MANHATTAN, Kansas (Kansas State Athletics) – K-State women’s basketball was successful in the classroom as well as the court during the 2021-22 season, as the Wildcats received Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Academic Honor Roll Special Mention for its team grade point average last season. Of the three Big 12 programs to be included, K-State led all Big 12 programs with its team GPA. Under the direction of head coach Jeff Mittie, K-State women’s basketball completed the 2021-22 academic year with a team grade point average of 3.357. K-State was one of 31 teams on the WBCA Academic Honor Roll and Special…
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MANHATTAN, Kansas (Kansas State Athletics) – Kansas State senior cornerback Julius Brents is one of just 35 players in the nation to be named to the watch list for the 2022 Jim Thorpe Award, which is presented to the nation’s best defensive back, the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame announced Monday. Brents, one of three Big 12 defensive backs on this year’s initial list, is the first Kansas State candidate for the award since current New York Jet D.J. Reed was a preseason candidate in 2017. K-State has a long history with the Jim Thorpe Award, which includes 2002 winner Terence Newman,…
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes walked onto the practice field at Missouri Western State University on Sunday flanked by NFL rookies and longshots, many of whom dream of making in a year what the Chiefs quarterback will make by the end of the day. Yet when the Chiefs open the season in Arizona on Sept. 11, Mahomes won’t even be the best-paid QB in the game. Yes, Mahomes set the market when he signed a 10-year, $450 million contract in July 2020, but that astonishing deal has been surpassed — in average pay and guaranteed compensation — multiple…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kris Bubic went seven strong innings, Hunter Dozier and MJ Melendez had late-inning RBIs and the Kansas City Royals beat Tampa Bay 4-2 on Sunday, winning a series against the Rays for the first time in five years. Dozier snapped a 2-all tie with two outs in the seventh when he singled off Brooks Raley (1-1) to score Whit Merrifield. Melendez added an insurance run with a double down the left-field line in the eighth. The Royals overcame the loss of Bobby Witt Jr. for their first series win against the Rays since 2017. They…
WICHITA, Kan. (Kansas State Athletics) – The Cinderella run of the No. 7 Bleed Green continued Saturday afternoon, as the North Texas Alumni team used a decisive 31-9 second quarter to take control of the game and end the run of the Purple & Black Team, 87-62, in the second round of The Basketball Tournament (TBT) Wichita Regional at Koch Arena. The Bleed Green connected on 50 percent (31-of-62) from the field, including 48.1 percent (13-of-27) from 3-point range, with four players in double figures, while the Purple & Black hit on just 36 percent (20-of-55) from the field, including 22.7…
ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Andy Reid isn’t sure when Pro Bowl left tackle Orlando Brown Jr. will report to training camp with the Kansas City Chiefs. For that matter, neither is Patrick Mahomes. The Chiefs quarterback said Friday he has exchanged text messages with his blindside protector all offseason, even though Brown skipped all team activities while negotiating a contract. But with the deadline passed for a deal to get done, Brown is left with the prospect of playing this season for about $16.7 million under the franchise tag. Until he signs that tender, though, Brown doesn’t have to…
WICHITA, Kan. (Kansas State Athletics) – Jacob Pullen capped off a 30-point performance with the game-winner on Friday night (July 22) to propel the Purple & Black to a 75-73 win over the Lone Star Legends in the first round of The Basketball Tournament (TBT) Wichita Regional at Koch Arena. The Purple & Black – K-State’s alumni team – now advance to play in the second round on Saturday (July 23) at 5 p.m., CT against the No. 7 seed Bleed Green (North Texas alumni), which upset No. 2 seed Eberlein Drive, 79-78, in the first session on Friday. Saturday’s second-round game…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Two-time All-Star Whit Merrifield of the Kansas City Royals apologized Friday for “poorly articulated” comments about the COVID-19 vaccine after missing the team’s trip to Canada. Merrifield was among 10 Royals players who didn’t travel to Toronto because of their vaccination status for a four-game series against the Blue Jays before the All-Star break last week. The 33-year-old outfielder/second baseman has been a fan favorite in Kansas City. But backlash came quickly and harshly after Merrifield said “the vaccine, what it’s supposed to do, it’s not doing. If it was doing what it was supposed…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Yandy Diaz hit a three-run double, Drew Rasmussen allowed one run over five innings and the Tampa Bay Rays returned from the All-Star break with a 7-3 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Friday night. Diaz capped a four-run fourth inning with his bases-loaded bloop down the left-field line to give the Rays a 5-1 lead. He has driven in a run in five of the last eight games and tied a season high with his three RBIs. “I feel happy that it looks like the bats are going to get going,” Diaz said.…
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