(AP) The Stanley Cup is staying in the Steel City. The Pittsburgh Penguins are the first team in 19 years to win a second straight Stanley Cup as they completed the feat with a 2-0 shutout of the Predators in Nashville. Neither team scored until former Predator Patric Hornqvist beat Pekka Rinne (PEH’-kuh REE’-nay) from a bad angle with 1:35 remaining. Carl Hagelin (HAG’-lihn) sealed the win by scoring into an empty net with 14 seconds left. Matt Murray stopped 27 shots in recording his second consecutive shutout. Murray also blanked Nashville in the Penguins’ 6-0 rout in Game 5.…
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Coach Snyder issues an apology about the Corey Sutton situation. Coach also commented on Jesse Ertz and his throwing arm after surgery. Kevin Haskin from the Topeka Capitol Journal calls in. Phil Steele makes his prediction on K-State football in 2017. Plus, Match Game and You Can’t Be Serious. https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/1-Snyder-apology-Phil-Steele-on-2017-KSU-FB.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2-Kevin-Haskin.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/3-Snyder-on-Jesse-Ertz.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/4-3-on-3-basketball-in-the-Olympics.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/5-Final-thought-on-Stoops-and-KSU.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/6-Match-Game.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/7-Coach-Snyder-and-ice-cream.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/8-You-Cant-Be-Serious-4.mp3
(AP) Lance McCullers flirted with a no-hitter and the Houston Astros’ offense took control in the ninth inning. McCullers took a no-hitter into the seventh inning and Jose Altuve hit a two-run homer in a five-run ninth as the Houston Astros beat the Kansas City Royals 6-1 on Thursday night. McCullers and Royals starter Jason Hammel were locked up in a pitcher’s duel for seven innings. Altuve’s ninth home run came off Kelvin Herrera (1-2) with Josh Reddick, who walked on four pitches to lead off the inning, aboard. Herrera has yielded seven home runs in 24 1/3 innings after…
Kansas State head coach Bruce Weber announced the addition of junior transfer Patrick Muldoon (Basehor, Kan./Basehor-Linwood/Eastern Illinois) as a walk-on on Thursday. According to a release from K-State Athletics, he’s a 6-foot-7, 215-pound forward from Basehor, Kansas, Muldoon joins the Wildcats after a two-year stint at Eastern Illinois in Charleston, Illinois, where he played for head coach Jay Spoonhour during the 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons. He will sit out the 2017-18 season due to NCAA regulations and will have two seasons of eligibility remaining starting in the 2018-19 season. He is eligible to practice with the team immediately. Muldoon played…
Bob Stoops is a great example as to how successful the Snyder coaching tree has been. Oklahoma Powercat Gameday reporter Todd Lisenbee calls in. K-State hoops adds a new walk-on who will have to sit out this upcoming season. Plus, You Can’t Be Serious. https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/1-Lincoln-Riley-and-the-new-guard-take-over-the-Big-12.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2-KSU-hoops-walk-on-Greg-McDermott-news.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/3-Todd-Lisenbee.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/4-Happy-Birthday-to-Johns-hero.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/5-Snyder-coaching-tree.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/6-Royals-are-messing-with-us.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/7-Snyder-never-beat-Stoops-in-Manhattan.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/8-You-Cant-Be-Serious-3.mp3
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) Bob Stoops had been the longest-tenured active head football coach. Not anymore. Stoops has retired after 18 seasons at Oklahoma. Stoops was 190-48 with the Sooners, winning 10 Big 12 titles and the 2000 national championship. The 56-year-old Stoops says the time is right to step down, but adds his health had nothing to do with his decision. The Sooners moved quickly to name a replacement, elevating offensive coordinator Lincoln Riley. The 33-year-old Riley becomes the youngest head coach in the Bowl Subdivision.
(AP) Jason Vargas tossed five solid innings for his eighth victory, Cheslor Cuthbert drove in three runs and the Kansas City Royals defeated the Astros 7-5 on Wednesday night after Houston ace Dallas Keuchel was a late scratch with an illness. That cancelled the anticipated pitching duel between Vargas and Keuchel, who have the two best ERAs in the majors. A few minutes before the game was to start, Astros manager A.J. Hinch told Royals manager Ned Yost that Keuchel would not be starting. Hinch said Keuchel had been “sick for the last couple of days.” “He didn’t feel great…
In an announcement by the State of Kansas Sports Hall of Fame on Wednesday, former K-State standout Priscilla Gary-Sweeney (women’s basketball) has been selected as a member of the 56th Anniversary Class of 2017. The induction class of 2017 will be enshrined in ceremonies on Sunday, October 1, at the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame in the Wichita Boathouse. According to a release from K-State Athletics, Gary-Sweeney is a two-time letter winner for the Wildcats from 1981-83, was the first K-State women’s basketball All-American in program history at the conclusion of the 1982-83 season. She led the program in scoring…
We react to the news that Bob Stoops is retiring. Yes, Coach Stoops will no longer be the Sooner’s head coach. How does this affect the Big 12 this season? Jordy Nelson calls in to chat about his annual Nelson’s Landing charity event. Royals walk off in the 9th last night. Plus, Inside The Fort and You Can’t Be Serious. https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/1-Initial-reaction-to-Bob-Stoops-retiring.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/2-Possibility-of-Stoops-coming-back-to-KSU.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/3-Sweet-win-for-the-Royals-last-night.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/4-Inside-The-Fort.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/5-Interview-with-Jordy-Nelson.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/6-How-does-Stoops-leaving-affect-the-Big-12.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/7-Quotes-from-Bob-Stoops-press-conference.mp3 https://1350kman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/8-You-Cant-Be-Serious-2.mp3
(AP) Mike Moustakas’ no-doubt homer ended the Kansas City Royals’ unlikely comeback against baseball’s best team. Moustakas hit a two-run shot with two outs in the ninth inning after Kansas City rallied from a six-run deficit, and the Royals snapped the Houston Astros’ 11-game winning streak with a 9-7 victory Tuesday night. Moustakas drove an 0-1 slider from Ken Giles (1-2) out to right with Salvador Perez aboard. Moustakas had four hits and three RBI. Kansas City trailed 7-1 in the fourth inning but completed its comeback with a four-run eighth. Whit Merrifield hit a three-run double with two outs…