LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas State barged into the Top 25 after its win at Oklahoma on Saturday night, and there's a good argument to be made that the Wildcats' biggest rival — just down Interstate 70 — deserves to be there, too.

As it stands, Kansas is just outside of the rankings. You read that correctly.

The long-downtrodden Jayhawks are among the 21 of 131 teams in the Football Bowl Subdivision that have yet to lose this season. They knocked Duke from those ranks Saturday, which was enough for Kansas to show up on 43 of the 63 Top 25 ballots — leaving them just a few points behind the 25th-ranked Wildcats.

Asked whether he puts any stock in it, Kansas coach Lance Leipold replied Tuesday: “I have not. Never have.”

There's a lot of folks in the Sunflower State that do, though.

Only five states have multiple programs in the Top 25. Kansas could become the sixth if the Jayhawks and Wildcats can inch their way one spot higher. Kansas (4-0) plays Iowa State on Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence — a place that sold out last week for the first time in years, while Kansas State (3-1) hosts Texas Tech the same day.

The schools haven't been ranked at the same time since Oct. 14, 2007, when the Jayhawks were 15th and the Wildcats No. 25. That was the year Kansas won the Orange Bowl and tied its best-ever finish of seventh in the AP poll.

“National recognition — and recognition as a whole — is something that obviously we strive for,” Leipold said of the rankings, “but we don't control it, so let's get back to what we can control. If you spend a lot of time worrying about if you should or shouldn't, you probably won't be very long anyway.”

Most Kansas fans typically turn their attention to basketball at this time of the year — to the defending national champion Jayhawks. The football fans that are scattered across the state usually have to pin all their hopes on the Wildcats, who have been to bowl games 10 of the past 12 seasons.

Yet the “house divided” flags waving outside of homes from the Missouri border to the Colorado border are flying proudly for the first time in more than a decade.

Make no mistake: Leipold hears the chatter. He sees more people showing up for his weekly news conference, and it is impossible for him to avoid a schedule that's rapidly filling with interview requests.

“It makes good stories,” he admitted, “but again, I want to keep this team in a good mindset. Stay focused on Iowa State. We left a lot of things out there Saturday that we have to get better at, and I don't know if you can keep winning games if some of those things keep stacking up on you at the wrong time.”

It took Kansas State about six hours to move on from its win over Oklahoma: The Wildcats didn't get home from Norman until about 3 a.m. Sunday, then went through normal treatments and game film before getting back to practice Monday to prepare for Texas Tech.

Much like Leipold, that's exactly how Kansas State coach Chris Klieman prefers it: Don't dwell on success. Get right back to work, and keep working to ensure more success.

There are plenty of folks patting the Wildcats on the back after rebounding from a brutal loss to Tulane with their stirring upset of the Sooners. But as Klieman noted Tuesday, as quickly as the Wildcats went from downtrodden to darlings, they could be headed the other way with a loss to the Red Raiders.

“It's one-week seasons,” Klieman said. “It's hard to predict what's going to happen in any conference, in any league, so we'll play them when we play them, where they ask us to play them. Our guys are just excited to be 1-0 in league play and that's the most important thing for us, trying to continue to play well in the league”

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas State barged into the Top 25 after its win at Oklahoma on Saturday night, and there's a good argument to be made that the Wildcats' biggest rival — just down Interstate 70 — deserves to be there, too.As it stands, Kansas is just outside of the rankings. You read that correctly.The long-downtrodden Jayhawks are among the 21 of 131 teams in the Football Bowl Subdivision that have yet to lose this season. They knocked Duke from those ranks Saturday, which was enough for Kansas to show up on 43 of the 63 Top 25 ballots — leaving them just a few points behind the 25th-ranked Wildcats.Asked whether he puts any stock in it, Kansas coach Lance Leipold replied Tuesday: “I have not. Never have.”There's a lot of folks in the Sunflower State that do, though.Only five states have multiple programs in the Top 25. Kansas could become the sixth if the Jayhawks and Wildcats can inch their way one spot higher. Kansas (4-0) plays Iowa State on Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence — a place that sold out last week for the first time in years, while Kansas State (3-1) hosts Texas Tech the same day.The schools haven't been ranked at the same time since Oct. 14, 2007, when the Jayhawks were 15th and the Wildcats No. 25. That was the year Kansas won the Orange Bowl and tied its best-ever finish of seventh in the AP poll.“National recognition — and recognition as a whole — is something that obviously we strive for,” Leipold said of the rankings, “but we don't control it, so let's get back to what we can control. If you spend a lot of time worrying about if you should or shouldn't, you probably won't be very long anyway.”Most Kansas fans typically turn their attention to basketball at this time of the year — to the defending national champion Jayhawks. The football fans that are scattered across the state usually have to pin all their hopes on the Wildcats, who have been to bowl games 10 of the past 12 seasons.Yet the “house divided” flags waving outside of homes from the Missouri border to the Colorado border are flying proudly for the first time in more than a decade.Make no mistake: Leipold hears the chatter. He sees more people showing up for his weekly news conference, and it is impossible for him to avoid a schedule that's rapidly filling with interview requests.“It makes good stories,” he admitted, “but again, I want to keep this team in a good mindset. Stay focused on Iowa State. We left a lot of things out there Saturday that we have to get better at, and I don't know if you can keep winning games if some of those things keep stacking up on you at the wrong time.”It took Kansas State about six hours to move on from its win over Oklahoma: The Wildcats didn't get home from Norman until about 3 a.m. Sunday, then went through normal treatments and game film before getting back to practice Monday to prepare for Texas Tech.Much like Leipold, that's exactly how Kansas State coach Chris Klieman prefers it: Don't dwell on success. Get right back to work, and keep working to ensure more success.There are plenty of folks patting the Wildcats on the back after rebounding from a brutal loss to Tulane with their stirring upset of the Sooners. But as Klieman noted Tuesday, as quickly as the Wildcats went from downtrodden to darlings, they could be headed the other way with a loss to the Red Raiders.“It's one-week seasons,” Klieman said. “It's hard to predict what's going to happen in any conference, in any league, so we'll play them when we play them, where they ask us to play them. Our guys are just excited to be 1-0 in league play and that's the most important thing for us, trying to continue to play well in the league”

Kansas, K-State show football still belongs in hoops country


LAWRENCE, Kan. – Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer
Shaquille O’Neal and the unveiling of the 2022 Men’s Basketball
National Championship banner will headline the 38th edition of Late
Night in the Phog presented by HyVee and supported by adidas. This
year’s event is set for Friday, Oct. 14, at 6 p.m., inside historic
Allen Fieldhouse.


One of the greatest centers in NBA history, O’Neal will be on hand
in a bit of a different role to help the Kansas Men’s and Women’s
Basketball programs kick off the 2022-23 season. O’Neal, known now
as DJ Diesel, will perform an energetic and fast-paced set on James
Naismith Court in front of a frenzied Allen Fieldhouse crowd.


Not only will the night feature a performance from DJ Diesel, Coach
Bill Self and the Jayhawks will celebrate their 2022 National
Championship in style by unfurling the latest banner to hang in the
rafters of Allen Fieldhouse. The returning players from last year’s
squad will also receive their championship rings in a special
ceremony that will surely be a highlight of the night.


Late Night will continue to be a free event for fans, however,
tickets have to be claimed online in advance. All seating outside of
the student section will be reserved. Tickets will be made available
to all Williams Education Fund members first. Remaining inventory
will be made available to the public. Students will also have to
claim a ticket online. Sports Combo holders will have access first
for three days, and then general students will have a chance to claim
tickets. 


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LAWRENCE, Kan. – Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer
Shaquille O’Neal and the unveiling of the 2022 Men’s Basketball
National Championship banner will headline the 38th edition of Late
Night in the Phog presented by HyVee and supported by adidas. This
year’s event is set for Friday, Oct. 14, at 6 p.m., inside historic
Allen Fieldhouse.
One of the greatest centers in NBA history, O’Neal will be on hand
in a bit of a different role to help the Kansas Men’s and Women’s
Basketball programs kick off the 2022-23 season. O’Neal, known now
as DJ Diesel, will perform an energetic and fast-paced set on James
Naismith Court in front of a frenzied Allen Fieldhouse crowd.
Not only will the night feature a performance from DJ Diesel, Coach
Bill Self and the Jayhawks will celebrate their 2022 National
Championship in style by unfurling the latest banner to hang in the
rafters of Allen Fieldhouse. The returning players from last year’s
squad will also receive their championship rings in a special
ceremony that will surely be a highlight of the night.
Late Night will continue to be a free event for fans, however,
tickets have to be claimed online in advance. All seating outside of
the student section will be reserved. Tickets will be made available
to all Williams Education Fund members first. Remaining inventory
will be made available to the public. Students will also have to
claim a ticket online. Sports Combo holders will have access first
for three days, and then general students will have a chance to claim
tickets.

