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Toronto Blue Jays host the Kansas City Royals Saturday
Kansas Metropolis Royals (36-54, fifth within the AL Central) vs. Toronto Blue Jays (48-43, fourth within the AL East)
Toronto; Saturday, 3:07 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Daniel Lynch (0-0); Blue Jays: TBD
BOTTOM LINE: The Toronto Blue Jays host the Kansas Metropolis Royals on Saturday.
Toronto is 48-43 total and 28-19 at house. The Blue Jays have gone 24-13 in video games once they hit at the very least two house runs.
Kansas Metropolis has a 17-27 report on the street and a 36-54 report total. The Royals have the sixth-ranked crew batting common within the AL at .243.
Saturday’s sport is the sixth assembly between these groups this season. The Blue Jays are forward 3-2 within the season sequence.
TOP PERFORMERS: Vladimir Guerrero Jr. leads the Blue Jays with 20 house runs whereas slugging .478. Teoscar Hernandez is 14-for-38 with three doubles, 4 house runs and 11 RBI over the previous 10 video games.
Bobby Witt Jr. has 18 doubles, 5 triples and 13 house runs for the Royals. Emmanuel Rivera is 11-for-34 with three doubles and two RBI over the past 10 video games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Blue Jays: 4-6, .294 batting common, 3.10 ERA, outscored opponents by one run
Royals: 6-4, .270 batting common, 3.89 ERA, outscored by eight runs
INJURIES: Blue Jays: Yusei Kikuchi: 15-Day IL (neck), Julian Merryweather: 60-Day IL (facet), Tayler Saucedo: 60-Day IL (hip), Hyun-Jin Ryu: 60-Day IL (forearm), Andrew Vasquez: 15-Day IL (ankle), Nate Pearson: 60-Day IL (mono)
Royals: Daniel Lynch: day-to-day (blister), Jon Heasley: 15-Day IL (shoudler), Salvador Perez: 10-Day IL (thumb), Jake Brentz: 60-Day IL (flexor), Adalberto Mondesi: 60-Day IL (knee), Tyler Zuber: 60-Day IL (shoulder)
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Buffalo Bills advance to face Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Championship game
With their thrilling 27-25 win over the Ravens, the Buffalo Bills have advanced to the AFC Championship game for the first time since 2020.
Buffalo will travel to face Kansas City Chiefs on Jan. 26 at 6:30 p.m. with a trip to Super Bowl LIX on the line. This marks the 4th time in the last 5th seasons that the Bills and Chiefs will meet in the playoffs.
The Bills defense forced 3 turnovers in their victory over the Ravens in the AFC Divisional Game. Buffalo intercepted Ravens QB Lamar Jackson once, forced a fumble on Jackson and forced a fumble on TE Mark Andrews.
QB Josh Allen ran for two touchdowns and RB Ray Davis ran for his first career postseason TD.
The Bills and Chiefs met in Buffalo earlier this season with the Bills taking home a 30-21 win.
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Brooke Shields joined Donna Kelce — and became part of Taylor Swift’s entourage — at Kansas City Chiefs’ playoff game
Brooke Shields joined Donna Kelce and Taylor Swift in cheering for Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs at Saturday’s playoff game.
The actress was all smiles alongside the Kelce matriarch during the team’s game against the Houston Texans at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., per a photo posted to her Instagram Story.
Shields dolled up in pink-rimmed glasses and a red Chiefs jacket with Travis’ number, 87.
Donna, meanwhile, kept warm in a red flannel shirt underneath a black jacket.
“With @donnakelce! Let’s go @chiefs & @killatrav!!” the actress captioned the post.
Shields, 59, attended the game to promote her GSK and Thrive@50+ partnership to raise awareness for shingles in women over 50 years old.
“I’m in Kansas City to cheer on the Chiefs,” she said in a joint Instagram video with the brand, noting the “vibe for the game today is cozy yet chic.”
Donna, 72, also joined the campaign, saying in another video with the company that she takes care of her health so she can be there for her sons, Travis and Jason Kelce.
“And you know me, I’ll never miss a chance to support my boys,” she said.
While Shields wasn’t pictured with Swift, 35, at the game, the 14-time Grammy winner cheered on her beau from Travis’ VIP suite.
The “Lover” songstress showed up wearing $22,000 worth of Chanel, including a tweed jacket, zip-up romper and pearl belt.
She was joined by WNBA star Caitlin Clark, who was decked out in Chiefs red for the outing.
At one point during the game, Swift and Clark embraced while jumping up and down celebrating Travis’ touchdown in the fourth quarter.
After winning, Travis, 35, confessed he was feeling “22, baby” while chatting with a reporter in the locker room.
The NFL star’s comment was a nod to Swift’s 2012 track “22” from her “Red” album.
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K-State’s Coleman Hawkins On Kansas Loss: ‘I Feel Like We Should’ve Won’
The Kansas State basketball team has lost games in just about every way possible this season.
Close calls. Blowouts. Turnovers. Free throws.
On Saturday, the loss to rival Kansas stung the most because it was a game the Wildcats felt was winnable.
“I think if we don’t come out to the slow start like we did, we win,” senior Coleman Hawkins said. “I won’t consider anything different, the name on the front of the jersey. Honestly, I feel like we should’ve won this game. It’s a rivalry game but regardless, I feel like we should have won. I’m not into moral victories. I want to win but we’re going to have to move on. We’ll see them again.”
The Wildcats never recovered from the Jayhawks’ 14-0 run to start the game. Kansas State took some solace in rallying to keep it close in the second half. The Wildcats pulled to within six points on two occasions but it wasn’t enough.
The next step is for the Wildcats to regroup after a slow start to the Big 12 season. They have lost eight of nine, including five straight.
“Life throws things at you and you man up,” Kansas State coach Jerome Tang said. “You believe in who you are and what you’re about and move onto the next thing … We don’t have guys who hang their heads. These are high character dudes.”
Shandel Richardson is the publisher of Kansas State Wildcats On SI. He can be reached at shandelrich@gmail.com
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