and Kris Bubic, Carlos Estévez has been selected as an alternate for Texas Ranger Jacob DeGrom, who is scheduled to pitch Saturday and therefore is considered unavailable to pitch in the All-Star Game....2025
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• Salvador Perez engineered the sweep of Pittsburgh

Peter Aiken-Imagn Images Focusing on his feats from Tuesday and Wednesday The Kansas City Royals captured a much-needed sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates to begin the week before the All-Star break. Going into an off day before a three-game series against the Mets, the Royals now stand at 46-48, three games back of the Mariners and Red Sox for the third and final Wild Card spot. And the swee...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for July 10, 2025

Peter Aiken-Imagn Images Kansas City is 7-2 in July. Salvador Perez and Jac Caglianone hit bombs to key last night’s win: “To turn the game like that with big swings and provide some slug for the offense is huge,” said starter Kris Bubic, who allowed three runs in 5 2/3 innings. “I know we don’t tend to hit a ton of homers here, but those guys can hit them out anywhere. To see them step u...2025
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• Royals vs Diamondbacks Game 89 Gamethread

The Royals’ best starter pitches tonight. | Peter Aiken-Imagn Images The west coast trip continues in the desert. The 41-47 Royals split a four-game series with the Seattle Mariners leading up to a weekend series against the 43-44 Diamondbacks in Arizona. This is not related to baseball, but I continue to be astounded that anyone can live in Phoenix. As I type this, the temperature there i...2025
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• Game Eighty: Tampa Bay Rays at Kansas City Royals

Peter Aiken-Imagn Images It’s been a while since the Royals won at home. The Tampa Bay baseball club named for sunshine (NOT marine wildlife) will take on the Kansas City baseball club named for a livestock festival (NOT monarchy) this evening at Kauffman Stadium. Kansas City will look to snap an ongoing eight-game home losing streak. The Royals will start Michael Wacha. Despite the lowest...2025
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• Kansas City’s playoff hopes are fading fast

Athletics left fielder Tyler Soderstrom (21) steals second base against Kansas City Royals second baseman Nick Loftin (12) in the fourth inning at Kauffman Stadium. | Peter Aiken-Imagn Images They have to start winning very soon In a game, a “win condition” is a set of actions that, when accomplished, lead to a victory. The phrase has a longer history in card games and role playing games, ...2025
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• 2025 Summer Scouting: Can Jordyn Tyson be WR1 in 2026?

Photo by Peter Aiken/Getty Images Is Jordyn Tyson on the verge of stardom? The New York Giants hope to have a superstar receiver on their hands in Malik Nabers. But what about the rest of their receiving corps? There the trio of Darius Slayton, Wan’Dale Robinson, and Jalin Hyatt certainly have the potential to be dangerous. However, there’s also the potential that the team could still be l...2025
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• Caddix cleats set to alter the athletic shoe landscape, our exclusive interview with CEO Jack Rasmussen

Caddix Company Images 25 questions with the inventor of new cleats, which are designed to reduce non-contact injuries Every sport has its own equipment. Players can substitute a Buick for first base, but there is still a bat that is needed to whack the ball with. A couple of chairs or a pair of two-liter bottles work well for a makeshift goal, but while playing hockey, the athlete r...2025
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• Game Thread: White Sox at Mets

Jonathan Cannon makes his ninth start of the season and holds a 2.74 ERA over his last four starts. | Peter Aiken-Imagn Images Jonathan Cannon will lead the South Siders as they attempt to even up the series with New York Prior to tonight’s game, the White Sox announced that catcher Matt Thaiss was traded to the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for minor league outfielder Dru Baker. Tampa drafte...2025
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• Game Thread: White Sox at Cubs

Jonathan Cannon takes the mound after a stellar last start in Cincinnati. | Peter Aiken-Imagn Images Can we at least get one win before we leave Wrigley? Happy Sunday, Sox fans. The Chicago White Sox will play against the Chicago Cubs in the final game of this three-game set, as the Sox look to avoid the sweep on the North Side. There's good and bad news. The bad news is that the Crosstown...2025
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• Game Thread: White Sox at Reds

Jonathan Cannon will make his eighth start of the year and has a 3.00 ERA so far in May. | Peter Aiken-Imagn Images Jonathan Cannon will lead the South Siders as they look to carry the weekend’s momentum into Cincinnati After a delightful series victory at home against the Marlins, the White Sox (12-29) are in Cincinnati (20-22) for the next few games as they attempt to win their second se...2025
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• Royals Rumblings - News for May 8, 2025

Peter Aiken-Imagn Images The Royals are on fire. Michael Wacha has been on a roll: After posting a 4.35 ERA in his first four starts of the year, Wacha has logged a quality start in each of his past three outings and pitched into the seventh inning in each of his last two. Wednesday was the first time he finished seven this season. He was only at 84 pitches and could have gone back out fo...2025
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• Braves bats awaken to snap losing skid against Royals
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• Royals be walkin’ up that (Rich) Hill, lose to Braves 10-7
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• Rays Your Voice: Trade Deadline Preview
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• Royals Review Reacts: What should the Royals do at trade deadline?