Kansas Announces Details for 38th Annual Late Night in the Phog

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The NCAA put Memphis on three years of probation with a public reprimand and a fine Tuesday, but declined to punish Tigers coach Penny Hardaway or hand down an NCAA Tournament ban.

The NCAA had accused Memphis of four Level I and two Level II violations, considered the most serious infractions, and a total of seven alleged violations including lack of institutional control, head coach responsibility and failure to monitor.

The Independent Accountability Review Panel put the blame on Memphis failing to monitor Hardaway as an athletics booster or educate him better after hiring him as the Tigers' men's basketball coach. The panel also ruled Memphis provided impermissible benefits of meals to athletes and publicity benefits to recruits.

The panel also ruled Memphis failed to cooperate with the investigation by delaying handing over requested documents but decided these were Level II and III violations.

“There would have been no difficulty with with this panel arriving at that conclusion if they had been satisfied that the evidence demonstrated that there was conduct that reached the Level I," IARP administrative officer Hugh Fraser said in a news conference. “But in this case, we did not find that.”

Memphis will be fined $5,000 plus 0.25% of its average men’s basketball budget — based on the average of the program’s last three total budgets. Probation starts Tuesday and runs to Sept. 26, 2025. Memphis also must send at least one member of its Office of Legal Counsel to two NCAA Regional Rules Seminars and inform all prospect men’s basketball recruits in writing that the Tigers are on probation.

Fraser said the panel did not want to punish current Memphis athletes.

“We respect and will fully comply with the IARP’s decision,” said Memphis president Bill Hardgrave, who was hired in November 2021.

The lack of a tournament ban or suspension for Hardaway is key for a program that just ended a long NCAA Tournament drought in March with its first berth since 2014. Hardaway said in a statement that brighter days are ahead and thanked the IARP for making its decision based on the facts.

“We have finally arrived at the end of an extremely challenging period, and I could not be more grateful," Hardaway said. “I would like to thank our players and their families, as well as our coaches and our support staff, for continuing to focus on what we could control as this process lingered.”

The NCAA investigation started in May 2019 and continued into February 2021, with an amended notice of allegations sent to Memphis in July 2021. Fraser noted the pandemic was a contributing factor slowing down the investigation.

The probe began over the recruitment and the short time that James Wiseman spent at Memphis after receiving $11,500 from Hardaway in 2017. That's when Hardaway was coach at East High School in Memphis. He wasn't hired as Memphis' coach until March 2018, and Wiseman committed to the Tigers in November 2018.

The NCAA originally ruled the money wasn’t allowed because Hardaway was a booster for the program. The former NBA All-Star gave $1 million in 2008 to his alma mater for the university’s sports hall of fame named for Hardaway. The IARP noted Hardaway had been helping people in Memphis since first going to the NBA in 1993.

Wiseman played the first game of the 2019-20 season before the NCAA ruled Wiseman ineligible. He played two more games after filing a restraining order against the NCAA.

The IARP says Memphis was informed Oct. 31 that Wiseman and two other athletes were not eligible because they received money from Hardaway after he became a booster. The IARP said Hardaway wasn't told until after the opening game Nov. 5.

The IARP also wants Memphis to vacate all wins and records of the three games Wiseman played with those reflected in Hardaway’s career records.

On Nov. 20, 2019, the NCAA suspended Wiseman for 12 games and ordered him to repay $11,500 in the form of a donation to the charity of choice. Wiseman withdrew from Memphis in December 2019 and now plays for the NBA’s Golden State Warriors.

Memphis athletic director Laird Veatch, hired Oct. 1, 2019, thanked Tigers’ fans for their patience and support through a “long and arduous process." Veatch also made clear Memphis has enhanced its athletic compliance structure.

“To that end, we are thankful to the IARP for recognizing and reflecting that in its decision,” Veatch said. “As we prepare for a new season, we are all excited and ready to move forward, together.”

The Tennessee Secondary Schools Athletic Association fined East High School nearly $15,000 earlier this month and ordered the school to forfeit all games Wiseman played in for Hardaway, vacating its 2018 state championship and 2019 state runner-up trophy.

This was only the IARP's second decision Tuesday, with cases involving Louisiana State, Arizona, Kansas and Louisville still on the group’s docket. North Carolina men’s basketball also was put on probation in the IARP’s first decision in December 2021.

Derrick Crawford, the NCAA vice president for hearing operations, said decisions on the remaining four cases will come by early summer 2023 at the latest, since the IARP is coming to a end.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The NCAA put Memphis on three years of probation with a public reprimand and a fine Tuesday, but declined to punish Tigers coach Penny Hardaway or hand down an NCAA Tournament ban.The NCAA had accused Memphis of four Level I and two Level II violations, considered the most serious infractions, and a total of seven alleged violations including lack of institutional control, head coach responsibility and failure to monitor.The Independent Accountability Review Panel put the blame on Memphis failing to monitor Hardaway as an athletics booster or educate him better after hiring him as the Tigers' men's basketball coach. The panel also ruled Memphis provided impermissible benefits of meals to athletes and publicity benefits to recruits.The panel also ruled Memphis failed to cooperate with the investigation by delaying handing over requested documents but decided these were Level II and III violations.“There would have been no difficulty with with this panel arriving at that conclusion if they had been satisfied that the evidence demonstrated that there was conduct that reached the Level I," IARP administrative officer Hugh Fraser said in a news conference. “But in this case, we did not find that.”Memphis will be fined $5,000 plus 0.25% of its average men’s basketball budget — based on the average of the program’s last three total budgets. Probation starts Tuesday and runs to Sept. 26, 2025. Memphis also must send at least one member of its Office of Legal Counsel to two NCAA Regional Rules Seminars and inform all prospect men’s basketball recruits in writing that the Tigers are on probation.Fraser said the panel did not want to punish current Memphis athletes.“We respect and will fully comply with the IARP’s decision,” said Memphis president Bill Hardgrave, who was hired in November 2021.The lack of a tournament ban or suspension for Hardaway is key for a program that just ended a long NCAA Tournament drought in March with its first berth since 2014. Hardaway said in a statement that brighter days are ahead and thanked the IARP for making its decision based on the facts.“We have finally arrived at the end of an extremely challenging period, and I could not be more grateful," Hardaway said. “I would like to thank our players and their families, as well as our coaches and our support staff, for continuing to focus on what we could control as this process lingered.”The NCAA investigation started in May 2019 and continued into February 2021, with an amended notice of allegations sent to Memphis in July 2021. Fraser noted the pandemic was a contributing factor slowing down the investigation.The probe began over the recruitment and the short time that James Wiseman spent at Memphis after receiving $11,500 from Hardaway in 2017. That's when Hardaway was coach at East High School in Memphis. He wasn't hired as Memphis' coach until March 2018, and Wiseman committed to the Tigers in November 2018.The NCAA originally ruled the money wasn’t allowed because Hardaway was a booster for the program. The former NBA All-Star gave $1 million in 2008 to his alma mater for the university’s sports hall of fame named for Hardaway. The IARP noted Hardaway had been helping people in Memphis since first going to the NBA in 1993.Wiseman played the first game of the 2019-20 season before the NCAA ruled Wiseman ineligible. He played two more games after filing a restraining order against the NCAA.The IARP says Memphis was informed Oct. 31 that Wiseman and two other athletes were not eligible because they received money from Hardaway after he became a booster. The IARP said Hardaway wasn't told until after the opening game Nov. 5.The IARP also wants Memphis to vacate all wins and records of the three games Wiseman played with those reflected in Hardaway’s career records.On Nov. 20, 2019, the NCAA suspended Wiseman for 12 games and ordered him to repay $11,500 in the form of a donation to the charity of choice. Wiseman withdrew from Memphis in December 2019 and now plays for the NBA’s Golden State Warriors.Memphis athletic director Laird Veatch, hired Oct. 1, 2019, thanked Tigers’ fans for their patience and support through a “long and arduous process." Veatch also made clear Memphis has enhanced its athletic compliance structure.“To that end, we are thankful to the IARP for recognizing and reflecting that in its decision,” Veatch said. “As we prepare for a new season, we are all excited and ready to move forward, together.”The Tennessee Secondary Schools Athletic Association fined East High School nearly $15,000 earlier this month and ordered the school to forfeit all games Wiseman played in for Hardaway, vacating its 2018 state championship and 2019 state runner-up trophy.This was only the IARP's second decision Tuesday, with cases involving Louisiana State, Arizona, Kansas and Louisville still on the group’s docket. North Carolina men’s basketball also was put on probation in the IARP’s first decision in December 2021.Derrick Crawford, the NCAA vice president for hearing operations, said decisions on the remaining four cases will come by early summer 2023 at the latest, since the IARP is coming to a end.

