SB Nation Kansas City - Cowtown Rundown: Kansas City Sports News 8/19https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48935/kc-fave.png2010-08-19T07:55:17-05:00http://kansascity.sbnation.com/rss/stream/13953082010-08-19T07:55:17-05:002010-08-19T07:55:17-05:00Cowtown Rundown: Kansas City Sports News 8/19
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<p><i>Here's your daily dose of Kansas City sports news....</i></p>
<p><b>Royals win again, three in a row</b></p>
<p>The Royals beat the Indians 9-7 on Wednesday night.</p>
<p>That means they've won three games in a row and two against the Indians. As Lou Brown would say, "That's called a winning streak."</p>
<p>The Royals will send out Kyle Davies tonight to try for the sweep.</p>
<p>Also, Bruce Chen's victory makes him tied with Zack Greinke for the team lead in wins.</p>
<p>Who would have thought that?</p>
<p>Check out Royals Review for more <a target="_blank" href="http://www.royalsreview.com">Royals news.</a></p>
<p><b>3,000 at <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.arrowheadpride.com/">Chiefs</a> night practice</b></p>
<p>The Chiefs held a nice practice on Wednesday and it was attended by just 3,000 people. The first night practice had in the neighborhood of 8,000 people while a scrimmage brought in over 10,000.</p>
<p>The defense looked ahead of the offense on Wednesday evening with the quarterbacks throwing a few picks. There was however a nice, deep ball from <span>Matt Cassel</span> to <span>Tony Moeaki</span> that would have gone for six. That was the catch of the day.</p>
<p>Before practice the entire team signed autographs for the fans. And then after practice of course they did, too.</p>
<p><span>Casey Wiegmann</span>, long-time Chief who had a two-year stint in Denver, was the last off the field.</p>
<p>Check out Arrowhead Pride for more <a target="_blank" href="http://www.arrowheadpride.com">Chiefs news</a>.</p>
<p><b>Blaine Gabbert is "dialed in"</b></p>
<p>Even though <a href="http://www.columbiatribune.com/weblogs/behind-the-stripes/2010/aug/18/bts-camp-report-one-and-done/">much of this is to be expected</a> considering he played so well last year, it's nice to hear that Blaine Gabbert is doing so well at Mizzou.</p>
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<p>Someone asked me the other day if freshman quarterback <a href="https://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/players/115134/James_Franklin" class="sbn-auto-link">James Franklin</a> is putting any heat on Gabbert for the No. 1 job, and here’s how I handicap the QB derby: Franklin is gradually distancing himself from the other backup candidates for the No. 2 job … but the gap between Gabbert and Franklin for the No. 1 job is separated by miles.</p>
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<p>Gabbert will be a first round pick in the NFL next April. The only question at this point is whether he's going to be a top ten pick.</p>
<p>Check out Rock M Nation for more <a target="_blank" href="http://www.rockmnation.com">Mizzou football news</a>.</p>
<p><b>C.J. Henry leaving KU was a bad secret</b></p>
<p>So many folks knew that C.J. Henry was more than likely to leave Kansas, right?</p>
<p>After the news break I saw several folks refer to it as the "worst kept secret" and I tend to agree.</p>
<p>My only question is: Why wait so long? KU's season ended in March and he waited until late July to tell Bill Self he was leaving?</p>
<p>He's not a scholarship player so it's not a huge deal but I can't figure out why he would have waited.</p>
<p>Check out Rock Chalk Talk for more <a target="_blank" href="http://www.rockchalktalk.com">KU basketball news</a>.</p>
https://kansascity.sbnation.com/2010/8/19/2319565/cowtown-rundown-kansas-city-sports-news-8-19Joel Thorman