KANSAS CITY, MO. (AP) Jeremy Guthrie retired the final 17 batters he faced, Omar Infante had three hits and drove in two runs, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Boston Red Sox 7-1 on Saturday night. Manager Ned Yost overhauled his batting order and got immediate results. The Royals scored seven runs for the first time since Aug. 19, a span of 22 games. Nori Aoki, batting second for the first time this season, and Alex Gordon, who snapped an 0-for-22 skid, each had two hits, scored a run and drove in a run. Infante, who usually bats second,…
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(Photo Courtesy Kansas State Athletics) By Chris Kutz, K-State Athletics Communications CARBONDALE, Ill. – The K-State volleyball team picked up its seventh straight win as well as first place in the Saluki Invitational after beating IPFW 3-1 (25-20, 28-26, 19-25, 25-20) on Saturday at SIU Arena. Freshman Kylee Zumach and sophomore Brooke Sassin powered the Wildcats (9-1) with 15 and 14 kills, respectively. Sassin earned her second all-tournament honor of the season after she had 49 kills over the tournament’s three matches. Sassin was joined on the all-tournament team by sophomore Kersten Kober, who paced K-State with 17 digs against…
Minnesota Vikings fan sounds off on running back Adrian Peterson being indicted in Texas on a charge of child abuse. Peterson’s attorney says the allegation stems from Peterson using a switch to spank his son.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry prepares to meet with Secretary-General of the Arab League Nabil Elaraby in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2014. Kerry arrived in Cairo for a short visit of less than a day to discuss how Egypt can help in the fight against the Islamic State group. He has been on a regional trip to garner support for President Barack Obama’s initiative to go assemble a coalition of nations willing to go after the militant group. Kerry heads to Paris next for a meeting on how to support Iraq in its fight against the Islamic State…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Republican Senator Pat Roberts’ re-election campaign has posted an online ad attacking independent candidate Greg Orman as a liberal pretending to be conservative. But Orman’s campaign demanded Friday that Roberts’ team remove the ad because it edits audio from their recent debate at the Kansas State Fair. Orman spokesman Sam Edelen called the audio “fake”.
The Color Run is described as the “Happiest 5K on the Planet”, and is currently on it’s Kaleidescope Tour. The tour stopped in Manhattan Saturday morning, and several volunteers could be seen around the east side of Bill Snyder Family Stadium assisting with the event. Runners are instructed to arrive to the event wearing white t-shirts, and are even provided white t-shirts on site as well. Throughout the 5K, there are different color stations where runners get dowsed in paint powder. Once they reach the finish line, the runners have purple, pink, yellow and blue on their once-clean shirts. Law enforcement…
Bright orange t-shirts could be seen throughout K-State’s campus on Saturday, as runners participated in the third “C. Clyde Run/Fun Run/Walk”. The day kicked off at eight o’clock that morning with check-in. The 5K race began at nine, with the “Midge’s Mile Family Fun Run” beginning at ten. The event concluded with an awards ceremony at 11:15 a.m. Kansas State University students created the event in 2012, in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the business college. The event not only honors the college’s first dean, C. Clyde Jones, but also raised money for Shepherd’s Crossing. Shepherd’s Crossing is a ministry…
Before Friday night’s road opener, Manhattan High coach Joe Schartz talked about the importance of finishing games strong. The Indians did just that in a convincing, 41-13 victory over Seaman. Daniel Izquierdo rushed for 107 yards and a touchdown, linebacker Adam Al-Soltani added two defensive scores and Manhattan used a complete performance in all phases to stay unbeaten in 2014. “We made a lot of big plays,” Schartz said. We took advantage and did some things on offense to get a couple scores.” After a scoreless first quarter, MHS opened the scoring when QB Erik Prockish connected with RB Chris…
On today’s In Focus, KMAN’s Tom Reust filled in for Cathy, alongside Erik Stone. They spoke with Co-Director of Member Benefits for Kansas Farm Bureau based in Manhattan, Debra Hargrave; Senator, Jerry Moran of Manhattan; and individuals from DAR on Constitution week.
By Chris Kutz, K-State Athletics Communications (Photo Courtesy Kansas State Athletics) CARBONDALE, Ill. – Sophomore Brooke Sassin had a career-high 18 kills and the K-State volleyball team hit over .400 in the final two sets as the Wildcats swept Southern Illinois (25-22, 25-19, 25-16) on Friday at SIU Arena. After setting a career-high with 17 kills in the early match on Friday against Marshall, Sassin registered the new career-high on Friday evening by hitting .350 (four errors, 40 attempts) to help K-State (8-1) capture its sixth straight win. Sassin also added a career-high three aces. The K-State offense, after hitting…