SAN ANTONIO (AP) Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III is getting help in dealing with his new fame. The Baylor quarterback confirmed Monday that he’s sometimes shadowed by security since being honored earlier this month as the nation’s best player. Griffin said he understands that “people are going to want a piece of you when you’re doing great things.” He added it was a good problem to have and downplayed the new part of his celebrity. Baylor spokesman Heath Nielsen later clarified that the school isn’t paying for private bodyguards. He said an athletic department employee follows Griffin in…
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Rodney McGruder scored a career-high 28 points and Will Spradling tied a career high with 17 of his own as the Kansas State Wildcats Men’s Basketball team jumped out to a double-digit first half lead they would never relinquish as they downed the 49ers of Long Beach State 77-60 in the Championship Game of the Hawaiian Airlines Diamondhead Classic Sunday night at the Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu. Jamar Samuels was the third Wildcat in double figures with 11 points and he joined McGruder on the Classic’s All-Tournament team. McGruder was also named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player. With the…
Seabastian Janikowski’s 36-yard Field Goal a little over two minutes into overtime allowed the Oakland Raiders to escape Arrowhead Stadium with a 16-13 victory and knock the Kansas City Chiefs out of the playoff race in the process. The Chiefs had tied the game on Quarterback Kyle Orton’s three-yard touchdown pass to Dwayne Bowe with 1:02 left in regulation and had a chance to win the game without overtime but the Raiders blocked a Ryan Succop Field Goal attempt in the final seconds of the fourth quarter to keep the game tied. Succop also had a kick blocked just before halftime.…
The Kansas State Wildcats Men’s Basketball team overcame an early second half slump and finally put away the Miners of UTEP 78-70 on Friday in the Semifinals of the Diamondhead Classic in Honolulu, Hawaii. After K-State led 47-32 at intermission, UTEP used a 27-11 run to grab a 59-58 lead before K-State scored to regain the advantage. However, Angel Rodriguez touched off a 14-1 run with a three-point basket which allowed the Wildcats to advance to Sunday’s final. Rodriguez was K-State’s leading scorer with 16 points, leading three Wildcats in double figures as Will Spradling added 11 points and Jamar…
Two weeks ago, Kansas officials in Topeka authorized the issuing of $45. 4 million in bonds for the next phase of the NBAF facility here in Manhattan. Ron Trewyn, Vice President for Research at Kansas State University, says an additional funding of $50 million will come within the next month. “That’s actually the first round of funding for the laboratory itself,” Trewyn said. “In the FY12 appropriations, money coming forward to start the laboratory probably in August of this next year which is a big deal because that starts getting the lab coming up out of the ground.” After some stipulation…
Felony sex charges could be waiting for a Manhattan man who was picked up on a warrant in Tulsa earlier this week. On Thursday, Riley County police arrested 55-year old Rodney Richardson of 1343 Flinthills Place on charges of taking aggravated indecent liberties with a child. The incident which led to the warrant involved an 11-year old girl with whom Richardson was familiar. The incident occurred on August 6 of this year but wasn’t reported until August 9. Riley District Court granted the warrant on October 7. Richardson remains confined in Riley County jail on a $25,000 bond. *** A Manhattan woman…
In about a week it will finally be official–the health department will be solely a Riley County entity. County commissioners Thursday approved three resolutions dealing with the transition as directed by County Counselor Clancy Holeman. One of the resolutions appoints Susanne Kufahl as the local health officer, effective January First. Another designates a medical consultant to the local health officer. And the final resolution approved dealt with the new advisory board. Holeman emphasized he purposely did not include any detail about what the role would be for the interim public health advisory board, since that’s still not resolved even with the…