Seth Lugo would be a hot commodity... | Peter Aiken-Imagn Images How do YOU think the Royals should behave the deadline? Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Kansas City Royals fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. The trade deadline is a less than a m...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Shohei Ohtani keeps getting better

Peter Aiken-Imagn Images He just achieved a new personal best. Happy Monday, everyone! We’re getting awfully close to the All-Star break, which feels impossible to say, because surely the season just started a month ago, but that also means we’ve got all sorts of fun news and speculation. For starters, bona fide double-threat Shohei Ohtani just outdid himself, setting a new personal best...2025
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• Kansas City’s playoff hopes are fading fast
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• 2025 Summer Scouting: Can Jordyn Tyson be WR1 in 2026?
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• There is no such thing as an even count
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• Listless Royals lose to Rays in 5-1 snoozefest

Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Kris Bubic (50) tosses the ball to first base, with Tampa Bay Rays designated hitter Jonathan Aranda (62) running up the first base line in the fifth inning at Kauffman Stadium. | Peter Aiken-Imagn Images Yikes For eight innings, the Kansas City Royals had as many errors (two) as they did hits (two). For five innings, the Royals failed to hit a ball out ...2025
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• Kansas City’s playoff hopes are fading fast
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• Caddix cleats set to alter the athletic shoe landscape, our exclusive interview with CEO Jack Rasmussen
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• The Royals are playing chicken with batter projections

Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Kansas City Royals designated hitter Salvador Perez (13) waits on deck in the third inning against the Boston Red Sox at Kauffman Stadium. | Peter Aiken-Imagn Images Some hitters should be doing better. Predicting how a player is going to perform in the future is hard. Some guys get better out of nowhere thanks to an improved swing or a new pitch. Some guys ge...2025
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• Friday Rockpile: Despite Thursday’s HR, McMahon’s performance is unacceptable in heart of lineup

Peter Aiken-Imagn Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Friday, May 2, 2025 Just over a month into the season, things have been worse than imagined for the Colorado Rockies. Blame the youth, blame the injuries, blame the really good pitcher the Rockies seem to face daily, blame the veterans for not playing better, blame Bud Black, blame Bill Schmidt, or blame Dick Monfort. Maybe it’s ...2025
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• Thoughts on the Vikings UDFA Class

Matt Krohn-Imagn Images A few UDFAs could once again make the Vikings’ roster The Minnesota Vikings have been one of the better teams in recent years when it comes to adding future contributors from the ranks of UDFAs and as such it makes sense to take a closer look at the twenty players the Vikings added this year, as at least a few of them stand a decent chance to make the roster. Last ...2025
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• Unlucky 13: Rockies drop doubleheader, swept by Royals

Peter Aiken-Imagn Images The Rockies have now lost 13 in a row on the road Game 1: Royals 7, Rockies 4 The Rockies lost the first game of the doubleheader, dropping their 12th straight game on the road as the offense stalled and the starting pitching couldn’t find solid footing. Welcome Back, Brenton Doyle The Rockies have missed the presence of Brenton Doyle in the lineup. At the top of ...2025
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• Caddix cleats set to alter the athletic shoe landscape, our exclusive interview with CEO Jack Rasmussen
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• Cole Ragans and the pitching staff dominates as Royals win 3-0 shutout over White Sox

Kansas City, Missouri, USA; Kansas City Royals pitcher Cole Ragans (55) throws in the first inning against the Chicago White Sox at Kauffman Stadium. | Peter Aiken-Imagn Images It was a great time. In their first game against the Chicago White Sox, the Kansas City Royals handed them their 25th loss in a 3-0 victory. The big story of the game was the return of Cole Ragans to the mound afte...2025
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• Friday Rockpile: Despite Thursday’s HR, McMahon’s performance is unacceptable in heart of lineup
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• Kauffman Stadium is great if you have young kids

Peter Aiken-Imagn Images If you want to take young children to a sporting event in Kansas City, The K is a friendly option My wife and I are both live events people; whether it’s sports, theater, music, anything that has talented people performing at the height of their skill. Just this week we went and saw Ben Folds perform with the Kansas City Symphony (great time), but that’s not a norm...2025
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• Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 21, Dyan Jorge