NCAA puts Memphis on 3 years' probation, no tourney ban

MANHATTAN, Kan. – Coming off his impressive performance in leading Kansas State to a 41-34 victory at No. 6 Oklahoma, quarterback Adrian Martinez earned his third honor this week as he was named the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback of the Week, the Davey O'Brien Foundation announced Tuesday.

Martinez was also named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week and a Manning Award Star of the Week on Monday, the latter in which fans can vote for the quarterback of the week on its Facebook page.

A native of Fresno, California, Martinez threw for 234 yards and a touchdown on 21-of-34 aim with no interceptions while rushing for 148 yards and a career-high four touchdowns in the victory. It was the most rushing touchdowns by a Wildcat since Skylar Thompson also went for four scores against Oklahoma in 2019. Martinez's rushing yardage was the second most of his career, just shy of the 157 yards he had at Rutgers in 2020 while playing for Nebraska.

Martinez teamed with running back Deuce Vaughn (116 yards) to give K-State two 100-yard rushers in the same game for the first time since the 2017 Cactus Bowl against UCLA and for the first time in a Big 12 contest since the 2017 Oklahoma game.

The signal caller directed an offense that went for 509 yards against a stout Sooner defense, the most by the Wildcats since the 2019 Bowling Green game (521 yards) and the most in a Big 12 game since the 2014 Texas Tech contest (535 yards).

Martinez helped guide K-State to its 11th all-time victory against an Associated Press top-10 team, while it was the fifth in a road game. The Wildcats have now defeated a team ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 in four of the last six seasons, including the third time under head coach Chris Klieman. The Wildcats handed Oklahoma just its ninth home loss since 2012 with four of those coming to K-State.

The Wildcats are back in Bill Snyder Family Stadium this Saturday to take on Texas Tech in an 11 a.m., contest that will be shown on Big 12 Now on ESPN+. There are less than 800 tickets remaining for the contest, and fans can purchase tickets online at www.k-statesports.com/tickets or by phone at 1-800-221-CATS.

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 </figure>MANHATTAN, Kan. – Coming off his impressive performance in leading Kansas State to a 41-34 victory at No. 6 Oklahoma, quarterback Adrian Martinez earned his third honor this week as he was named the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback of the Week, the Davey O'Brien Foundation announced Tuesday.Martinez was also named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week and a Manning Award Star of the Week on Monday, the latter in which fans can vote for the quarterback of the week on its Facebook page.A native of Fresno, California, Martinez threw for 234 yards and a touchdown on 21-of-34 aim with no interceptions while rushing for 148 yards and a career-high four touchdowns in the victory. It was the most rushing touchdowns by a Wildcat since Skylar Thompson also went for four scores against Oklahoma in 2019. Martinez's rushing yardage was the second most of his career, just shy of the 157 yards he had at Rutgers in 2020 while playing for Nebraska.Martinez teamed with running back Deuce Vaughn (116 yards) to give K-State two 100-yard rushers in the same game for the first time since the 2017 Cactus Bowl against UCLA and for the first time in a Big 12 contest since the 2017 Oklahoma game.The signal caller directed an offense that went for 509 yards against a stout Sooner defense, the most by the Wildcats since the 2019 Bowling Green game (521 yards) and the most in a Big 12 game since the 2014 Texas Tech contest (535 yards).Martinez helped guide K-State to its 11th all-time victory against an Associated Press top-10 team, while it was the fifth in a road game. The Wildcats have now defeated a team ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 in four of the last six seasons, including the third time under head coach Chris Klieman. The Wildcats handed Oklahoma just its ninth home loss since 2012 with four of those coming to K-State.The Wildcats are back in Bill Snyder Family Stadium this Saturday to take on Texas Tech in an 11 a.m., contest that will be shown on Big 12 Now on ESPN+. There are less than 800 tickets remaining for the contest, and fans can purchase tickets online at www.k-statesports.com/tickets or by phone at 1-800-221-CATS.

Martinez Named Davey O’Brien National Quarterback of the Week

Junior quarterback Jalon Daniels picked up a pair of honors for the third-straight week, being named an Allstate Sugar Bowl Manning Award Star of the Week and to the Davey O’Brien Great 8 List, the organizations announced Monday.

Daniels accounted for five touchdowns and 407 yards of offense in Kansas’ 35-27 win over Duke on Saturday. Daniels has now been named to both lists for three-consecutive weeks following other breakout performances at West Virginia (Sept. 10) and Houston (Sept. 17).

Daniels completed 19-of-23 passes for 324 yards and four touchdowns on Saturday, while picking up 83 yards and one score on the ground on 11 carries. Through four games this season, Daniels has completed 66-of-93 passing attempts for 890 yards and 11 touchdowns, while leading the team in rushing with 320 yards and four touchdowns on 38 attempts. Over the last three games, Daniels has throw 10 touchdowns and zero interceptions.

The Manning Award Star of the Week honor marks Daniels’ fourth-career time receiving the award. After being named a Manning Award Star of the Week last week, Daniels was voted the Quarterback of the week in a fan vote.

Fans will now have the opportunity to vote for Daniels to be named the Manning Award Quarterback of the Week through the Sugar Bowl’s Facebook page.

Daniels has received numerous national honors this season, being named the Walter Camp National FBS Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 18 and the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week on September 19.

Daniels has led Kansas to a 4-0 record for the first time since 2009, while he is currently ranked No. 1 in ESPN’s QBR Rating at 98.0, ahead of Ohio State’s C.J. Stroud (95.4) and Tennessee’s Hendon Hooker (90.3).

The Manning Award was created by the Allstate Sugar Bowl in 2004 to honor the college football accomplishments of Archie, Peyton and Eli Manning. It is the only quarterback award that includes the candidates’ bowl performances in its balloting. Since the Manning Award started recognizing Stars of the Week in 2011, 464 different quarterbacks from 129 schools have been recognized. Sixty-seven players from 66 different schools were honored during the 2021 season.

<figure>
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 </figure>Junior quarterback Jalon Daniels picked up a pair of honors for the third-straight week, being named an Allstate Sugar Bowl Manning Award Star of the Week and to the Davey O’Brien Great 8 List, the organizations announced Monday.Daniels accounted for five touchdowns and 407 yards of offense in Kansas’ 35-27 win over Duke on Saturday. Daniels has now been named to both lists for three-consecutive weeks following other breakout performances at West Virginia (Sept. 10) and Houston (Sept. 17).Daniels completed 19-of-23 passes for 324 yards and four touchdowns on Saturday, while picking up 83 yards and one score on the ground on 11 carries. Through four games this season, Daniels has completed 66-of-93 passing attempts for 890 yards and 11 touchdowns, while leading the team in rushing with 320 yards and four touchdowns on 38 attempts. Over the last three games, Daniels has throw 10 touchdowns and zero interceptions.The Manning Award Star of the Week honor marks Daniels’ fourth-career time receiving the award. After being named a Manning Award Star of the Week last week, Daniels was voted the Quarterback of the week in a fan vote.Fans will now have the opportunity to vote for Daniels to be named the Manning Award Quarterback of the Week through the Sugar Bowl’s Facebook page.Daniels has received numerous national honors this season, being named the Walter Camp National FBS Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 18 and the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week on September 19.Daniels has led Kansas to a 4-0 record for the first time since 2009, while he is currently ranked No. 1 in ESPN’s QBR Rating at 98.0, ahead of Ohio State’s C.J. Stroud (95.4) and Tennessee’s Hendon Hooker (90.3).The Manning Award was created by the Allstate Sugar Bowl in 2004 to honor the college football accomplishments of Archie, Peyton and Eli Manning. It is the only quarterback award that includes the candidates’ bowl performances in its balloting. Since the Manning Award started recognizing Stars of the Week in 2011, 464 different quarterbacks from 129 schools have been recognized. Sixty-seven players from 66 different schools were honored during the 2021 season.

Jalon Daniels Receives Pair of Honors for Third-Straight Week


Garden City handed the Great Bend Boys Soccer team their second
straight 10-0 loss Tuesday at Buffalo Stadium.


The Panthers, who lost at home to Dodge City last Thursday by the
same score, fall to 1-8 on the season and 0-4 in the Western Athletic
Conference.


Garden City improved to 6-2 overall and 3-2 in WAC.


The Panthers get the rest of the week off before hosting Life Prep
next Tuesday (10/4) in Great Bend.

Garden City handed the Great Bend Boys Soccer team their second
straight 10-0 loss Tuesday at Buffalo Stadium.
The Panthers, who lost at home to Dodge City last Thursday by the
same score, fall to 1-8 on the season and 0-4 in the Western Athletic
Conference.
Garden City improved to 6-2 overall and 3-2 in WAC.
The Panthers get the rest of the week off before hosting Life Prep
next Tuesday (10/4) in Great Bend.

