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By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Dylan Disu and Christian Bishop scored 15 points apiece and No. 7 Texas beat No. 22 TCU 66-60 in the Big 12 Tournament semifinals. The second-seeded Longhorns will play top-seeded Kansas for the championship on Saturday night. Texas played its second straight game without

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas coach Bill Self spoke to his team remotely during breakfast Friday, while the Hall of Famer continued his recovery from an emergency medical procedure earlier this week, and told the Jayhawks that he was proud of their quarterfinal performance in the Big 12

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Skylar Vann scored 21 points, including the game-winning layup with 2.2 seconds left and 14th-ranked Oklahoma avoided possibly the biggest upset in Big 12 Tournament history with a 77-76 win over TCU in the quarterfinals. The Horned Frogs appeared poised to be the first 10th-seed to ever beat a two-seed

By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — U.S. government regulators have stopped allowing a large part of the Keystone oil pipeline to operate at higher-than-normal pressures following a massive oil spill in northeastern Kansas in December. The order this week from the U.S. Department of Transportation covers 1,220 miles of the Keystone pipeline

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — DeYona Gaston scored 12 points and 15th-ranked Texas came to life in the second half to defeat Kansas State 60-42 in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament. After a miserable first half that saw the top-seeded Longhorns shoot 17% (5 of 30) and barely eke out an 18-all tie

By MARGARET STAFFORD and SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri law banning local police from enforcing federal gun laws is still in effect as a lawsuit to overturn it is appealed. U.S. District Judge Brian Wimes ruled the law will stay in effect until an appeals court gets a chance

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Terryn Milton made a go-ahead shot with 0.1 seconds left and Oklahoma State beat West Virginia 62-61 to advance to the semifinals of the Big 12 Conference Tournament. Milton took an inbounds pass with 13.3 second left. Her teammates cleared the right side of the lane and she cut back

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Otis Taylor, the longtime Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver who along with quarterback Len Dawson formed one of the NFL’s dynamic duos, died Thursday after more than a decade of health problems. He was 80. Taylor’s family, who had been caring for him as

By The Associated Press The Super Bowl champion Chiefs head into free agency with holes at left tackle, defensive end and in the wide receiver group, where three contributors are due to hit the market. They’ve expressed interest in bringing back JuJu Smith-Schuster but otherwise will be searching for help. They declined to use the

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — U.S. railroads were warned to take certain cars out of service Thursday after Norfolk Southern discovered loose wheels on a car involved in last weekend’s derailment in Ohio. It’s not clear that the loose wheels caused the derailment near Springfield last Saturday because the National

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Bob Huggins knows as well as anyone how difficult it must be for Kansas counterpart Bill Self, who went to the emergency room before the Big 12 Tournament and was hospitalized following an undisclosed procedure. Now the coach at West Virginia, Huggins went through

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Tomi Taiwo led a balanced attack with 13 points and 10th-seeded TCU, winner of just one conference game, upended seventh-seeded Kansas 57-52 in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament. Five days after closing the regular season with an 84-61 home loss to Kansas, the Horned Frogs held the

By WARREN MAYES Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jakub Vrana scored his first goal with St. Louis, highlighting the Blues’ 4-2 victory over the San Jose Sharks. Vrana made his debut with the Blues in Tuesday’s 6-2 loss at Arizona. He was acquired from the Detroit Red Wings on March 3 in exchange for

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Gabby Gregory scored 26 points and ninth-seeded Kansas State defeated eighth-seeded Texas Tech 79-69 to open the Big 12 Conference Tournament. Serena Sundell added 19 points and nine rebounds for the Wildcats, who face top-seeded Texas. ranked No. 15, in the quarterfinals on Friday. Sundell fed Gregory for a basket

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — U.S. railroads were warned to take certain cars out of service Thursday after Norfolk Southern discovered loose wheels on a car involved in last weekend’s derailment in Ohio. It’s not clear that the loose wheels caused the derailment near Springfield last Saturday because the National