Peter Aiken-Imagn Images The 21-year-old shortstop signed out of Cuba in 2022 21. Dyan Jorge (253 points, 25 ballots) Jorge, who signed in January 2022 out of Cuba as a 19-year-old, received a $2.8 million bonus from the Rockies — the largest such bonus they’ve ever handed out to a Latin American amateur free agent. The 6’3”, 170-pound 21-year-old shortstop is an athletic player with some ...2025
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• 2024 MLB Draft: Day 1 open thread

Christian Moore | Photo by Peter Aiken/Getty Images Who will the Cubs select in the first and second rounds of the MLB Draft? Tonight is the first round of the 2024 MLB Draft! The draft starts at 6 p.m. Central time and will take place as part of the All-Star Week festivities. The draft will be televised on both the MLB Network and ESPN, with a preview show on both networks starting at 5 p...2024
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• Brewers fall short in narrow loss to Royals

Brewers second baseman Brice Turang | Peter Aiken-USA TODAY Sports Brewers miss opportunities in close game Box Score The Milwaukee Brewers lost the rubber match against the Royals in a tight 4-2 loss. There were encouraging signs in the loss, but some self-inflicted mistakes left the team vulnerable. It was not quite a pitcher’s duel, but neither team’s offense was able to run away with...2024
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• Royals pick up first win in slugfest against the Blue Jays
Kansas City Royals first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino (9) reacts after hitting a double during the fourth inning against the Toronto Blue Jays at Kauffman Stadium. Mandatory Credit | Peter Aiken-USA TODAY Sports Extra base hits, stolen bases, oh my! On Monday night, the Royals finally got a notch in the win column via an excellent offense powered by four extra base hits—each by a different b...2023
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• Don’t trade Bobby Witt Jr.

Peter Aiken-USA TODAY Sports One transaction the Royals won’t make this year. On a Thursday in June 2004, the Kansas City Royals made perhaps one of their worst decisions so far this century. The team was 28-41 and 11.0 games back of the division-leading Minnesota Twins. The Royals would finish that season with an abysmal 58-104 record. That Thursday in June, they made a three-way trade wi...2023
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• Here’s what a Bobby Witt Jr. extension might look like

Bobby Witt Jr. #7 of the Kansas City Royals hits a two-run home run in sixth inning against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field on August 18, 2023 in Chicago, Illinois. | Photo by Quinn Harris/Getty Images Witt is gonna make a ton of money. How much? Through June of this year, Bobby Witt Jr. had been a productive big league player but nothing like the generationally talented franchise corne...2023
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• Pasquantino, Pratto pilot pace of play party, potentates prevail 6-0
Peter Aiken-USA TODAY Sports Everything clicked for the Royals tonight In a ridiculously fast game at Kauffman Stadium, Vinnie Pasquantino and Nick Pratto each had three hits as the Royals shut out Baltimore in a 3-0 victory. This was the perfect storm for a rapid game: two starting pitchers that throw lots of strikes, two offenses that love to swing early in the count, and a pitch timer ...2023
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• Royals walk it off on a safety squeeze, win 4-3
Peter Aiken-USA TODAY Sports The most Royally way to win a game You know what they say. If you have Freddy Fermin, you’re never out of it. Well, I don’t know how many people actually say that, but it was true today. After over a month since their last series win, the Royals looked poised to finally get one, up 3-1 late. But after another blown save from Aroldis Chapman, Kansas City neede...2023
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• Anemic Royals offense remains scoreless in 2-0 loss to Twins
Peter Aiken-USA TODAY Sports The Royals set a club record for offensive futility to begin the year. The Royals have played two games in the 2023 season and still have yet to score a run, as they dropped another 2-0 loss to the Twins on Saturday. According to Pete Grathoff, their 18 scoreless innings to begin the season is the longest scoring drought in club history. Building off research...2023
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• Perez’s powerful projectiles pulverize Pirates 4-3

Peter Aiken-Imagn Images The Royals homered thrice, all on first pitches. Salvador Perez went yard twice and Jac Caglianone also homered as the Kansas City Royals completed the sweep with a 4-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates tonight at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals let a scoring opportunity go in the first when Bobby Witt Jr. ripped a ball to left and missed a homer by just a few feet, set...2025
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• The Bobby Witt Jr. we were waiting for has probably arrived
Peter Aiken-USA TODAY Sports Bobby Witt Jr. is fixing things as he goes, and it is working. As a rookie, Bobby Witt showed that he had power. Since the year 2000 over five thousand rookies have debuted in the big leagues. He ranked 60th, top 1%, in extra base hits among those rookies as a 22 year-old by posting 57 in his first year. Unfortunately, his defense and lack of plate discipline m...2023
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• Royals be walkin’ up that (Rich) Hill, lose to Braves 10-7
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• Rays Your Voice: Trade Deadline Preview
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• Carlos Estévez joins Bubic, Witt Jr as All-Star
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• Salvador Perez engineered the sweep of Pittsburgh
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• Jonathan Aranda should be starting the All Star Game

