May 23

Thursday’s local scoreboard

CALENDAR
Professional
BASEBALL
Los Angeles Angels at Kansas City, 7:10 p.m.
College
BASEBALL
Big 12 Tournament
Oklahoma City
Kansas State vs. Baylor, 12:30 p.m.
Kansas vs. Oklahoma St., 7:30 p.m.
High school
TRACK AND FIELD
State Outdoor at Cessna Sta… Continue reading

Feb 13

Kansas baseball roster and schedule

KU ROSTER
Pitchers
Conner Murray, so., Parker, Colo; Thomas Taylor, sr., Lawrence; Wes Benjamin, so., St. Charles, Ill.; Frank Duncan, jr., San Francisco, Calif.; Jordan Luvisi, sr., Scottsdale, Ariz.; Colin Toalson, so., Lawrence; Alex Cox, jr., Coron… Continue reading

Feb 10

Top 25 in turmoil as ranked teams drop games

Wisconsin’s tying half-court heave went in, of course. Then Kansas lost again. And in case you were asleep late Saturday night, Notre Dame rallied past Louisville in five overtimes.

March Madness is weeks away, but February Frenzy is already in full swing.

Six more Top 25 teams went down Saturday, including two of the top five. When the next Associated Press poll comes out Monday, it likely will have a new No. 1 for the sixth straight week — marking the second-longest such streak since the first rankings in 1949.

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Nov 26

KU men up to No. 10 in AP poll

The Kansas men moved up two spots to No. 10 in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll released Monday.
Indiana is still No. 1 in the poll which was changed a lot because of the holiday weekend tournaments.
Duke moved up to take Louisville’s … Continue reading

Sep 22

Sims sees heavy workload in KU return

DEKALB, Ill. – For James Sims, Saturday’s game was a simple case of cause and effect.
Running back Taylor Cox was injured early in Kansas’ 30-23 loss to Northern Illinois, providing a quick answer to the question of how much Sims would play in hi… Continue reading

Sep 21

Kevin Haskin’s Saturday football blitz

K-State Wildcats
MATCHUP: No. 15 Kansas State (3-0, 0-0) at No. 6 Oklahoma (2-0, 0-0)
KICKOFF: 6:50 p.m., Owen Field, Norman, Okla.
RADIO: KTOP-AM (102.9)
TV: Fox
LINE: Oklahoma by 14.
BUZZWORD: Prodigy.
Remember how Oklahoma floundered under Gary Gibb… Continue reading

Jul 05

Austin Meek: Brown still game for college hoops

Larry Brown will speak honestly and say, at 71, he’s not in love with the games.
Brown has coached a million of them in what seems like a million places. He’s had more great basketball jobs than anyone, anywhere — Kansas and UCLA, the Knicks and … Continue reading

Jun 14

Weber brings Big Ten roots to new league

The moving truck was parked outside Bruce Weber’s house in Champaign, Ill., on Thursday morning.
Weber is leaving Big Ten country, land of low-possession basketball, for his new job at Kansas State. He’s becoming a Big 12 guy, which means he now ha… Continue reading

Jun 08

KU’s Dixon takes third in 400 meters

DES MOINES, Iowa — Only 100 meters separated Kansas’ Diamond Dixon from another national championship Friday night at the NCAA Outdoor.
But this time, her signature kick wasn’t enough.
Dixon, the reigning 400-meter national indoor champ, couldn Continue reading

May 26

Saturday’s local scoreboard

Rodeo
SHRINE RODEO
RESULTS FRIDAY AT TONGANOXIE
NOTABLE KANSANS’ RESULTS
STEER WRESTLING
2 Kyle Harlow, Mound City; 4 Zac Parrington, Hoyt.
TEAM ROPING
1 tie Tyler Johnson, Mound City and Jason Arndt, Ft. Scott, 5.1 seconds and Justin Newell, Oskalo… Continue reading