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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
MANHATTAN, Kansas (Kansas State Athletics) – Kansas State student-athletes continued to receive honors and accolades for their hard work in the classroom in 2021-22, as 29 Wildcats were named to the 2021-22 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team in an announcement by the conference office on Thursday. In the 10 years of the award’s existence, K-State has […]
MANHATTAN, Kansas (Kansas State Athletics) – K-State offensive line coach Conor Riley, running backs coach Brian Anderson, wide receivers coach Thad Ward and fullbacks/tight ends coach Brian Lepak met with members of the media on Wednesday to discuss their position groups after a week of preseason camp. Videos of each are below, while links to audio files are above. CONOR RILEY […]
LARAMIE, Wyoming (Kansas State Athletics) – K-State concluded its ramp up to the 2022 season with a preseason match at Wyoming on Wednesday afternoon, as the homestanding Cowgirls took the exhibition, 2-1, at Madrid Sports Complex. QUICK FACTS – K-State was led on Wednesday by freshman Andra Mohler with three shots and registered a second half goal to […]
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick says the coming Big Ten television contract with NBC is a “perfect” way for the network to complement its deal with the Fighting Irish. Swarbrick held a live online chat for Notre Dame’s alumni association Wednesday, during which he addressed recent developments with the Big […]
The following Big 12 football players have been named to national preseason watch lists. Check back daily for updates. Maxwell Award Xavier Hutchinson, Iowa State Deuce Vaughn, Kansas State Dillon Gabriel, Oklahoma Spencer Sanders, Oklahoma State Quentin Johnston, TCU Bijan Robinson, Texas Xavier Worthy, Texas JT Daniels, West Virginia Davey O’Brien Award Dillon Gabriel, Oklahoma […]
MANHATTAN, Kan. (Kansas State Athletics) – Kansas State head coach Chris Klieman met with members of the media for the first time during preseason camp on Monday at the Vanier Family Football Complex. Links to video and audio of the press conference – which was streamed live on Big 12 Now on ESPN+ – are above, while […]
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Lance Leipold first walked into the head coach’s office at Kansas, arguably the worst program in Division I football, amid terrible circumstances and during a time of the year that only made everything worse. The Jayhawks were coming off a winless 2020 season under Les Miles, who had then resigned in […]