Panther Soccer shut out at Garden City

UNDATED (AP) — An eye-opening win by Kansas State over Oklahoma and strong starts by Kansas and other Big 12 teams on the road have thrown the early conference standings into an unfamiliar heap.

Perennial basement dweller Kansas is 4-0 and on the cusp of its first ranking in 13 years. And look who’s sharing the league cellar, for now — the Sooners and fellow Southeastern Conference defector Texas.

Heading into the first full week of the Big 12 schedule, there is no team with a losing record and there are only three unbeaten teams left. Big 12 road teams are 9-4 so far this season, winning four out of six games last week, the most in one week since Oct. 31, 2020.

Kansas State looked befuddled in a nonconference home loss to Tulane two weeks ago, only to go into Norman to take down No. 18 Oklahoma for the third time in four years under coach Chris Klieman. The Wildcats were rewarded with the No. 25 ranking.

“We just talked about belief,” Klieman said after K-State beat the Sooners 41-34 behind quarterback Adrian Martinez’s 148 rushing yards and five total touchdowns. “We talked about how we’re a really good football team that didn’t get it done last week and that was over. We needed to believe this week that we were good enough to beat these guys.”

The Wildcats have no time to gloat because it must prepare to host a Texas Tech team that took down visiting Texas in overtime with the help of a 6-of-8 performance on fourth down.

Kansas has won both of its road games, including at West Virgini a on Sept. 10. To put things in perspective, from 2008 to 2021, the Jayhawks won just five times total on the road, and not more than once in any season.

Now it's time for a visit from Iowa State, which won its only other road game, a 10-7 squeaker over Iowa on Sept. 10. It's going to be a run game, power vs. power: The Jayhawks have compiled at least 200 rushing yards in every game. Iowa State allows just 76 yards on the ground per contest.

The way this season is going, everything can change in one weekend. Four Big 12 teams are ranked and three others are receiving votes in the AP poll.

“I think the parity in this league is may be more than ever,” Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy said. “And I’ve said this for a number of years. You might have a team win this league that has two or three losses. You might this year, from what I’m seeing. There’s quality in this league and the competitive nature of playing road games, which are difficult. You’re just seeing a lot of teams that are about the same.”

TCU is 3-0 for the first time since 2017 after new coach Sonny Dykes beat his former team, SMU, on the road. And now the Horned Frogs will prepare for their league opener and get a visit from Oklahoma in a matchup of teams averaging more than 500 yards of offense.

“You look at the ratings and all that stuff, I mean, the league is really good,” Dykes said. “I think that’s what makes our league different is there’s no layups. You say, OK, who’s the layup in the league? And there’s not anybody. And there’s just not many leagues that can say that.

“You know, the team that was picked last in the league is right on the verge of being in the Top 25. Where else does that take place, except in the Big 12?"

Oklahoma will find out if it can bounce back from the Kansas State loss. The Sooners won their only other road game decisively over Nebraska. Oklahoma lost its first two league games in the COVID-shortened 2020 season, then rebounded to win the league.

“We’re not going to be defined by this loss moving forward,” said Oklahoma coach Brent Venables. “We will, however, be defined by how we respond moving forward. I still believe with everybody I got in this team and what’s still sitting in front of us.”

No. 9 Oklahoma State won its first three games, all played at Boone Pickens Stadium. After a bye week, the Cowboys have their league opener Saturday at No. 16 Baylor in a rematch of last year's conference title game that the Bears won in the final minute.

West Virginia, which started the season 0-2, is looking for its second straight road win at Texas after beating rival Virginia Tech in Blacksburg on Thursday night. The Mountaineers are 3-2 in Austin, Texas, since joining the Big 12 in 2012.

“There’s a lot of football left in Big 12 play. We know that," Texas coach Steve Sarkisian said. "We’ve got to take care of our business, and that starts Saturday at home against a really good team who’s getting better week by week.”

UNDATED (AP) — An eye-opening win by Kansas State over Oklahoma and strong starts by Kansas and other Big 12 teams on the road have thrown the early conference standings into an unfamiliar heap.Perennial basement dweller Kansas is 4-0 and on the cusp of its first ranking in 13 years. And look who’s sharing the league cellar, for now — the Sooners and fellow Southeastern Conference defector Texas.Heading into the first full week of the Big 12 schedule, there is no team with a losing record and there are only three unbeaten teams left. Big 12 road teams are 9-4 so far this season, winning four out of six games last week, the most in one week since Oct. 31, 2020.Kansas State looked befuddled in a nonconference home loss to Tulane two weeks ago, only to go into Norman to take down No. 18 Oklahoma for the third time in four years under coach Chris Klieman. The Wildcats were rewarded with the No. 25 ranking.“We just talked about belief,” Klieman said after K-State beat the Sooners 41-34 behind quarterback Adrian Martinez’s 148 rushing yards and five total touchdowns. “We talked about how we’re a really good football team that didn’t get it done last week and that was over. We needed to believe this week that we were good enough to beat these guys.”The Wildcats have no time to gloat because it must prepare to host a Texas Tech team that took down visiting Texas in overtime with the help of a 6-of-8 performance on fourth down.Kansas has won both of its road games, including at West Virgini a on Sept. 10. To put things in perspective, from 2008 to 2021, the Jayhawks won just five times total on the road, and not more than once in any season.Now it's time for a visit from Iowa State, which won its only other road game, a 10-7 squeaker over Iowa on Sept. 10. It's going to be a run game, power vs. power: The Jayhawks have compiled at least 200 rushing yards in every game. Iowa State allows just 76 yards on the ground per contest.The way this season is going, everything can change in one weekend. Four Big 12 teams are ranked and three others are receiving votes in the AP poll.“I think the parity in this league is may be more than ever,” Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy said. “And I’ve said this for a number of years. You might have a team win this league that has two or three losses. You might this year, from what I’m seeing. There’s quality in this league and the competitive nature of playing road games, which are difficult. You’re just seeing a lot of teams that are about the same.”TCU is 3-0 for the first time since 2017 after new coach Sonny Dykes beat his former team, SMU, on the road. And now the Horned Frogs will prepare for their league opener and get a visit from Oklahoma in a matchup of teams averaging more than 500 yards of offense.“You look at the ratings and all that stuff, I mean, the league is really good,” Dykes said. “I think that’s what makes our league different is there’s no layups. You say, OK, who’s the layup in the league? And there’s not anybody. And there’s just not many leagues that can say that.“You know, the team that was picked last in the league is right on the verge of being in the Top 25. Where else does that take place, except in the Big 12?"Oklahoma will find out if it can bounce back from the Kansas State loss. The Sooners won their only other road game decisively over Nebraska. Oklahoma lost its first two league games in the COVID-shortened 2020 season, then rebounded to win the league.“We’re not going to be defined by this loss moving forward,” said Oklahoma coach Brent Venables. “We will, however, be defined by how we respond moving forward. I still believe with everybody I got in this team and what’s still sitting in front of us.”No. 9 Oklahoma State won its first three games, all played at Boone Pickens Stadium. After a bye week, the Cowboys have their league opener Saturday at No. 16 Baylor in a rematch of last year's conference title game that the Bears won in the final minute.West Virginia, which started the season 0-2, is looking for its second straight road win at Texas after beating rival Virginia Tech in Blacksburg on Thursday night. The Mountaineers are 3-2 in Austin, Texas, since joining the Big 12 in 2012.“There’s a lot of football left in Big 12 play. We know that," Texas coach Steve Sarkisian said. "We’ve got to take care of our business, and that starts Saturday at home against a really good team who’s getting better week by week.”

Smooth road for Kansas, K-State; Texas, Sooners last in B12

The Barton Community College women's golf team placed 7th Tuesday at the Lady Tiger Classic held at Hays' Smoky Hill Country Club.

Playing on its first upper tier course and among a field of NCAA Division II teams coming off spring 2022 Top-25 rankings, Barton held its own among the twelve team tournament.

The Cougars stood in 7th place after Monday's 37-over 325, slipping one on the scorecard at 38-over 326 for a combined 75-over 651 but holding steady in the final placing.

Central Missouri, ranked 23rd in last spring's rankings, ran away with the team title compiling a 32-over 608 for a twenty-two stroke victory. Barton placed one stroke behind Central Oklahoma's 74-over and five strokes ahead of Northwestern Missouri's 80-over.

Yu Wei Chiang paced the Cougars with a 21st place tie in the seventy participant field, falling two spots in the final round despite posting consecutive 80 rounds for a 16-over 160.

Four strokes back was Saya Schweitzer in 26th, carding 81 and 83 rounds for a 20-over 164.

