MANHATTAN, Kan. (Kansas State Athletics) – Former Kansas State track athlete Wurrie Njadoe recently helped her country of The Gambia to a gold medal in the women’s 4×100-meter relay at the fifth annual Islamic Solidarity Games in Konya, Turkey. The quartet of Njadoe, Gina Bass, Maimuna Jallow and Ola Bowaro finished in an Islamic Games record time of 43.83 to win the country’s second gold medal of the day after Bass won her fifth in the 200 meters. Njadoe also competed in the women’s 200 meters at the Islamic Games, finishing in fourth place with a time of 23.35. She posted a second-place time of 23.18 in…
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DERBY, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas school district’s board rejected a proposed strategic plan after some members questioned its emphasis on diversity and students’ mental health. The Derby Board of Education voted 4-3 this week to reject a plan presented after months of work by parents, students, employees and community members, the Kansas News Service reported. Board President Michael Blankenship said focusing on diversity would not help students academically. He proposed replacing the word “diversity” in one part of the plan with the word “unity.” “If we keep going down the road of focusing on everything that makes us different, how…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ elections director says the state will go along with a request for a hand recount of votes from every county after last week’s decisive statewide vote affirming abortion rights, even though there was a 165,000-vote difference and a recount won’t change the result. Melissa Leavitt, of Colby in far western Kansas, requested the recount and declined to comment to reporters Friday evening, citing work obligations. But she said on an online site raising funds for a recount that she had “seen data” about the election. Her post was not more specific, and there is no…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Len Dawson, the 87-year-old Hall of Fame quarterback who led the Kansas City Chiefs to their first Super Bowl title, has entered hospice care in Kansas City. KMBC-TV, the Kansas City station where Dawson began his broadcasting career in 1966, confirmed Dawson is in hospice care through his wife, Linda. The MVP of the Chiefs’ 23-7 Super Bowl victory over Minnesota in January 1970, Dawson was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1987 and received the Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award in 2012. From Alliance, Ohio, Dawson starred at Purdue and was selected fifth overall…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Tony Gonsolin took a no-hit try into the seventh inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers won their 11th straight game, beating the Kansas City Royals 8-3 Friday night. Gonsolin (14-1) tied Atlanta’s Kyle Wright for the NL wins lead. The Dodgers, with the best record in the majors, broke open the game on Trayce Thompson’s three-run homer in the eighth. “Tony was good,” manager Dave Roberts said. “I think it helped that this was a very aggressive ballclub. They were aggressive in the zone.” “I thought in the sixth or seventh inning he hit a…
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MANHATTAN, Kan. (Kansas State Athletics) – K-State volleyball will have all 12 home matches broadcast across multiple platforms in 2022, including a nationally televised match on ESPNU against Iowa State, K-State Athletics and Big 12 Conference officials announced Friday. Beginning with the home opener at Bramlage Coliseum on August 26, K-State’s Emmy-winning K-StateHD.TV department will produce every home contest streamed on Big 12 Now on ESPN+. The Wildcats and Cyclones nationally televised match on ESPNU on Sunday, October 2 at 3:30 p.m. will also be produced by K-StateHD.TV. The broadcast team of Brian Smoller and former Wildcat two-time All-American Liz Wegner-Busch are…
News Radio KMAN · In Focus 8/12/22: Ascension VIa Christi, Flint Hills Job Corps, Leonardville PRIDE Segment 1 – 00:00 Segment 2 – 12:03 Segment 3 – 22:00 Segment 4 – 33:54 On Friday’s edition of In Focus we spoke with Ascension Via Christi Director of Physician Services Don Hedden and Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Dan Samani, and Rehab Physician Dr. Seth Oliphant. Flint Hills Job Corps representatives Melissa Graf and Gina Shope also joined the program. In our final segment Chandra Ruthstrom with Leonardville PRIDE previews this weekend’s Hullabaloo.
ESPN has revealed its television schedule for the 2022 Big 12 soccer and volleyball seasons. Thirteen contests featuring Big 12 teams will be highlighted on ESPN telecasts this season. Ten volleyball contests were announced while three soccer matches were selected, including the final of the 2022 Sprouts Farmers Market Big 12 Soccer Championship. Big 12 Now on ESPN+ will stream over 150 matchups throughout the regular season and will air quarterfinal and semifinal matchups of the 2022 Sprouts Farmers Market Big 12 Soccer Championship. Longhorn Network is scheduled to showcase each Texas home match while SoonerVision on ESPN+ will air Oklahoma’s…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — An increase in turnout among Democrats and independents and a notable shift in Republican-leaning counties contributed to the overwhelming support of abortion rights last week in traditionally conservative Kansas, according to a detailed Associated Press analysis of the voting results. A proposed state constitutional amendment would have allowed the Republican-controlled Legislature to tighten restrictions or ban abortions outright. But Kansas voters rejected the measure by nearly 20 percentage points, almost a mirror of Republican Donald Trump’s statewide margin over Democrat Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. In the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to repeal a…