Author: KMAN Staff

By Zach DeLoach On a Friday evening in November 2020, two opposing running backs ran wild in a high school football 6A state playoff game. Now, DJ Giddens and Dylan Edwards are teammates at Kansas State, but both remember that night. It was the night Giddens’ career as a Junction City Blue Jay ended with […]

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MANHATTAN, Kan. (K-State Athletics) – For the first time in the history of the Big 12 Conference, K-State women’s basketball has been selected as the preseason favorites in the 2024-25 Preseason Big 12 Coaches Poll announced by the league office on Thursday. In addition to the poll results, K-State senior center Ayoka Lee was named the Big 12 […]

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The last few years have brought a wave of monumental changes to college sports, and Big 12 deputy commissioner Tim Weiser knows now is the time for him to step away. Weiser, who previously was Kansas State’s athletics director from 2001 to 2008, will retire at the end of this year after helping the conference […]

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MANHATTAN, Kan. (K-State Athletics) – Kansas State sophomore quarterback Avery Johnson was honored for his play in the Wildcats’ 42-20 victory over No. 20 Oklahoma State by being named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week, the conference office announced Monday. It is Johnson’s first weekly conference honor this season and second of his career as […]

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By Tim Everson As the old adage goes, “It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.” After a week where No. 23 Kansas State’s offense was as bad as it could be, the Wildcats had about the best response you could have, topping No. 20 Oklahoma State 42-20 on […]

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By Tim Everson After a nightmarish trip to Utah last week, No. 23 Kansas State got the bounce-back game it needed in a 42-20 demolishing of No. 20 Oklahoma State at home on Saturday. After a bit of a slow start defensively, K-State smothered the Cowboys, keeping them out of the end zone until Oklahoma […]

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By Tim Everson Kansas State men’s basketball opened practice for the 2024-25 season earlier this week. They do so will almost an entirely new roster with just three returners after a reset following a tumultuous 2023-24 season that ended with a opening round NIT loss at Iowa. The Wildcats add 11 newcomers, including top-50 prospect […]

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By Tim Everson After setting an initial goal of raising $20,000 for his former high school principal’s cancer battle, Kansas State sophomore quarterback Avery Johnson’s fundraising efforts have far surpassed that with help from fans both of K-State and other Wildcat opponents’ across the country. Dr. Chris Botts’, the principal at Maize High School, was […]

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