Pornnapa Inmee led the Cougars with a final round climb of ten spots, jumping from the 46th position after an 86 round improving six strokes into the 36th spots with an accumulated 22-over 166. Andrea Peraza had opposite scores of Inmee, opening with a 19th best 80 card in falling into the 36th place tie with an 86.

Barton's remaining four entries each improved in their respective second time around layout. Valentina Leyva carded 84-83 rounds for a 39th place 23-over 167 while Paulina Villavicencio bounced back with the Cougars' biggest day two improvement of seven strokes by following a 99 with a 92 for 67th place 47-over 191. Katina Bartel improved four strokes from a 107 to 103 for a 69th place 66-over 210 with Allyson Kaiser shaving off three strokes from a 110 to 107 for a 73-over 217 70th placing overall.

The Cougars look to build upon the experience for its next fall season test coming October 6-7 in the NJCAA National Championship Preview held at Garden City's Buffalo Dunes Golf Course.

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 </figure>The Barton Community College women's golf team placed 7th Tuesday at the Lady Tiger Classic held at Hays' Smoky Hill Country Club.Playing on its first upper tier course and among a field of NCAA Division II teams coming off spring 2022 Top-25 rankings, Barton held its own among the twelve team tournament.The Cougars stood in 7th place after Monday's 37-over 325, slipping one on the scorecard at 38-over 326 for a combined 75-over 651 but holding steady in the final placing.Central Missouri, ranked 23rd in last spring's rankings, ran away with the team title compiling a 32-over 608 for a twenty-two stroke victory. Barton placed one stroke behind Central Oklahoma's 74-over and five strokes ahead of Northwestern Missouri's 80-over.Yu Wei Chiang paced the Cougars with a 21st place tie in the seventy participant field, falling two spots in the final round despite posting consecutive 80 rounds for a 16-over 160.Four strokes back was Saya Schweitzer in 26th, carding 81 and 83 rounds for a 20-over 164.Pornnapa Inmee led the Cougars with a final round climb of ten spots, jumping from the 46th position after an 86 round improving six strokes into the 36th spots with an accumulated 22-over 166. Andrea Peraza had opposite scores of Inmee, opening with a 19th best 80 card in falling into the 36th place tie with an 86.Barton's remaining four entries each improved in their respective second time around layout. Valentina Leyva carded 84-83 rounds for a 39th place 23-over 167 while Paulina Villavicencio bounced back with the Cougars' biggest day two improvement of seven strokes by following a 99 with a 92 for 67th place 47-over 191. Katina Bartel improved four strokes from a 107 to 103 for a 69th place 66-over 210 with Allyson Kaiser shaving off three strokes from a 110 to 107 for a 73-over 217 70th placing overall.The Cougars look to build upon the experience for its next fall season test coming October 6-7 in the NJCAA National Championship Preview held at Garden City's Buffalo Dunes Golf Course.

Barton women's golf takes on four-year schools with 7th place at Lady Tiger Classic

DENVER (AP) — That Mount Rushmore of Quarterbacks in the loaded AFC West is off to a rather rocky start.

Patrick Mahomes, Justin Herbert and Derek Carr all lost their Week 3 games, and Russell Wilson endured a career-high nine three-and-outs Sunday night before he finally flashed the magic that earned him a $245 million extension this month, quieting the Broncos' boobirds.

Aside from the 80-yard, 12-play masterpiece that ended with Melvin Gordon's 1-yard touchdown run, Wilson directed a dozen drives that resulted in two long field goal attempts and 10 punts as the Broncos grinded out an 11-10 win over San Francisco.

Wilson hasn't looked anything like the nine-time Pro Bowler he was with the Seahawks as he's thrown for just two touchdowns and scrambled for 22 yards. But Denver is 2-1 thanks to his back-to-back fourth-quarter comebacks against the Texans and 49ers, against whom he is now 17-4.

Wilson looked like his vintage self when he rolled out left to buy time and hit Kendall Hinton for a 27-yard gain on the run, then scrambled up the middle for 12 yards on the game-winning drive.

“It was kind of a surreal feeling,” center Lloyd Cushenberry said. "You see him make those plays in Seattle for so many years and now you’re on the field with him and watching him make these plays, scrambling and getting out of the pocket. The great throw he had to Kendall, it was one of those moments that you’ve seen for 10-plus years and him making those plays.

“It was vintage Russell Wilson back in his form.”

The Broncos now sit atop the AFC West alongside longtime division bully Kansas City after the Chiefs (2-1) flubbed their way to a 20-17 loss at Indianapolis.

Wilson's choppy changeover in Denver shouldn't come as much of a surprise, and not entirely because of rookie coach Nathaniel Hackett's “Camp Cupcake” that featured very little hitting over the summer and his decision to keep his starters, including Wilson, on the sideline in the preseason.

Peyton Manning lost three of his first five games in Denver a decade ago before leading the Broncos to a 13-3 record and their first of four consecutive playoff berths.

After two decades of dominance in New England, Tom Brady started out 7-5 with Tampa Bay two years ago before propelling the Buccaneers to the top for his seventh Super Bowl ring.

“When you look at it, Russell has been in one place for his whole career," Hackett said. “Then he comes here, he’s got a new coaching staff, new city, new fans, new press, new system, new people that he’s going out there and playing with. So it’s not as easy as just going out there with anybody and playing ball.”

Hackett even had to hire a veteran assistant coach to help him manage the game operations better after a series of blunders the first two weeks of the season that included taking the ball out of Wilson's hands for a 64-yard field goal try by Brandon McManus that missed, leaving the Seahawks 17-16 winners in Wilson's homecoming on opening weekend.

“We’re all working through all kinds of things," Hackett said. "I’m working through things with him. I’m making sure I’m calling the proper plays for him, that the players are running the right routes, and it’s just that whole thing, everybody working together.

"There’s been some good and there’s been some bad. We just have to make sure we have more good than bad as we continue to move forward.”

Speaking of questionable decisions, Mahomes got into a heated sideline spat with Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy on Sunday for not being aggressive at the end of the first half .

“I wanted to go for the score; that's just who I am,” Mahomes explained afterward.

The Chiefs didn't even try to score from their 36 with 30 seconds left, leading to Mahomes' animated discussion with Bieniemy before head coach Andy Reid got between them.

And how about Chargers coach Brandon Staley, who kept Herbert in the game down four touchdowns Sunday despite battered ribs in a 38-10 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars?

A trendy pick to win the Super Bowl, the Chargers are 1-2 and look nothing like championship contenders as Herbert plays through fractured rib cartilage.

In even worse shape are the Raiders (0-3), whose 24-22 loss to Tennessee on Sunday when Carr failed to covert a 2-point pass with 1:14 remaining left Las Vegas as the NFL's only winless team through three weeks.

The Raiders' trio of losses are by a combined 13 points.

“I’m looking for us to try to improve and play a full 60-minute game, where we actually start well, play well in all three phases, see what that looks like. I’m not sure that we’ve done that yet,” coach Josh McDaniels said.

Not since 1959 has an 0-3 NFL team had no company in the league's cellar, and the Raiders will seek to avoid their first 0-4 start since 2006 on Sunday when they host Wilson and the Broncos.

McDaniels is now 5-20 as a head coach since winning his first six games in 2009 with Denver, where he was fired less than a year later in the aftermath of a video scandal, a player's suicide and a 5-17 run that followed his 6-0 start.

Although he enjoyed enormous success as Brady's play designer and play caller in New England in the interim, McDaniels will head into Sunday's showdown against Denver having not won a game as an NFL head coach in 4,341 days.

