MANHATTAN, Kan. (Kansas State Athletics) – Each week throughout the 2022 season, k-statesports.com recaps the action for the 14 former Kansas State football players currently in the NFL. Timmy Horne, DL – Atlanta Falcons Horne, a rookie free agent who made the active roster out of training camp, set a new career high with four tackles to help Atlanta earn a 37-34 overtime win over Carolina. Horne saw time 20 defensive snaps and one special teams plays. In eight games this year, Horne has nine tackles among his 146 defensive snaps. The Falcons evened their record at 4-4 on the…
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by Alec Busse • EMAWOnline – Lead Reporter – @Alec_Busse Kansas State is ranked No. 13 in the initial College Football Playoff rankings, which were released on ESPN on Tuesday night. “It’s something that somebody will tell me that we’re ranked somewhere,” head coach Chris Klieman said. “It really matters at the end. Whoever the top-4 teams are at the end, they’ll talk about that a bunch. There’s so much football left to be played inside that top 25 and even outside of it. You’re trying to focus on the things you can control and for us it’s not getting caught up in…
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — One person was killed and seven others were wounded after gunfire erupted at a crowded Halloween party in Kansas City, Kansas. The shooting happened Monday night at a home, the Kansas City Star reported. Between 70 and 100 people were at the party, including high school-aged teenagers. Police were called around 9 p.m. and found the deceased person and several others with gunshot wounds. No information about the victims has been released. Officer Marshee London said people suspected in the shootings entered the home and were asked to leave. Afterward, bullets were fired from the outside into…
CLEVELAND (AP) — Salvador Perez had four hits and drove in a pair of runs, Kris Bubic struck out a season-high eight and the Kansas City Royals beat the AL Central champion Cleveland Guardians 7-1 on Saturday night. Perez collected three singles and a solo homer in four plate appearances, spoiling the return of Cleveland right-hander Zach Plesac (3-12) following a one-month stay on the injured list with a broken pitching hand. The Guardians will host either Toronto, Seattle or Tampa Bay in a best-of-three wild-card series next weekend. Cleveland has won 10 of 12 and is an MLB-best 21-5…
Originally posted on kstateonline.com By Derek Young KSO will look at a handful of categories each week when previewing the Kansas State game on Saturday. What are the factors to keep in mind for the Wildcats, what K-State needs to learn, the players to watch and a final prediction. FOUR FACTORS FOR KANSAS STATE 1. FAST START: There hasn’t been a more anticipated game in Manhattan since I began covering Kansas State in 2017. It has a chance to be at a fever pitch by kickoff at Bill Snyder Family Stadium if the weather cooperates. A good way to draw the crowd in…
The four newest schools in the Big 12 haven’t even joined yet, and commissioner Brett Yormark is already looking at potential new members. Yormark said he wanted to add a team from “out west” that has “national recognition” on Wednesday at the University of Cincinnati. Along with BYU, UCF, and Houston, Cincinnati is one of four schools who will join the Big 12 in 2023. When it joins the conference, BYU will be the only team in the Mountain Time Zone among those four teams that is located west of the Central Time Zone. “Well, I don’t want to get…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas jury announced Thursday that it could not reach a verdict in the trial of a woman accused of killing her ex-husband and his girlfriend 20 years ago. Jurors deliberated for about 35 hours over six days in Dana Chandler’s trial. Chandler, now 62, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of 47-year-old Mike Sisco and 53-year-old Karen Harkness in July 2002, in Topeka. The jury foreman told Shawnee County District Court Judge Cheryl Rios that jurors were not able to reach a unanimous verdict in the case, The Topeka Capital-Journal reported. Thursday’s…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Legalized sports betting arrived in Kansas on Thursday, with wagers being taken at state-owned casinos and via mobile apps. The “soft launch” of sports betting in Kansas comes after Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly signed a bill in May that the Republican-controlled Legislature passed with bipartisan support. The launch meets a goal set by state officials to have the operations running by Sept. 1, in time for the first NFL games. An official launch of the operations is scheduled for Sept. 8. Bettors must be in Kansas to place their wagers. Under the law, each state-owned casino may offer…