ESPN’s Adam Schefter is reporting that the New Orleans Saints have traded former K-State running back Darren Sproles to the Philadelphia Eagles for a fifth round draft pick. The Saints initially told Sproles they would release him, but decided instead to trade the nine-year veteran because there was so much interest from teams looking to acquire him. In three years with the Saints, Sproles gained a total of 1,067 rushing yards, 1,981 receiving yards and 21 touchdowns. He set an NFL single-season record for all-purpose yards with 2,696 in 2011.However, Sproles played in only about 33 percent of the Saints’ offensive…
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Caroline Ballard scored 14 points and Darby Price added 10 as the Manhattan High girls basketball team beat Shawnee Mission West 55-39 in the 6A state tournament quarterfinals at Koch Arena in Wichita on Wednesday afternoon. The top seeded Tribe won their 20th game in a row to improve to 22-1. MHS will square off with Maize in the 6A state semifinals on Friday afternoon at 3:00pm. Indians pregame starts at 2:45 on NewsRadio 1350 KMAN with Brandon Tadtman. ———————————————————— Lanie Page scored 27 points as the Wamego girls basketball team took the first step in defending their state title…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Cory Jefferson scored 20 points, Isaiah Austin added 18 and seventh-seeded Baylor held on to beat pesky TCU 76-68 on Wednesday night in the opening round of the Big 12 tournament. Royce O’Neale added 14 points and 12 boards for the Bears (22-10), who advanced to play No. 2 seed Oklahoma in Thursday’s quarterfinals with their eighth win in their last nine games. #10 seed TCU (9-22) trailed by as many as 17 in the second half, but behind 19 points from Karviar Shepherd, closed to within 69-63 with 2:32 left to play. The Bears…
KANSAS CITY, MO (AP) Marcus Smart left one last impression on Texas Tech, scoring 18 points and leading seventh-seeded Oklahoma State to an 80-62 victory over the ninth-seeded Red Raiders on Wednesday night in the first round of the Big 12 tournament. Smart also had seven rebounds, seven assists and six steals for the Cowboys (21-11), who built a 46-23 lead by halftime and then cruised into Thursdays’ quarterfinal against top-seeded Kansas. Markel Brown had 20 points, Phil Forte added 14 off the bench and Le’Bryan Nash scored 10 for Oklahoma State, which has never lost in 10 first-round…
Two people are dead at the South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas. Police say a drunk driver trying to avoid arrest drove through barricades and hit the crowd. The driver is in custody, facing two counts of capital murder.
Malaysia said planes sent Thursday to check the spot where Chinese satellite images showed possible debris from the missing Malaysian jetliner found nothing.
Police respond to the scene of an explosion and building collapse in the East Harlem neighborhood of New York, Wednesday, March 12, 2014. The explosion leveled an apartment building, and sent flames and billowing black smoke above the skyline.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius defends President Barack Obama’s healthcare law, the Affordable Care Act, as she answers questions from Republican members of the House Ways and Means Committee during its review of President Obama’s budget requests, Wednesday, March 12, 2014, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
The Junction City-Geary County Drug Operations Group, with assistance from the Kansas Highway Patrol, Junction City/Geary County SWAT, and local uniformed law enforcement officers, executed two search warrants Wednesday at 1919 Northwind Drive Lot #2, and 1501 Dean St., in Junction City. As a result, officers arrest two Junction City men for myriad of drug-related crimes. Steven J. Parks (28) and Matthew Redding (35) were both arrested for Conspiracy to Distribute Marijuana, Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Distribute, Felony Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, No Kansas Drug Tax Stamp, Felony Possession of Marijuana and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.The Drug Operations Group seized…
U-S Congressman Tim Huleskamp of Kansas is bringing his Town Hall meetings to Manhattan next week. The Congressman will be at the Manhattan Fire Department Headquarters’ Assembly Room at 2000 Denison Avenue Monday (March 17). The town hall will begin at 11:30 a.m. and is expected to last an hour. Huelskamp has a tradition of visiting each of the district’s 63 counties each year, and has completed 219 town halls during his time in office.