DENVER (AP) — That Mount Rushmore of Quarterbacks in the loaded AFC West is off to a rather rocky start.Patrick Mahomes, Justin Herbert and Derek Carr all lost their Week 3 games, and Russell Wilson endured a career-high nine three-and-outs Sunday night before he finally flashed the magic that earned him a $245 million extension this month, quieting the Broncos' boobirds.Aside from the 80-yard, 12-play masterpiece that ended with Melvin Gordon's 1-yard touchdown run, Wilson directed a dozen drives that resulted in two long field goal attempts and 10 punts as the Broncos grinded out an 11-10 win over San Francisco.Wilson hasn't looked anything like the nine-time Pro Bowler he was with the Seahawks as he's thrown for just two touchdowns and scrambled for 22 yards. But Denver is 2-1 thanks to his back-to-back fourth-quarter comebacks against the Texans and 49ers, against whom he is now 17-4.Wilson looked like his vintage self when he rolled out left to buy time and hit Kendall Hinton for a 27-yard gain on the run, then scrambled up the middle for 12 yards on the game-winning drive.“It was kind of a surreal feeling,” center Lloyd Cushenberry said. "You see him make those plays in Seattle for so many years and now you’re on the field with him and watching him make these plays, scrambling and getting out of the pocket. The great throw he had to Kendall, it was one of those moments that you’ve seen for 10-plus years and him making those plays.“It was vintage Russell Wilson back in his form.”The Broncos now sit atop the AFC West alongside longtime division bully Kansas City after the Chiefs (2-1) flubbed their way to a 20-17 loss at Indianapolis.Wilson's choppy changeover in Denver shouldn't come as much of a surprise, and not entirely because of rookie coach Nathaniel Hackett's “Camp Cupcake” that featured very little hitting over the summer and his decision to keep his starters, including Wilson, on the sideline in the preseason.Peyton Manning lost three of his first five games in Denver a decade ago before leading the Broncos to a 13-3 record and their first of four consecutive playoff berths.After two decades of dominance in New England, Tom Brady started out 7-5 with Tampa Bay two years ago before propelling the Buccaneers to the top for his seventh Super Bowl ring.“When you look at it, Russell has been in one place for his whole career," Hackett said. “Then he comes here, he’s got a new coaching staff, new city, new fans, new press, new system, new people that he’s going out there and playing with. So it’s not as easy as just going out there with anybody and playing ball.”Hackett even had to hire a veteran assistant coach to help him manage the game operations better after a series of blunders the first two weeks of the season that included taking the ball out of Wilson's hands for a 64-yard field goal try by Brandon McManus that missed, leaving the Seahawks 17-16 winners in Wilson's homecoming on opening weekend.“We’re all working through all kinds of things," Hackett said. "I’m working through things with him. I’m making sure I’m calling the proper plays for him, that the players are running the right routes, and it’s just that whole thing, everybody working together."There’s been some good and there’s been some bad. We just have to make sure we have more good than bad as we continue to move forward.”Speaking of questionable decisions, Mahomes got into a heated sideline spat with Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy on Sunday for not being aggressive at the end of the first half .“I wanted to go for the score; that's just who I am,” Mahomes explained afterward.The Chiefs didn't even try to score from their 36 with 30 seconds left, leading to Mahomes' animated discussion with Bieniemy before head coach Andy Reid got between them.And how about Chargers coach Brandon Staley, who kept Herbert in the game down four touchdowns Sunday despite battered ribs in a 38-10 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars?A trendy pick to win the Super Bowl, the Chargers are 1-2 and look nothing like championship contenders as Herbert plays through fractured rib cartilage.In even worse shape are the Raiders (0-3), whose 24-22 loss to Tennessee on Sunday when Carr failed to covert a 2-point pass with 1:14 remaining left Las Vegas as the NFL's only winless team through three weeks.The Raiders' trio of losses are by a combined 13 points.“I’m looking for us to try to improve and play a full 60-minute game, where we actually start well, play well in all three phases, see what that looks like. I’m not sure that we’ve done that yet,” coach Josh McDaniels said.Not since 1959 has an 0-3 NFL team had no company in the league's cellar, and the Raiders will seek to avoid their first 0-4 start since 2006 on Sunday when they host Wilson and the Broncos.McDaniels is now 5-20 as a head coach since winning his first six games in 2009 with Denver, where he was fired less than a year later in the aftermath of a video scandal, a player's suicide and a 5-17 run that followed his 6-0 start.Although he enjoyed enormous success as Brady's play designer and play caller in New England in the interim, McDaniels will head into Sunday's showdown against Denver having not won a game as an NFL head coach in 4,341 days.

Analysis: Mount Rushmore of QBs off to a rather rocky start

DETROIT (AP) — Harold Castro singled in the winning run with two outs in the 10th inning after tying it with a two-run single in the eighth in the Detroit Tigers' 4-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night.

Tucker Barnhart bunted pinch-runner Ryan Kreidler to third and Anthony Misiewicz (3-2) intentionally walked pinch-hitter Eric Haase.

Riley Greene struck out, and the Royals decided to walk Javy Báez to pitch to Castro with the bases loaded. He hit a soft grounder up the middle to win it.

“We were getting in the shower as soon as they walked Javy,” Spencer Torkelson said. “It was like, ‘All right, we’re getting to Hittin' Harold.' We have all the confidence in the world."

Baez has struck out 143 times this year, including in a key situation in the eighth, but Royals manager Mike Matheny said he never considered pitching to him with the left-handed Misiewicz on the mound.

“We were going to make their lefties beat us,” he said. “Baez is a right-handed hitter who hits lefties really well. Anthony made a good pitch — (catcher Salvador Perez) was going down to block hit, but (Castro) got a piece of it.”

Castro also helped with his glove. In the top of the 10th, Bobby Witt Jr. led off with a bouncer down the third-base line. Castro made a diving stop and, while he didn't have a play on Witt, was able to hold automatic runner MJ Melendez at second.

Alex Lange (6-4) retired Salvador Perez before getting Vinnie Pasquatino to bounce into an inning-ending double play.

The Tigers trailed 3-0 after seven innings against Zack Greinke, then tied it against Dylan Coleman in the eighth.

Torkelson started the inning with a walk, then beat third baseman Nate Eaton's throw to second on a groundball. After Tucker Barnhart lined out, Akil Baddoo's bunt single loaded the bases. Riley Greene grounded softly to Eaton, but his throw home pulled Salvador Perez off the bag.

Báez struck out, but Castro lined a 2-2 pitch to left for a tying single. Carlos Hernández came in to retire Miguel Cabrera to keep it tied.

“If you want a single, Harold is the guy you want up there,” Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said. “He does an incredible job of getting a piece of the ball and getting it onto the outfield grass. (Torkelson) made a couple nice baserunning plays in that inning and Akil got down that bunt on his own."

“Zack pitched a vintage Zack game today,” Matheny said. “I don't even look at the velocity when he's pitching — it is all about pitch shape for him. I just watch how the hitters are reacting to him.”

Tigers starter Joey Wentz allowed three runs in five innings.

The Royals took a 2-0 lead in the second on Dozier's home run — his 10th in 32 career games at Comerica Park and extended the margin to 3-0 on Nate Eaton's RBI triple in the fourth.

“I have no idea why I hit so well here,” said Dozier, who has only homered once against the Tigers at home. “I like this park - it's a fun place to play - so maybe I see the ball better here. I don't really know.”

Kansas City could have given Greinke a bigger lead. After stranding runners in scoring position in the first two innings, Edward Oliveres hit a two-out double that would have easily scored Vinnie Pasquatino from first, but the ball hopped over the fence for a ground-rule double and Dozier struck out.

In the fourth, Eaton was on third with one out after his triple, but second baseman Jonathan Schoop made a spectacular play to snag MJ Melendez's line drive, spin and throw to third for an inning-ending double play.

“We had a couple chances to score more runs, but we still got the game to the situation we wanted,” Matheny said. “We had a runner on second and our 2-3-4 hitters coming up in the 10th. We just didn't get it done.”

The bullpen cost Greinke his 14th win against the Tigers, which would have matched the most he has against any team — he has 14 against the Rockies, Padres and Giants. He picked up the first 13 wins against Detroit early in his career, last beating the Tigers on Sept. 9, 2012, while with the Angels. His 2.36 ERA at Comerica Park is the lowest of any active pitcher (min. 75 IP).

Game 2 of the three-game set is Wednesday night, with Detroit's Matt Manning (2-3, 3.43) facing Daniel Lynch (4-11, 5.06).

