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New England looks to toy with struggling Kansas City.

After Gordon and Butler both went deep in Kansas City's four-run third inning Wednesday night, the Royals survived a harrowing ninth and held on for a 5-4 victory over the AL East leaders.

Cleveland Indians pitcher Carlos Carrasco was ejected in the fourth inning of Friday's game with Kansas City after throwing at Royals designated hitter Billy Butler's head.

Mike Aviles played his way to the Kansas City bench early in the season by going hitless in 18 consecutive at-bats. Now it would be difficult to pry Aviles out of the Royals lineup now.

The Denver Broncos have stripped star linebacker D.J. Williams of his captaincy for the season and won't start him Sunday against Kansas City following his arrest on suspicion of drunken driving.

Jimmy Raye has been fired as offensive coordinator by the San Francisco 49ers. The team announced the firing Monday, one day after it fell to 0-3 and was beaten 31-10 at Kansas City.

San Francisco has scored 38 points, second fewest in the NFL behind Carolina. Mike Johnson will move from quarterbacks coach to offensive coordinator.

Bereft of baseball pageantry for decades, Kansas City will finally get to see the game's best and brightest up close.

Fans in Chicago might have been a bit surprised last week when the White Sox's Mark Teahen stepped to the plate against Kansas City.

After a week of worry, quarterback Eli Manning started for the New York Giants against the Oakland Raiders on Sunday.

The start was the 83rd consecutive for Manning, dating to the middle of the 2004 season. Manning hurt his right heel last weekend in a win over Kansas City and missed two of the Giants' three practices.

Minnesota couldn't make up any ground earlier this week in Detroit, but found the going easier vs. Kansas City.

The Twins defeated the Royals 10-7 to cut the Tigers' lead to one game.