Mitch Meyer had three hits and Tanner DeVinny knocked in four runs as K-State ran their winning streak to 11 games with a 17-2 victory on Tuesday night over Air Force. The Cats scored 12 runs in the first four innings against the Falcons, including a four-run third and a five-run fifth. Nate Griep (1-0) earned his first win as a Wildcat, as the redshirt freshman went five innings, giving up two runs on six hits with five strikeouts. Trent Monaghan (0-2) took the loss for Air Force after giving up 11 runs, 10 earned, on nine hits in three…
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Chiefs general manager John Dorsey says the controversial signing of wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders by AFC West-rival Denver has been “put to bed” and that he’s focused on what he can do during the rest of free agency and in the draft. Sanders had visited the Chiefs last week when reports began to surface he had agreed to a contract. His agent, Steve Weinberg, said that was never the case, and reports citing unnamed sources that claimed he was “shopping” the Chiefs’ offer to other teams were inaccurate. Sanders ultimately signed an $18 million, three-year…
Malaysian authorities investigating the missing Malaysian Airlines plane says files were recently deleted from the pilot’s home flight simulator. Investigators are trying to retrieve the files.
Illinois picked Republican businessman Bruce Rauner to face incumbent Democrat Pat Quinn in the race for Governor. Rauner is promising to run Illinois like a business, while Quinn says he’s fighting for an economy that works for everyone.
Wamego City Commissioners gave their approval for the water tower painting project. At Tuesday’s City Commission, Merl Page, City Manager, reviewed the bids received for painting the new Water Tower, which was tabled at the last meeting for further review. Page said three bids were received, the lowest from Maguire Iron, Inc. of Sioux Falls, South Dakota for $79,720, Caldwell Tanks Inc. of Harrodsburg, Kentucky submitted a bid for $83,000, and Classic Protective Coatings of Menomonie, Wisconsin bid was $124,800. Commissioner Vic Enns said we should get on with the project and made a motion to accept the bid from Maguire Iron, Inc. for…
From right, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Speaker of Crimean legislature Vladimir Konstantinov and Crimean Premier Sergei Aksyonov sign a treaty for Crimea to join Russia in the Kremlin in Moscow, Tuesday, March 18, 2014. With a sweep of his pen, President Vladimir Putin added Crimea to the map of Russia on Tuesday, describing the move as correcting past injustice and a response to what he called Western encroachment upon Russia’s vital interests.
Firefighters walk past the tail section of a crashed news helicopter as they remove a body from the wreckage Tuesday, March 18, 2014, in Seattle. A KOMO-TV helicopter crashed into a city street near Seattle’s Space Needle, killing two people and critically injuring a person in a car on the ground.
Jammed packed version of “The Game” this afternoon on KMAN. The K-State men’s basketball team gets ready for the opening round game in St. Louis against Kentucky on Friday night. How much of a chance you give K-State to beat the boys in blue? The K-State women’s basketball program has announced the new head coach to replace Deb Patterson. Jeff Mittie, TCU women’s basketball coach will become the 9th women’s basketball coach at Kansas State. How good is the hire for the Wildcat program. The K-State baseball team continues to roll and have a couple games with Air Force before Big 12 play at Oklahoma this weekend. All that, plus “Get Fit” and much more on “The Game” on KMAN.
One of the most experienced coaches in Division I college basketball will become the 9th head coach of the K-State women’s basketball program. TCU head coach Jeff Mittie has been announced as the new head women’s basketball coach at Kansas State taking the place of Deb Patterson. Mittie, 47, has earned 454 wins in his 22 years of coaching with a winning percentage of .660. It has included stops at Missouri Western, Arkansas State and TCU. Over his last 14 seasons with the TCU women’s basketball program, Mittie has guided the program to 13 winning seasons with 11 consecutive postseason…
K-State’s new women’s basketball coach is TCU’s Jeff Mittie, the school announced today in a press release. Mittie has been at TCU for the past 15 seasons and has 454 career wins and 15 postseason appearances as a head coach. In those 15 seasons at TCU, he took the Horned Frogs to nine NCAA tournaments. “I want to thank President Schulz and Athletic Director Currie for giving me this opportunity,” Mittie said in a release. I think this is a great opportunity for Shanna and me and our family. It is a tremendous opportunity at a terrific institution that, I…