At Royals Rally in early February, general manager J.J. Picollo spoke bluntly about a specific goal for the team in the 2024 season.

Chris Klieman likes to say that “football is football.” It’s one of his favorite lines, because it helps him explain why he was prepared to win at a high level with Kansas State immediately after he made a big leap up in class from his coaching days at North Dakota State. He may even say it more often than he tells his players to “win the dang day.” While the simple expression certainly remains true whenever the Wildcats line up against Big 12 opponents on fall Saturdays, it is beginning to feel out of date during the offseason.

Bill Self has cited a lack of depth as one of the main reasons his Kansas Jayhawks went 10-10 in their last 20 games of the 202324 college basketball season after a splendid 13-1 start. “Last year we’re playing five guys,” Self, KU’s 21st-year head coach, said Monday on Andy Katz’s NCAA March Madness podcast.

Each spring, the target on the back of the Independence High School boys’ tennis program grows larger. Following a historic KSHSAA Class 4A State Championship threepeat as a team at Pratt in 2023, the Bulldogs are looking to make it four in a row this weekend in Topeka.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — When the Royals U ( ^ selected Brady Singer with the 18th overall pick of the 2018 MLB draft, t h e y envisioned the right-hander being a stalwart of the rotation for years.

Coming down the final stretch of the year, the Independence High School girls’ swim team traveled to Osawatomie last Wednesday, May 1 for the next to last event of the regular season. The Lady Bulldogs competed well, earning the silver medal as a team and a plethora of top-five individual performances.

The Kansas City Royals are sticking with young reliever James McArthur. On Tuesday, McArthur earned a vote of confidence from his teammates after blowing his second consecutive save opportunity.

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Chris Oladokun turned around during Sunday’s rookie minicamp practice, quickly attempting to find Xavier Worthy. The first-round rookie receiver wasn’t just open, though; he also wasn’t where Oladokun was expecting.

The Kansas City Royals got a taste of their own medicine against the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday night. The Royals, who have turned in several late comebacks this season, were on the losing end against the Brewers at Kauffman Stadium.

Coming off a week with three events in three days, Inedpendence High School boys’ golf wrapped up regular season action at Chanute on Monday, May 6. In a veiy tight field, the Bulldogs were just one stroke off the first place pace set by Pittsburg.