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document.write('<p class="rss-title"><a class="rss-title" href="http://www.kansas.com/sports/index.html" target="_blank">Kansas.com: Sports</a><br /><span class="rss-item">News, sports, and entertainment from Kansas.com</span></p>');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.kansas.com/2010/09/10/1486329/where-we-left-off.html" title="NEW ORLEANS &mdash; The New Orleans Saints took a page from the Minnesota Vikings\' playbook and used it to outslug the Vikings on the NFL\'s opening night Thursday at the Louisiana Superdome. The Saints, who had just three running plays in the first half..." target="_blank">Where we left off: Saints win NFL opener</a><br />');
document.write('NEW ORLEANS &mdash; The New Orleans Saints took a page from the Minnesota Vikings\' playbook and used it to outslug the Vikings on the NFL\'s opening night Thursday at the Louisiana Superdome. The Saints, who had just three running plays in the first half, turned to the ground game over the final 30 minutes and turned back the Vikings 14-9 in a rematch of last year\'s NFC championship game. This one didn\'t have the offensive highlights of the Saints\' 31-28 overtime victory, which sent Sean Payton\'s team to the first Super Bowl in franchise history. Gregg Williams\' Saints defense took the initiative in this one, holding the Vikings to  72 yards total offense in the second half. Read more');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.kansas.com/2010/09/10/1486314/georgia-tech-wont-alter-run-first.html" title="LAWRENCE &mdash; Last week, Georgia Tech rushed for 372 yards while their quarterback, Josh Nesbitt, completed one pass in eight attempts and threw an interception. The disparity did not bother Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson in the least. \"We scored 41 ..." target="_blank">Georgia Tech won\'t alter run-first approach against Kansas</a><br />');
document.write('LAWRENCE &mdash; Last week, Georgia Tech rushed for 372 yards while their quarterback, Josh Nesbitt, completed one pass in eight attempts and threw an interception. The disparity did not bother Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson in the least. \"We scored 41 points and they had 10,\" Johnson said. \"That\'ll leave everybody to talk about how we can\'t throw it.\"Read more');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.kansas.com/2010/09/10/1486196/powell-give-ksu-options.html" title="MANHATTAN &mdash; A funny thing happened last week when Daniel Thomas left the field to catch his breath on the sideline: Kansas State\'s running game improved.Thomas ran for 234 yards and two touchdowns on 28 carries, but backup running back William Powe..." target="_blank">William Powell gives Kansas State options</a><br />');
document.write('MANHATTAN &mdash; A funny thing happened last week when Daniel Thomas left the field to catch his breath on the sideline: Kansas State\'s running game improved.Thomas ran for 234 yards and two touchdowns on 28 carries, but backup running back William Powell was even more explosive when he got his chance. Averaging 12 yards per rush, the senior took six handoffs for 72 yards and a touchdown. Powell\'s speed and agility turned heads all across Snyder Family Stadium, and proved that the Wildcats have more than just a workhorse runner in  Thomas. They also feature a nice change-of-pace tailback capable of catching defenses off guard.Read more');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.kansas.com/2010/09/09/1485537/wingnuts-hooper-to-reveal-managerial.html" title="Wingnuts manager Kevin Hooper turned down an offer to manage in the Detroit Tigers organization and will return to Wichita for his third season.Hooper, the Wingnuts\' manager since 2009, was offered a job managing the Tigers\' Class-A affiliate in Comstoc..." target="_blank">Wingnuts\' Hooper to stay for 2011</a><br />');
document.write('Wingnuts manager Kevin Hooper turned down an offer to manage in the Detroit Tigers organization and will return to Wichita for his third season.Hooper, the Wingnuts\' manager since 2009, was offered a job managing the Tigers\' Class-A affiliate in Comstock Park, Mich., a suburb of Grand Rapids.Hooper did not sign a new contract and has one year remaining on the two-year extension he signed before the 2010 season. In 2009, he led the Wingnuts to a 58-38 record and an American Association playoff appearance.Read more');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.kansas.com/2010/09/10/1486194/andovers-croitoru-out-for-season.html" title="Andover\'s Ben Croitoru said he was more scared than nervous Thursday morning. Awaiting the results of an MRI on his left knee had quickly turned from a waiting game to a form of torture for a 17-year-old kid who wants to be able to put on  pads again thi..." target="_blank">Andover\'s Croitoru out for  season</a><br />');