DETROIT (AP) — Harold Castro singled in the winning run with two outs in the 10th inning after tying it with a two-run single in the eighth in the Detroit Tigers' 4-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night.Tucker Barnhart bunted pinch-runner Ryan Kreidler to third and Anthony Misiewicz (3-2) intentionally walked pinch-hitter Eric Haase.Riley Greene struck out, and the Royals decided to walk Javy Báez to pitch to Castro with the bases loaded. He hit a soft grounder up the middle to win it.“We were getting in the shower as soon as they walked Javy,” Spencer Torkelson said. “It was like, ‘All right, we’re getting to Hittin' Harold.' We have all the confidence in the world."Baez has struck out 143 times this year, including in a key situation in the eighth, but Royals manager Mike Matheny said he never considered pitching to him with the left-handed Misiewicz on the mound.“We were going to make their lefties beat us,” he said. “Baez is a right-handed hitter who hits lefties really well. Anthony made a good pitch — (catcher Salvador Perez) was going down to block hit, but (Castro) got a piece of it.”Castro also helped with his glove. In the top of the 10th, Bobby Witt Jr. led off with a bouncer down the third-base line. Castro made a diving stop and, while he didn't have a play on Witt, was able to hold automatic runner MJ Melendez at second.Alex Lange (6-4) retired Salvador Perez before getting Vinnie Pasquatino to bounce into an inning-ending double play.The Tigers trailed 3-0 after seven innings against Zack Greinke, then tied it against Dylan Coleman in the eighth.Torkelson started the inning with a walk, then beat third baseman Nate Eaton's throw to second on a groundball. After Tucker Barnhart lined out, Akil Baddoo's bunt single loaded the bases. Riley Greene grounded softly to Eaton, but his throw home pulled Salvador Perez off the bag.Báez struck out, but Castro lined a 2-2 pitch to left for a tying single. Carlos Hernández came in to retire Miguel Cabrera to keep it tied.“If you want a single, Harold is the guy you want up there,” Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said. “He does an incredible job of getting a piece of the ball and getting it onto the outfield grass. (Torkelson) made a couple nice baserunning plays in that inning and Akil got down that bunt on his own."Greinke allowed four singles and a walk.“Zack pitched a vintage Zack game today,” Matheny said. “I don't even look at the velocity when he's pitching — it is all about pitch shape for him. I just watch how the hitters are reacting to him.”Tigers starter Joey Wentz allowed three runs in five innings.The Royals took a 2-0 lead in the second on Dozier's home run — his 10th in 32 career games at Comerica Park and extended the margin to 3-0 on Nate Eaton's RBI triple in the fourth.“I have no idea why I hit so well here,” said Dozier, who has only homered once against the Tigers at home. “I like this park - it's a fun place to play - so maybe I see the ball better here. I don't really know.”Kansas City could have given Greinke a bigger lead. After stranding runners in scoring position in the first two innings, Edward Oliveres hit a two-out double that would have easily scored Vinnie Pasquatino from first, but the ball hopped over the fence for a ground-rule double and Dozier struck out.In the fourth, Eaton was on third with one out after his triple, but second baseman Jonathan Schoop made a spectacular play to snag MJ Melendez's line drive, spin and throw to third for an inning-ending double play.“We had a couple chances to score more runs, but we still got the game to the situation we wanted,” Matheny said. “We had a runner on second and our 2-3-4 hitters coming up in the 10th. We just didn't get it done.”GREINKE AGAINST DETROITThe bullpen cost Greinke his 14th win against the Tigers, which would have matched the most he has against any team — he has 14 against the Rockies, Padres and Giants. He picked up the first 13 wins against Detroit early in his career, last beating the Tigers on Sept. 9, 2012, while with the Angels. His 2.36 ERA at Comerica Park is the lowest of any active pitcher (min. 75 IP).UP NEXTGame 2 of the three-game set is Wednesday night, with Detroit's Matt Manning (2-3, 3.43) facing Daniel Lynch (4-11, 5.06).

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DENVER (AP) — The Denver Broncos went three-and-out nine times against the San Francisco 49ers, the most in Russell Wilson’s 11-year career. And only once did they get anywhere near the end zone.

“In the fourth quarter, when it mattered most, we clicked,” Wilson said after leading the lone long touchdown drive that powered the Broncos past the 49ers 11-10 Sunday night.

Wilson has gotten off to a slow start with his new team as he tries to mesh his style that embraces off-schedule plays when defenses break down with the philosophies of rookie head coach Nathaniel Hackett, whose version of the West Coast offense is predicated on quick throws.

Wilson has just three touchdown passes in three games and he has rushed for just 22 yards.

But he has engineered back-to-back fourth-quarter comebacks over Houston and San Francisco, and the Broncos are tied atop the AFC West with Kansas City at 2-1 after the Chiefs, Chargers and Raiders all lost Sunday.

Midway through the fourth quarter Sunday night, Wilson finally looked like the quarterback who signed a $245 million extension before he’d even taken a single snap for the Broncos.

On third-and-10 from his own 33, Wilson bought time in the pocket by spinning to his left and launching a 27-yard pass on the run to Kendall Hinton at the San Francisco 40.

“I guess I can still go left,” Wilson said in a potshot at his former coach in Seattle, Pete Carroll, who gloated after the Seahawks’ 17-16 win over Denver in Week 1 that he schemed to get Wilson moving to his left.

Three plays later, on third-and-6, Wilson found his receivers covered, stepped up and darted through the line for a 12-yard gain — by far his longest run of 2022.

“Really in the fourth quarter, I had to kind of use my legs and take over,” Wilson said. “Just try to move around and find some first downs.”

One play after that, he audibled out of a run call and hit Courtland Sutton in 1-on-1 coverage at the 5-yard line, and Melvin Gordon took it in from the 1 two plays later to put Denver ahead for the first time.

“That was pretty huge how he walked into the end zone there,” Wilson said after the Broncos’ first red zone touchdown in seven tries this season.

Wilson’s 2-point conversion pass was batted down, leaving the Broncos vulnerable to a game-winning field goal attempt. Robbie Gould never got that opportunity because Denver’s stingy defense recorded two more takeaways: Jonas Griffith’s interception of Jimmy Garoppolo’s pass and Kareem Jackson’s recovery of running back Jeff Wilson Jr.’s fumble.

“This atmosphere felt like a playoff atmosphere,” Wilson said. “That’s what we need. It means a lot to us as players to obviously go against a great team like that. We’re still all learning each other — it’s a whole new system. Everyone is coming together but there’s so much greatness in store. I can’t wait for it.

“Just watching out defense battle, battle, battle against a really good offense and then giving us a chance. And everybody just believes in each other. That’s what football is all about.”

Denver’s defense, which is allowing just 12 points a game.

“I don’t want to get too brash in saying this,” suggested Chubb, “but we’re the best in the (expletive) league.”

Denver’s offense. It’s still sputtering and the Broncos are going to need to average more than 14.3 points a game if they have a realistic chance of keeping up with Patrick Mahomes in the AFC West.

Broncos defensive coordinator Ejoro Evero. At this rate, Hackett will lose him to a head coaching opportunity sooner than anyone might have imagined. ... Punter Corliss Waitman averaged nearly 48 yards on 10 punts and six times buried the 49ers inside their 20-yard line.

Albert Okwuegbunam’s 12-yard catch was the only one by Denver’s tight ends (who were only targeted three times).

DT DJ Jones is in concussion protocol. ... RT Billy Turner still hasn’t been active for his comeback from offseason knee surgery.

5 — The number of penalties on Denver, for 30 yards, after the Broncos were whistled for a league-high 25 infractions through the first two weeks.

The Broncos visit the winless Raiders (0-3) and if Hackett wants to quiet the boo-birds he cannot hand Josh McDaniels his first win as a head coach since Nov. 24, 2010, when his brief stay in Denver was quickly winding down.

DENVER (AP) — The Denver Broncos went three-and-out nine times against the San Francisco 49ers, the most in Russell Wilson’s 11-year career. And only once did they get anywhere near the end zone.“In the fourth quarter, when it mattered most, we clicked,” Wilson said after leading the lone long touchdown drive that powered the Broncos past the 49ers 11-10 Sunday night.Wilson has gotten off to a slow start with his new team as he tries to mesh his style that embraces off-schedule plays when defenses break down with the philosophies of rookie head coach Nathaniel Hackett, whose version of the West Coast offense is predicated on quick throws.Wilson has just three touchdown passes in three games and he has rushed for just 22 yards.But he has engineered back-to-back fourth-quarter comebacks over Houston and San Francisco, and the Broncos are tied atop the AFC West with Kansas City at 2-1 after the Chiefs, Chargers and Raiders all lost Sunday.Midway through the fourth quarter Sunday night, Wilson finally looked like the quarterback who signed a $245 million extension before he’d even taken a single snap for the Broncos.On third-and-10 from his own 33, Wilson bought time in the pocket by spinning to his left and launching a 27-yard pass on the run to Kendall Hinton at the San Francisco 40.“I guess I can still go left,” Wilson said in a potshot at his former coach in Seattle, Pete Carroll, who gloated after the Seahawks’ 17-16 win over Denver in Week 1 that he schemed to get Wilson moving to his left.Three plays later, on third-and-6, Wilson found his receivers covered, stepped up and darted through the line for a 12-yard gain — by far his longest run of 2022.“Really in the fourth quarter, I had to kind of use my legs and take over,” Wilson said. “Just try to move around and find some first downs.”One play after that, he audibled out of a run call and hit Courtland Sutton in 1-on-1 coverage at the 5-yard line, and Melvin Gordon took it in from the 1 two plays later to put Denver ahead for the first time.“That was pretty huge how he walked into the end zone there,” Wilson said after the Broncos’ first red zone touchdown in seven tries this season.Wilson’s 2-point conversion pass was batted down, leaving the Broncos vulnerable to a game-winning field goal attempt. Robbie Gould never got that opportunity because Denver’s stingy defense recorded two more takeaways: Jonas Griffith’s interception of Jimmy Garoppolo’s pass and Kareem Jackson’s recovery of running back Jeff Wilson Jr.’s fumble.“This atmosphere felt like a playoff atmosphere,” Wilson said. “That’s what we need. It means a lot to us as players to obviously go against a great team like that. We’re still all learning each other — it’s a whole new system. Everyone is coming together but there’s so much greatness in store. I can’t wait for it.“Just watching out defense battle, battle, battle against a really good offense and then giving us a chance. And everybody just believes in each other. That’s what football is all about.”WHAT’S WORKINGDenver’s defense, which is allowing just 12 points a game.“I don’t want to get too brash in saying this,” suggested Chubb, “but we’re the best in the (expletive) league.”WHAT NEEDS WORKDenver’s offense. It’s still sputtering and the Broncos are going to need to average more than 14.3 points a game if they have a realistic chance of keeping up with Patrick Mahomes in the AFC West.STOCK UPBroncos defensive coordinator Ejoro Evero. At this rate, Hackett will lose him to a head coaching opportunity sooner than anyone might have imagined. ... Punter Corliss Waitman averaged nearly 48 yards on 10 punts and six times buried the 49ers inside their 20-yard line.STOCK DOWNAlbert Okwuegbunam’s 12-yard catch was the only one by Denver’s tight ends (who were only targeted three times).INJURIESDT DJ Jones is in concussion protocol. ... RT Billy Turner still hasn’t been active for his comeback from offseason knee surgery.KEY NUMBER5 — The number of penalties on Denver, for 30 yards, after the Broncos were whistled for a league-high 25 infractions through the first two weeks.NEXT STEPSThe Broncos visit the winless Raiders (0-3) and if Hackett wants to quiet the boo-birds he cannot hand Josh McDaniels his first win as a head coach since Nov. 24, 2010, when his brief stay in Denver was quickly winding down.

