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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs waived veteran tight end Anthony Fasano on Thursday, freeing up about $2 million in salary cap space that they could use to keep All-Pro linebacker Justin Houston. The Chiefs have been unable to come to a long-term deal with Houston, making it likely that they will place the franchise tag on him. But the deadline for that designation is Monday, and the Chiefs needed to free up salary cap space to do it.
If franchised, Houston would play next season on a one-year deal worth about $13 million. Fasano, who turns 31 this year, caught 25 passes for 253 yards and four touchdowns last season. He had two years left on his four-year contract.
WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) – A mechanical problem forced a charter plane carrying the Evansville University men’s basketball team to turn around and land in Waterloo. Waterloo television station KWWL reports that the team spent Wednesday night at a hotel after an uneventful landing at Waterloo airport. The team was headed home to Indiana after losing to Northern Iowa 68-57 in nearby Cedar Falls. On board were three crew members and 22 passengers.
The turboprop was chartered from Corporate Flight Management, of Smyrna, Tennessee. Spokesman Matt Chaifetz told The Associated Press on Thursday that the plane had gotten blowing snow inside the mechanism that spins the blades. The pilots noticed a vibration they couldn’t identify after takeoff, so they returned to Waterloo.
Chaifetz says the plane will be back in the air later today (Thursday).
CLASS 1-A:
Earlham vs. Murray @ Truro (7:00)
Ar-We-Va vs. Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto @ Odeboldt (7:00)
Paton-Churdan vs. Nodaway Valley @ Panora (7:00)
Fremont-Mills vs. Sidney @ Shenandoah (7:00)
CLASS 3-A:
Glenwood vs. Harlan @ Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln (7:00)
Denison-Schleswig vs. Carroll @ Kuemper Catholic (7:00)
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Aaron White scored a career-high 29 points to lead Iowa to a 68-60 win over Illinois on Wednesday night. White scored 14 straight points during a key stretch in the second half to give the Hawkeyes (18-10, 9-6 Big Ten) the lead. Iowa has won three straight games.
Rayvonte Rice scored 20 points to lead Illinois (17-11, 7-8), which made only one field goal in the final five minutes. Ahmad Starks matched a career high with 19 points on five 3-pointers for Illinois. White hit a career-best three 3-pointers and made 10 of 12 free throws. The senior scored 20 points in the second half — including all of Iowa’s points during a 5½-minute stretch.
Jarrod Uthoff added six points and 10 rebounds for the Hawkeyes.
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Taurean Prince scored 20 points and 19th-ranked Baylor upset No. 12 Iowa State on the road 79-70 for its third straight win Wednesday night. The Bears (21-7, 9-6 Big 12) shot 14 of 26 from 3-point range, becoming the first team other than Kansas to win in Ames since 2012.
Baylor hit five straight 3s late in the second half, the last two by Prince, to take a 72-66 lead with 4:41 left. The Bears held Iowa State to just four points in the final 6:26. Jameel McKay had a career-high 21 points for the Cyclones (20-7, 10-5), who are now a game behind the first-place Jayhawks in the Big 12 with just three games to play.
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Deon Mitchell scored 17 points and No. 10 Northern Iowa beat Evansville 68-57 on Wednesday night, setting up a showdown with 11th-ranked Wichita State for the Missouri Valley title. Paul Jesperson added 11 points for the Panthers (27-2, 16-1 MVC), who are tied with the Shockers atop the conference. The two teams will meet Saturday in Wichita for the regular season championship and the top spot in the league tournament.
After Evansville went on a 13-1 run early in the second half to cut the Panthers lead to 45-40 with 12:02 left, the Panthers scored eight straight over the next 2:54 to put the game away. D.J. Balentine had 16 Points to lead Evansville (19-10, 9-8). Egidijius Mockevicius had his 17th double-double of the season for the Purple Aces with 10 points and 10 rebounds.
Jim Field and Chris Parks have the call of the Class 1A District Semifinal played at Guthrie Center High School.
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Jim Field and Chris Parks have the call of the Class 1A District Semifinal played at Guthrie Center High School.
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JUPITER, Fla. (AP) – Adam Wainwright called his impending trip to meet with doctors in St. Louis to discuss his lower abdominal pain “strictly precautionary.” “I want to be fair to you and say that anything I say about it will just be speculation,” Wainwright said Wednesday morning. “I don’t think it’s very serious at all. I think, probably going to up there, probably not going to see, much of anything all, but I don’t know that.” Wainwright said he first felt the injury in a Monday weight room session. Since that time he’s thrown pain free. The pain occurs when he runs or lunges.
He expected to be back in Jupiter late Thursday or early Friday. “What I’ve been told is that there’s a very high possibility that we are going to get up there and go, ‘All right, just lay low for another couple of days and we’re good,”‘ he said.
Wainwright went 20-9 with a 2.38 ERA last year, then underwent offseason surgery to remove cartilage from his throwing elbow.
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