document.write('Andover\'s Ben Croitoru said he was more scared than nervous Thursday morning. Awaiting the results of an MRI on his left knee had quickly turned from a waiting game to a form of torture for a 17-year-old kid who wants to be able to put on  pads again this season.\"The whole community has been great,\" Croitoru said. \"People have been telling me how much they\'ve been thinking about me, but I just want to play football my senior year with all of my friends. It would mean a lot.\"Croitoru injured his knee while returning a kick during the second quarter of Andover\'s 52-27 loss to McPherson in last week\'s opener. He planted to make a juke move and pulled up lame. Nobody had touched him. Read more');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.kansas.com/2010/09/09/1486148/former-ku-coach-terry-allen-faces.html" title="SPRINGFIELD | Preseason polls typically get a coach’s shoulder shrug. But Missouri State’s Terry Allen believes his guys were short-changed when the Missouri Valley’s preseason pecking order listed the Bears fifth.“This is the best team we’ve had since I’..." target="_blank">Former KU coach Terry Allen faces Kansas State again</a><br />');
document.write('SPRINGFIELD | Preseason polls typically get a coach’s shoulder shrug. But Missouri State’s Terry Allen believes his guys were short-changed when the Missouri Valley’s preseason pecking order listed the Bears fifth.“This is the best team we’ve had since I’ve been here,” said Allen, a former Kansas coach. “We’ve grown up together.”Allen has a track record of surpassing expectations as a Missouri Valley coach. All 12 of his teams — eight at Northern Iowa (when the league was called the Gateway Conference) and four at Missouri State — finished higher or exactly where they were forecast. None finished below the bar.Read more');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.kansas.com/2010/09/10/1486319/northwest-rolls-by-heights.html" title="For Northwest senior Nikki Daniels, swimming is the top sport. She is a record-holding state champion and will likely be a Division I swimmer. For her, volleyball is purely secondary. While she swims year round, she plays volleyball for three months. This..." target="_blank">Northwest rolls by Heights volleyball</a><br />');
document.write('For Northwest senior Nikki Daniels, swimming is the top sport. She is a record-holding state champion and will likely be a Division I swimmer. For her, volleyball is purely secondary. While she swims year round, she plays volleyball for three months. This volleyball season she was moved from middle to right side, which usually receives fewer kill opportunities, and she could have  become a secondary player.Yet Thursday night as visiting Northwest swept Heights 25-15, 25-18, 25-13, Daniels had a match-high eight kills.Read more');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.kansas.com/2010/09/10/1486197/thunder-make-offensive-upgrades.html" title="The days of the Wichita Thunder\'s offense being the league\'s laughingstock are over.That\'s the word from the team\'s confident new coach, Kevin McClelland, who says he has added four players with scoring potential to the quickly expanding roster.Vetera..." target="_blank">Thunder make offensive upgrades</a><br />');
document.write('The days of the Wichita Thunder\'s offense being the league\'s laughingstock are over.That\'s the word from the team\'s confident new coach, Kevin McClelland, who says he has added four players with scoring potential to the quickly expanding roster.Veteran Brent Cullaton, a three-time Central Hockey League all-star, is the biggest name.Read more');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.kansas.com/2010/09/10/1486309/georgia-tech-at-kansas.html" title="Three things about Georgia Tech 1 The Yellow Jackets beat the Jayhawks 20-14 in the 1948 Orange Bowl, the only other meeting between the schools.2 Georgia Tech is 21-7 in two-plus seasons under coach Paul Johnson, formerly the coach at Navy.Read more..." target="_blank">Georgia Tech-Kansas scouting report</a><br />');
document.write('Three things about Georgia Tech 1 The Yellow Jackets beat the Jayhawks 20-14 in the 1948 Orange Bowl, the only other meeting between the schools.2 Georgia Tech is 21-7 in two-plus seasons under coach Paul Johnson, formerly the coach at Navy.Read more');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://www.kansas.com/2010/09/10/1486324/newtons-play-saves-auburn.html" title="STARKVILLE, Miss. &mdash;Cameron Newton threw two touchdown passes and accounted for 206 total yards to help No. 21 Auburn beat Mississippi State 17-14 on Thursday night in the Southeastern Conference opener for both teams.Newton, a 6-foot-6, 250-pound ju..." target="_blank">Newton\'s play saves Auburn</a><br />');
document.write('STARKVILLE, Miss. &mdash;Cameron Newton threw two touchdown passes and accounted for 206 total yards to help No. 21 Auburn beat Mississippi State 17-14 on Thursday night in the Southeastern Conference opener for both teams.Newton, a 6-foot-6, 250-pound junior-college transfer, had another impressive showing after amassing 357 yards last week against Arkansas State, mixing his passing game with an ability to run over and around the Mississippi State defense.He compeleted 11 of 19 passes for 136 yards, the two touchdowns and one interception and also ran for 70 yards on 18 carries.Read more');
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