The Football Writers’ Association of America (FWAA) named three K-State football players to preseason watch lists for two different awards on Thursday. Senior safety Ty Zimmerman is one of 81 players nationally and 12 from the Big 12 to be nominated for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, which goes to the national defensive player of the year. Zimmerman will be a four-year starter at K-State, and led the Cats with five interceptions last season along with 50 tackles in 11 games. The duo of BJ Finney and Cornelius Lucas have both been put on the watch list for the Outland Trophy.…
Author: KMAN Staff
NEW YORK (AP) Robinson Cano hit a three-run homer, Lyle Overbay added a grand slam and the New York Yankees snapped out of their offensive funk with an 8-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday night. Ivan Nova delivered another impressive pitching performance and the Yankees, held to one run each of the previous three days, stopped a three-game slide. They watched two more players get banged up, though, when slumping Travis Hafner and speedy Brett Gardner left with injuries. Hafner came out with a bruised left foot, while Gardner departed with a bruised right leg after getting…
Coach Joe Schartz has hit the ground running at Manhattan High, with 33 regular season wins in his first four seasons. The program though starts from the ground up, and later this month MHS will host its 4th annual Future Indian Football Camp for 2nd thru 6th graders. The camps will put emphasis on developing skills, and will also include a punt, pass, and kick competition. Schartz says he also enjoys having the youngsters experience what it’s like to be a Manhattan High football player by using the same facilities and going thru similar drills. The Future Indian Football Camp…
Updated Thursday afternoon: More details have been provided regarding a motorcycle/deer accident in far eastern Pottawatomie county early Thursday morning. James Leonard, 33, with a last known address of Duluth in Pottawatomie county, was driving his Harley at about 5:15 a.m., when he hit a deer at the intersection of highway 63 and McDonald Road. Leonard reportedly suffered some severe road rash and was transported to Onaga Community hospital. Pottawatomie county authorities indicate he was not wearing a helmet. He was observed talking and walking around the accident site shortly after the accident. The roadway was blocked for less than…
Passengers on the Asiana plane that crashed in San Francisco called 911, begged for help, and said ambulances weren’t coming fast enough. San Francisco officials say ambulances could not come too close to the plane out of concern that the plane would explode.
Country music star Randy Travis is out of surgery but remains in critical condition after suffering a stroke while at a Texas hospital, the singer’s publicist said late Wednesday.
The surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, pleaded not guilty in Boston on Wednesday. The seven-minute proceeding was Tsarnaev’s first public appearance since he was caught in April.
After taking less than a week to call 18 witnesses, George Zimmerman’s defense attorneys rested their case Wednesday in the neighborhood watch volunteer’s second-degree murder trial.
On Friday, July 12, 2013, from approximately 8:00 am until noon, the Linear Trail at the Anderson Avenue entrance will be temporarily closed to facilitate water service and the installation of electrical conduit.
All lanes of eastbound and westbound K-18 from east of Scenic Drive to west of K-113 (Seth Child Road) will be CLOSED for bridge work overnight on Tuesday-Friday, July 16-19, with closures beginning at 7:00 p.m. and reopening to all traffic at 5:00 a.m. the next morning.This closure is needed for the setting of the steel bridge beams over the westbound lanes of K-18 which is currently carrying head-to-head traffic for eastbound and westbound K-18 traffic. The project work is scheduled to be completed and the highway reopened to unrestricted traffic at 5:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 20. Eastbound I-70…