Peter Aiken-Imagn Images The breakout season that demands recognition I know this is “old man yelling at clouds,” but it still annoys me that the honor of starting an All Star Game often goes to less deserving players because they have name recognition or play for big market teams. Case in point: Jonathan Aranda. If this were based on merit, he’d be the American League’s starting first ba...2025
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• Game 85 Thread: Battle for Grass Creek 2025

Kansas City Royals third baseman Maikel Garcia (11) throws to first base for an out in the eighth inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Kauffman Stadium. | Peter Aiken-Imagn Images A battle for the soul of Wyoming On April 27, 2007, Royals Review founder Will McDonald penned a tongue-in-cheek article about the Mariners/Royals lineup. The comments are lost. The images he lovingly create...2025
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• Winning on the road shouldn’t be this casual: Rays 5, Royals 1

Peter Aiken-Imagn Images After a heavy dose of home games through the first three months of the season, the Rays will be on the road for large stretches of the summer months, and that first trip got started on Tuesday in Kansas City. Road Rays pic.twitter.com/Jbdsjbacsy— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) June 24, 2025 Chandler Simpson was recalled after a short stint back in AAA, and g...2025
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• Outside The Confines: Shohei Ohtani keeps getting better
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• The Big 12 is messy and has women’s basketball’s most unpredictable conference tournament

Photo by Peter Aiken/Getty Images TCU is the favorite, but questions swirl about Sedona Prince. Meanwhile, Nicki Collen seems to have her best team at Baylor, while Kansas State continues on without Ayoka Lee. Determining the regular season champion of the Big 12 came down to the final day of the regular season in a winner-take-all game between TCU and Baylor. The Horned Frogs won 51-48, c...2025
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• Gamethread: White Sox at Rays

Chris Flexen, like many of the Sox pitchers, is just bad | Peter Aiken-USA TODAY Sports A payback is in order for Tampa Bay Welcome to another edition of ‘How will the White Sox lose today?’ The Tampa Bay Rays are seeking redemption tonight, aiming to avenge the sweep they experienced last month at the hands of the South Siders. Let’s lead off with this season’s first veteran fire sale m...2024
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• Arrowheadlines: Reportedly, the NFL schedule will be released on May 15th

Photo by Peter Aiken/Getty Images Chiefs headlines for Wednesday, May 8 The latest 2024 NFL Schedule: Release Date, Team-by-Team Opponents and More | Bleacher Report It’s time for another round of Kansas City Chiefs against the rest of the league. The biggest storyline going into the 2024 NFL campaign is whether Patrick Mahomes’ squad can lift the Lombardi Trophy for the third consecutive...2024
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• In latest ‘Reacts’ poll, Chiefs’ fans don’t want Bill Belichick in the AFC West

Photo by Peter Aiken/Getty Images Sign up here to join SB Nation NFL Reacts. Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Each week, we send out questions to the most plugged-in Kansas City Chiefs fans. You can see all of the recent survey results here. And be sure to check out DraftKings Sportsbook, the official sportsbook partner of SB Nation. Chiefs’ fan confidence ...2024
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• Arrowheadlines: Travis Kelce’s dedication has ‘never been stronger’

Peter Aiken-USA TODAY Sports Chiefs headlines for Wednesday, January 3 The latest The People Who Brought You Travis Kelce | The New York Times Despite the growing pile of distractions, Mr. Kelce’s longtime trainer, Alex Skacel, said the star tight end’s dedication to football has never been stronger. Mr. Skacel likes to share the story of a visit to Paris Fashion Week a few years ago, whe...2024
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• White Sox 6, Royals 4: A win, you say?

Touki Toussaint delivered his first quality start for the White Sox. | Peter Aiken-USA TODAY Sports South Siders snap five-game skid on six strong innings from Touki Toussaint The White Sox mercifully ended their five-game losing streak with a solid win in Kansas City over the Royals that almost slipped away but, for the first time in what seems like ages, did not. It’ll bring them up to ...2023
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• Chiefs go EDGE in Mel Kiper’s new mock draft
Photo by Peter Aiken/Getty Images After going with an offensive tackle to Kansas City in February, the ESPN analyst goes a different way. ESPN analyst Mel Kiper released his latest mock draft on Tuesday. Kiper believes that four quarterbacks will be taken in the first five picks of April’s draft in Kansas City. He also thinks that before the Kansas City Chiefs are on the clock for the 31...2023
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