SB Nation Kansas City - Cowtown Rundown: Kansas City Sports News 8/30https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48935/kc-fave.png2010-08-30T07:35:05-05:00http://kansascity.sbnation.com/rss/stream/14221862010-08-30T07:35:05-05:002010-08-30T07:35:05-05:00Cowtown Rundown: Kansas City Sports News 8/30
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<p><b>Royals young guys help salvage one in Cleveland</b></p>
<p>The Kansas City Royals young players -- Mitch Maier, Alex Gordon and Kila Ka'aihue -- helped propel them to victory against the Cleveland Indians.</p>
<p>Maier had a pair of RBIs and Ka'aihue had one, too. Gordon had two hits.</p>
<p>The Royals<a href="http://kansascity.sbnation.com/2010/8/30/1658142/royals-indians-mitch-maier-alex-gordon"> won one of three</a> against the Indians. The battle for fourth place continues.</p>
<p>Check out Royals Review for more <a target="_blank" href="http://www.royalsreview.com">Royals news</a>.</p>
<p><b>Chiefs cut four, cut down day coming</b></p>
<p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="https://www.arrowheadpride.com/">Kansas City Chiefs</a> on Sunday<a href="http://kansascity.sbnation.com/2010/8/29/1657007/nfl-roster-cuts-kansas-city-chiefs"> released four players</a>: T/G <span>Tyler Eastman</span>, RB Kestahn Moore, TE <span>Cody Slate</span> and QB <span>Bill Stull</span>.</p>
<p>They are now at 76 roster players which means by 3:00 p.m. (CDT) on Tuesday, Aug. 31, they'll need to make one more cut to get down to 75 players.</p>
<p>On Sept. 4, they'll need to be down to 53 so there are a lot of nervous folks inside Arrowhead right about now.</p>
<p>Check out Arrowhead Pride for more <a target="_blank" href="http://www.arrowheadpride.com">Chiefs news</a>.</p>
<p><b>Quite a month for Mizzou</b></p>
<p>Here's how the month shook out for Mizzou football:</p>
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<li>Assistant coach Bruce Walker arrested for DWI</li>
<li>LB Will Ebner arrested for DWI</li>
<li>RB Derrick Washington suspended, accused of sexual assault</li>
<li>CB Munir Prince carted off field with neck injury</li>
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<p>Yeah...it's been a long month. It appears that Washington's suspension will be the one that hurts the most. That could change the course of the Tigers season.</p>
<p>Check out Rock M Nation for more <a target="_blank" href="http://www.rockmnation.com">Mizzou football news</a>.</p>
<p><b>Gill's new coaching style</b></p>
<p>The last KU football coach, Mark Mangino, gave off the perception that he didn't care about his players because he was so rough.</p>
<p>In light of Mangino, I found <a href="http://www.kansascity.com/2010/08/28/2176330/turning-point-gill-brings-new.html#ixzz0y5lDvVg2">this passage from a recent KC Star article</a> about Turner Gill interesting:</p>
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<p>Recently, sophomore receiver Bradley McDougald was leaving the practice field when Gill pulled him aside.</p>
<p>"How am I doing?" Gill asked him.</p>
<p>McDougald was speechless.</p>
<p>"It was the first time I’ve ever had a coach ask me how they were doing," McDougald says. "I didn’t really know how to answer the question."</p>
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<p>Check out Rock Chalk Talk for more <a target="_blank" href="http://www.rockchalktalk.com">KU football news</a>.</p>
https://kansascity.sbnation.com/2010/8/30/2320143/cowtown-rundown-kansas-city-sports-news-8-30Joel Thorman