President Barack Obama joked Saturday about his plans for a radical second-term evolution from ‘strapping young Muslim Socialist’ to retiree golfer, all with a new hairstyle like first lady Michelle’s.
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Despite scoring just two runs and managing only five hits, the Kansas State Baseball team continued their roll on Saturday by squeaking out a 2-1 victory over Texas Christian in Big 12 action before 2,957 at Tointon Family Stadium. After falling behind 1-0, K-State scored the only runs they would need in each of the first two innings. Shane Conlon’s RBI double in the first inning scored Ross Kivett and Clayton Dalrymple plated a run on an infield hit in the second frame. From there, the Wildcat pitching staff shut down TCU as three relievers backed up Matt Wivinis in…
The 2013 National Football League Draft came to a conclusion on Saturday at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Overall, three Kansas State Wildcats received phone calls informing them that they were drafted. Linebacker Arthur Brown was selected by the Super Bowl Champion Baltimore Ravens in the second round on Friday night. Two more Wildcats received calls on Saturday as Wide Receiver Chris Harper was taken in the fourth round by the Seattle Seahawks and Fullback Braden Wilson was selected in round six by the Kansas City Chiefs. Meanwhile, five other members of the 2012 Big 12 Champions…
The 2013 Manhattan Helmet Fair was held in the Anthony Middle School Parking Lot Saturday morning. A variety of sponsors including the City of Manhattan, State Farm, Safe Kids Riley County, and more were on-hand to encourage/educate the community about bicycle safety. Over 100 Kids ages five to fifteen received a free bike helmet, with custom fitting. Big Poppi Bicycle Co. and the Pathfinder also provided free bike maintenance for kids who brought their bikes. “It’s very important to have a helmet on. Just recently I helped out at a bicycle event where a guy had raced and crashed with…
New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski was in Manhattan for K-State’s spring game to watch his little brother, K-State fullback Glenn Gronkowski.
Fullback Braden Wilson became the third member of the Kansas State Wildcats 2012 Big 12 Championship squad selected in the 2013 National Football League Draft when he was picked at number 204 in the sixth round on Saturday. Following a reshirt season, Wilson saw action in every game of his collegiate career blocking for the likes of current Miami Dolphin running back Daniel Thomas and for current Running Back John Hubert. Wilson was also a four-time State Champion at Smith Center High School under recently retired coach Roger Barta. Linebacker Arthur Brown was the first Wildcat to go Pro when…
A Mississippi man, Everett Dutschke, whose home and business were searched as part of an investigation into poisoned letters sent to the president and others has been arrested in the case, according to the FBI.
Russian authorities secretly recorded a telephone conversation in 2011 in which one of the Boston bombing suspects vaguely discussed jihad with his mother, officials said Saturday.
Almost since the moment that K-State’s Fiesta Bowl game against Oregon ended in early January the question around the Wildcat Nation has been who will succeed Collin Klein, one of the greatest Quarterbacks in the 117-year history of the program. Daniel Sams is one of the Quarterbacks aspiring to the throne….he saw some time last year in mop-up duty in blowout wins over Missouri State, Miami (Fla.) and Kansas and played the last quarter and a half of a victory against Oklahoma State when Klein went out of the game with a concussion. Sams wowed the K-State fans with his…
Former K-State wide receiver Chris Harper is going back to the Great Northwest as he was selected by the Seattle Seahawks in the 4th round of the 2013 NFL with the 123rd overall pick. The Wichita Northwest product spent his freshman season at Oregon, where he played quarterback and wide receiver before returning home for his final three seasons with the Wildcats. Harper was K-State’s leading receiver during his senior season at K-State with 58 receptions for 857 yards and three touchdowns as the Cats won the Big 12 championship. He was named 2nd team all-Big 12 by the league’s…