By Tim Everson teverson@themercury.com After going a full game without forcing a turnover last week, Kansas State needed two to walk away with a 34-27 win over Tulane in New Orleans on Saturday. Leading up to Saturday’s game, several Wildcat players on the defensive side expressed disappointment that they had lost the turnover battle in […]

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Preseason favorite Utah occupies the top spot in the first Big 12 power rankings of the season. The Utes, a newcomer to the league, received seven of a possible 16 first-place votes from a panel of media, including Mercury sports editor Tim Everson, that regularly covers the Big 12. They will be ranking the conference […]

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Downtown Manhattan was packed for Purple Power Play on Friday evening as members of the community celebrated the kickoff of the K-State sports season in the Little Apple. Organizers said they had their “highest attendance year yet” at the annual event, which took place the night before K-State football opened its 2024 slate with a […]

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Kansas State volleyball kicked off Year 2 of the Jason Mansfield era on the road over the weekend, dropping two matches against No. 8 Purdue and UC Davis before salvaging a win against UMBC at Purdue’s Stacey Clark Classic. “I’m really happy with our bounce back,” Mansfield said in a written statement after the finale. […]

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By Parker Evans Football season is here, and the K-State Wildcats are back in action on Saturday versus FCS opponent Tennessee-Martin of the Ohio Valley Conference. UT-Martin was picked to win the Ohio Valley Conference in their preseason poll and was unofficially No. 27 in the FCS Preseason Coaches Poll. Quarterback Kinkead Dent, who is […]

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