Russell Wilson shows Broncos he still has it in crunch time

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs' stunning loss to the Indianapolis Colts was special in all the wrong ways.

There was the fumbled punt that led to a touchdown. The near-fumble that backed them up to their own goal line. The missed field goal and missed extra point. The head-scratching decision to try a fake field goal rather than put the ball in the hands of one of the league's best quarterbacks. And lousy kick returns that led to more poor field position.

To put it bluntly: The Chiefs' special teams were an abject disaster in their 20-17 loss on Sunday in Indianapolis.

“Listen, in the NFL the parity is crazy,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid said, "so any mistakes get magnified, and that’s just how it goes. So we have to clean that up. We have to clean it up. We’ll get that taken care of.”

It would help to get Harrison Butker, one of the league's best kickers, back from an ankle that he sprained on the shoddy turf in Arizona. The Chiefs have been forced to use fill-in Matt Ammendola the past two weeks, and while he was solid in a win over the Chargers, he showed Sunday exactly why he wasn't on a roster at the end of training camp.

His missed extra point kept Kansas City from tying the game late in the first quarter, and it may have played into Reid's decision to try a fake field goal on fourth-and-11 from the Colts 24 early in the fourth quarter. Tommy Townsend, the holder, wound up throwing an incomplete pass on a play that wouldn't have picked up the first down anyway.

Pressed on the decision, Reid replied: "I probably should not have done that.”

Given what happened, maybe going for it on fourth down was a good idea — though perhaps with the ball in Patrick Mahomes' hands instead.

In any case, the Chiefs sent Ammendola back out with 8 1/2 minutes to go, but his 34-yard field-goal try was wide, keeping the game 17-13; those points would have forced overtime the way the game played out.

“Obviously we missed some kicks and stuff like that,” Mahomes said, “but the end of the day we had multiple opportunities to score. We have to find ways to get the ball in the end zone, and that starts with me.”

The Chiefs have to get Mahomes the ball first.

After their defense made a nice stand to start the game, rookie Skyy Moore fumbled the punt, and the Colts needed to go just 4 yards for a touchdown. He nearly whiffed on the next punt, too, which left the Chiefs with the ball nearly on their own goal line, and they promptly went three-and-out and gave it right back.

Sure, a personal foul penalty on defensive tackle Chris Jones on the drive on which the Colts scored the go-ahead touchdown in the waning minutes was critical. Yes, the offense squandered far too many opportunities.

More than anything else, though, it was special teams that truly let Kansas City down on Sunday.

The defense held Colts running back Jonathan Taylor to 21 carries for 71 yards, and it held Matt Ryan in check until their final drive. And even on that drive, the Chiefs had forced a punt when Jones — in a foolish mistake — was flagged for taunting Ryan, giving Indianapolis a fresh set of downs and ultimately leading to its go-ahead touchdown.

Obviously special teams need help. But so does the offense, which reached the end zone twice, but otherwise struggled to finish off drives.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs' stunning loss to the Indianapolis Colts was special in all the wrong ways.There was the fumbled punt that led to a touchdown. The near-fumble that backed them up to their own goal line. The missed field goal and missed extra point. The head-scratching decision to try a fake field goal rather than put the ball in the hands of one of the league's best quarterbacks. And lousy kick returns that led to more poor field position.To put it bluntly: The Chiefs' special teams were an abject disaster in their 20-17 loss on Sunday in Indianapolis.“Listen, in the NFL the parity is crazy,” Chiefs coach Andy Reid said, "so any mistakes get magnified, and that’s just how it goes. So we have to clean that up. We have to clean it up. We’ll get that taken care of.”It would help to get Harrison Butker, one of the league's best kickers, back from an ankle that he sprained on the shoddy turf in Arizona. The Chiefs have been forced to use fill-in Matt Ammendola the past two weeks, and while he was solid in a win over the Chargers, he showed Sunday exactly why he wasn't on a roster at the end of training camp.His missed extra point kept Kansas City from tying the game late in the first quarter, and it may have played into Reid's decision to try a fake field goal on fourth-and-11 from the Colts 24 early in the fourth quarter. Tommy Townsend, the holder, wound up throwing an incomplete pass on a play that wouldn't have picked up the first down anyway.Pressed on the decision, Reid replied: "I probably should not have done that.”Given what happened, maybe going for it on fourth down was a good idea — though perhaps with the ball in Patrick Mahomes' hands instead.In any case, the Chiefs sent Ammendola back out with 8 1/2 minutes to go, but his 34-yard field-goal try was wide, keeping the game 17-13; those points would have forced overtime the way the game played out.“Obviously we missed some kicks and stuff like that,” Mahomes said, “but the end of the day we had multiple opportunities to score. We have to find ways to get the ball in the end zone, and that starts with me.”The Chiefs have to get Mahomes the ball first.After their defense made a nice stand to start the game, rookie Skyy Moore fumbled the punt, and the Colts needed to go just 4 yards for a touchdown. He nearly whiffed on the next punt, too, which left the Chiefs with the ball nearly on their own goal line, and they promptly went three-and-out and gave it right back.Sure, a personal foul penalty on defensive tackle Chris Jones on the drive on which the Colts scored the go-ahead touchdown in the waning minutes was critical. Yes, the offense squandered far too many opportunities.More than anything else, though, it was special teams that truly let Kansas City down on Sunday.WHAT’S WORKINGThe defense held Colts running back Jonathan Taylor to 21 carries for 71 yards, and it held Matt Ryan in check until their final drive. And even on that drive, the Chiefs had forced a punt when Jones — in a foolish mistake — was flagged for taunting Ryan, giving Indianapolis a fresh set of downs and ultimately leading to its go-ahead touchdown.WHAT NEEDS HELPObviously special teams need help. But so does the offense, which reached the end zone twice, but otherwise struggled to finish off drives.Mahomes was held to 262 yards passing while throwing his first interception of the season, when Kansas City was trying frantically to get into position for a tying field goal in the final seconds.STOCK UPJuJu Smith-Schuster had been relatively quiet through the first two weeks of the season, but the high-profile free-agent acquisition had his best game in a Chiefs uniform on Sunday. He caught five passes for 89 yards.STOCK DOWNJones only had two tackles and one tackle-for-loss in the game, and maybe his inability to get to the quarterback allowed his frustration to boil over. Whatever the reason, the personal foul penalty in the closing minutes was inexcusable.INJUREDThe Chiefs came out of the game relatively unscathed. Now, they need to hope Butker's sore ankle is better by Sunday.KEY NUMBER7 — If the Chiefs would have converted their two field goals, instead of missing one and trying a fake on the other, and made their missed PAT, that would have added up to seven points. And would have been enough to win the game.NEXT STEPSThe Chiefs hit the road for the third time in the first four weeks when they visit Tampa Bay on Sunday. The Buccaneers have hardly looked like the same dynamic outfit that routed Kansas City in the Super Bowl a couple of years ago, losing 14-12 to the Packers on Sunday in a game that often seemed as if nobody wanted to win.