MANHATTAN, Kan. (K-State Athletics) – Gene Taylor, who has led K-State Athletics through one of its most successful periods in history, has agreed to a contract extension through the 2029-30 academic year, President Richard Linton and the Kansas State Athletics, Inc., Board of Directors announced today. The agreement extends Taylor’s contract through June 30, 2030, with an annual salary of $925,000 beginning in the 2023-2024 academic year. The contract also includes retention incentives in each contract year. Taylor will receive $250,000 at the end of each of the next four years, and that number will increase to $500,000 annually for the…
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Brandon sits down with representatives of Purple PAWS to talk local animal advocacy and the Flint Hills Bread Basket to discuss food security opportunities for the community.
Andover Central (8-3) at Wamego (9-2) – B104.7 Carpet One of Manhattan Game of the Week, 6:30pm pregame Wamego finds itself in the 4A State Semifinals for a second straight and will face a familiar foe on Friday night when it hosts Andover Central. The matchup is the “rubber game” of the series as the two have met in the two previous seasons, with the Jaguars ending Wamego’s season in 2021 and the Red Raiders handling the visitors in 2022. Both teams are riding five game winning streaks to reach the sub-state round, both having dropped games to 5A teams…
IOWA CITY, Iowa (K-State Athletics) – With a 12-0 run in the final three minutes, K-State upset (2/2) Iowa at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Thursday night, 65-58. This was K-State’s second win over a top-5 ranked Iowa squad, as the Wildcats downed the fourth-ranked Hawkeyes in Manhattan last season. With the win, K-State registered its second-ever win over an Associated Press second-ranked team as the Wildcats defeated Old Dominion in Manhattan on December 4, 1982. HOW IT HAPPENED – Trailing by five points following a free throw from the Hawkeyes with 2:40 remaining in the fourth quarter, K-State (3-0) started its…
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Officers filed a report for larceny in the 500 block of Sunset Avenue in Manhattan on November 15, 2023, around 12:57 PM. Officers listed a 21-year-old male as the victim when it was reported an unknown suspect took a gray Trek XL Marlin bicycle. The estimated total loss associated with this case is approximately $800. Anyone with information can contact Crime Stoppers. Using Crime Stoppers allows you to remain anonymous and could qualify you for a cash reward of up to $1,000. Officers responded to the report of an injury crash near the intersection of Tuttle Creek Boulevard and Walters Drive…
Brandon sits down with the Manhattan Area Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Jason Smith to discuss local holiday business, and Kolby Van Camp interviews representatives of the K-State Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy to discuss free speech.
We now have the “clarification” of the Big 12’s tie-breaker rules to determine which teams head to the conference football championship game in two weeks after a new sentence was added to the info and was noted in an email to select media late yesterday afternoon. That new sentence reads “If all the tied teams are not common opponents, the tied team that defeated each of the other tied teams earns the Championship berth.” The previous structure left out an opportunity for a round-robin to make the decision. The move eliminates the edge K-State held going into the final two…
MANHATTAN, Kan. (K-State Athletics) – Kansas State senior left guard Cooper Beebe is one of seven players in the nation to be named a semifinalist for the 2023 Outland Trophy, the Greater Omaha Sports Committee and Football Writers Association of America announced Wednesday evening. Beebe is the first player in school history to become a semifinalist for the award that is presented annually to the nation’s best college interior lineman on offense or defense. He is joined on this year’s list by Illinois defensive tackle Jer’Zahn Newton, Texas defensive tackle T’Vondre Sweat, Notre Dame offensive tackle Joe Alt, Michigan guard Zak Zinter,…
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