Emporia State split a double header at Pittsburg State on Tuesday to take the season series from the Gorillas. The Hornets won 9-2 in the night cap after a 5-0 loss in the first game to remain in third place in the MIAA.

Creighton center fielder Mike Gerber went 3-for-5 with three RBIs, while third baseman Federico Castagnini collected four runs batted in as the Bluejays unloaded on Kansas, 12-4, Tuesday night at TD Ameritrade Park.

Jason Heyward, Justin Upton and Dan Uggla homered in the eighth inning, and Juan Francisco hit a pair of solo shots earlier in the game to help the Atlanta Braves win their 10th straight.

Pat Summerall, the NFL player-turned-broadcaster whose deep, resonate voice called games for more than 40 years, has died at the age of 82.

Kansas Athletics and the KU Alumni Association have partnered to bring the Kansas Football program and head coach Charlie Weis to Jayhawk fans across the Midwest.

The University of Kansas women’s track & field team will compete on its home track as the top-ranked team in the nation after the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) dubbed KU No. 1 for the fourth-consecutive week.

A long-awaited project that signifies another chapter in Kansas Athletics’ quest for excellence began with the ceremonial groundbreaking for Rock Chalk Park Tuesday morning.

Seniors Travis Releford and Jeff Withey highlighted the annual Kansas men’s basketball banquet before a capacity crowd of more than 600 at the Holiday Inn in Lawrence Monday evening.

Angel Goodrich, the all-time assist leader in Kansas history, became the sixth player in Kansas history to be chosen in the WNBA Draft, when the senior point guard was tabbed as the 29th pick overall by the Tulsa Shock in the third round of the 2013 WNBA Draft Monday night.

Senior Rodney McGruder captured three awards, including the Rolando Blackman Team Most Valuable Player Award, to highlight festivities at the annual Kansas State men’s basketball banquet held Monday night at the Hilton Garden Inn and Manhattan Conference Center.

Kansas State guard Brittany Chambers was selected with the 22nd overall selection in the second round of the 2013 WNBA Draft by the Los Angeles Sparks on Monday night at the WNBA’s annual draft event.

One of the explosive devices used in the Boston Marathon attack appears to have been placed in a metal pressure cooker packed with nails and ball bearings, CBS News has learned, as authorities appealed to the public Tuesday for amateur video and photos that might yield clues to the bombing.

Kansas head football coach Charlie Weis announced Monday morning that senior tight end Nick Sizemore has been suspended for the first three games of the 2013 season for a violation of team rules.

Lelisa Desisa of Ethiopia won the 117th edition of the Boston Marathon, which was later marred by a pair of deadly explosions. Rita Jeptoo was the women's winner. It was her second victory in Boston, and her first win in a major race since taking two years off to have a baby.

Head Coach Troy Biladeau, Co-Defensive Coordinator Mike VandeVelde, and Special Teams Coach Jarrod Rogol have been let go and a new coaching staff led by Former Head Coach Jim Green will take over starting immediately.

Pittsburg State's John Talbert was named the MIAA Men's Field Athlete of the Week while Emporia State's Gannon Mack was named the MIAA Track Athlete of the Week.

Emporia State pounded out 18 hits including 12 for extra bases in a 10-6 series clinching win over Northwest Missouri on Sunday at the Trusler Sports Complex.

Adam Scott finished the job this time, and put an end to more than a half-century of Australian misery at the Masters.

Ervin Santana kept the Kansas City Royals in the game, wiggling out of every jam that the Toronto Blue Jays created. Alex Gordon made all the work pay off.

The Ichabods came from behind with three runs in the bottom of the ninth in the opener against Southwest Baptist and then broke a tie in the bottom of the seventh as they swept the Bearcats Sunday at Falley Field.

Senior Kevin Kuntz’s RBI groundout in the bottom of the sixth brought home Tucker Tharp with the go-ahead run and three Jayhawk relievers held Texas scoreless over the final four innings as Kansas earned a 4-3 victory over the Longhorns Sunday in the rubber game of the three-game set at Hoglund Ballpark.

Blake McFadden tossed six solid innings with a career-best five strikeouts while Jared King recorded a season-high four hits, including his fourth home run of the year, as Kansas State defeated Iowa, 5-3, in the rubber match of a three-game series Sunday afternoon at Duane Banks Field.

Eight runs on seven hits in the top of the third highlighted the Kansas offense’s grand reentrance as the Jayhawks claimed a lopsided 11-1 victory in five innings for the series win over Furman Sunday morning at the Pepsi Softball Stadium.

The Kansas City Royals acquired James Shields to anchor their rotation. Even aces need run support.

After finding out Jose Reyes likely will be sidelined until the All-Star break, R.A. Dickey won his first game for the Toronto Blue Jays.