LAWRENCE, Kan. – Redshirt junior center Mike Novitsky has been named to the Rimington Trophy Watchlist on Friday, the Boomer Esiason Foundation announced. Novitsky, a transfer from Buffalo who arrived in Lawrence this summer, is one of 40 centers nationally to be recognized and one of five in the Big 12 Conference. This year’s committee worked with Pro Football Focus (PFF) to narrow down t...
LAWRENCE, Kan. – The Big EAST-Big 12 Battle of Kansas at St. John’s has moved to Friday, Dec. 3 at newly built USB Arena in Elmont, New York, the conferences announced Friday. The time of the contest and television information will be announced at a later date. The game was originally scheduled for Dec. 2. The KU-St. John’s contest will be the first college basketball game held at USB...
Join outdoor expert Bob Roberts on Saturday mornings on 1150 KSAL for the latest edition of Central Kansas Outdoors. Bob Roberts talks about how our weather has been very good for anglers on the reservoirs. Winds have been light to moderate and temperatures comfortable out on the water. Weekend anglers are getting out at sunrise when boat traffic is low plus light winds and cooler temperatu...
PURCHASE TICKETS: https://kwu.ejoinme.org/nwty Night with the Yotes is back for 2021 with the 11th Annual event to be held in-person on September 10 at The Temple in historic downtown Salina. The event kicks off an exciting weekend of events for Kansas Wesleyan athletics. Doors to the event open at 5:30 p.m. with the silent auction, games and social time, followed by the dinner program at 7...
(Undated) -- The University of Texas and University of Oklahoma could begin petitioning the Southeastern Conference as soon as next week for membership. According to WFAA in Dallas, the two schools will send a letter to the Big 12 Conference early next week stating neither school will renew their media contracts when they expire in 2025. After such, the two schools will then petition for ent...
MILWAUKEE -- Despite the issues that have plagued the Royals this season -- including a series loss to the Orioles over the weekend that dropped them to 37-55 entering the series against the Brewers -- there’s something about playing Milwaukee this season that’s seemingly made everything go right. Kansas City got contributions from just about everyone during Wednesday’s 6-...
Bob Murray's ownership of the Heart of America Sports Camps was a foregone conclusion in Ken Cochran's mind. Murray, who played basketball for Cochran at Kansas Wesleyan in the late 1960s, was one of the first counselors Cochran hired after the youth basketball organization debuted 1982. When Cochran decided it was time to relinquish his ownership in 2001, he landed his replacement with one bri...
(Kansas City, MO) -- The Kansas City Chiefs have agreed to a one-year contract with free agent pass rusher Alex Okafor. The 2013 fourth-round pick spent the past two seasons in Kansas City, but missed time in each campaign due to injury. Prior to joining the Chiefs, Okafor played four seasons in Arizona and two years in New Orleans....
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State sophomore running back Deuce Vaughn earned his second honor this week as he was named to the watch list for the Doak Walker Award, the PwC SMU Athletic Forum announced Wednesday. Vaughn, who was on the Maxwell Award watch list on Monday, is the first Wildcat to be named to the watch list for the Doak Walker Award – which goes to the nation’s top college ru...
MILWAUKEE -- The Royals didn’t break the game open when they had a bases-loaded opportunity in the eighth inning against the National League Central-leading Brewers on Tuesday afternoon, but they ultimately didn’t have to. A game-tying home run by Jorge Soler and a go-ahead two-run shot by Ryan O’Hearn worked in concert with six solid innings from Mike Minor, and Kansas Ci...
