Among the thousands of competitors in the Sunflower State Games, Tiffany Strohmeyer is easy to root for.

Before closing out the first half of the season, the Kansas City Royals return to Kauffman Stadium for a nine-game homestand starting with a “Hats Off” weekend to Royals fans.

The Portland Trail Blazers settled months of debate Thursday night when they chose Oden over fellow college freshman Kevin Durant with the No. 1 pick in a highly anticipated NBA draft.

He had to wait while until number 13 but Julian Wright was drafted by New Orleans.

Tuesday, July 3 Heartland Park Topeka will host the Star Spangled Modified Dirt Race.

The weather certainly didn't agree with the Kaw Valley Catbackers today, but despite the outlook on the precipitation, the outlook on next season is positive.

Averaged 12.0 points on 54.9 percent shooting and a team-best 7.8 rebounds in his sophomore season. Named to the All-Big 12 Conference first team.

The Kansas City Chiefs agreed to a two-year contract today with tight end Mike Pinkard.

Ralph McFillen is set to call it a career after 10 years as commissioner of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association and 35 years in athletics administration on June 30, but that hasn't meant he's coasted to the finish line.

Joan Wells, who won 15 state championships as volleyball coach at Lawrence (Kansas) High School, is a member of the newest class of the National High School Hall of Fame.

The Royals have announced the signings of their second, third and fifth round selections from the 2007 First-Year Player Draft.

Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione and five of the Sooners' head coaches -- including football coach Bob Stoops and basketball coaches Sherri Coale and Jeff Capel -- had raises approved Wednesday by the university's Board of Regents.

Three female Kansas State track and field student-athletes earned ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America honors on Thursday morning, in an announcement by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

The Topeka Shawnee County Hall of Fame Induction ceremony took place Wednesday Night at the Ramada Inn Downtown.

Jorge De La Rosa won for the first time since May 13, Mark Teahen singled home a run in the third inning and the Kansas City Royals beat the Los Angeles Angels 1-0 Wednesday to complete a three-game sweep.

The N-C-A-A will reconsider three rules at its August ninth board of directors meeting, including one that bans coaches from sending text messages to recruits.

Kansas State relief pitcher Daniel Edwards became just the ninth player in school history to be named an All-American as the junior was named to the 2007 Pro Line/Athletic All-America Third Team, the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association has announced.

With the Sunflower State Games approaching, the 13 WIBW-TV dodge ball team has been working out.

Willie Nicklin was the Head Boys Basketball Coach at Topeka High School for 24 seasons from 1970 to 1994.

NASCAR showed again it won't tolerate any modifications to its Car of Tomorrow by levying stiff penalties against Hendrick Motorsports drivers Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson and their crew chiefs Tuesday.

LeBron James will wear the red, white and blue this summer after all.

Julian Wright was the main inside force on a Kansas team that won both the Big 12 Conference regular-season and tournament titles before losing to UCLA in the regional final of the NCAA Tournament

University of Kansas junior Egor Agafonov was named to the CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America men’s track and field/cross country second team Tuesday

Meche will need to rebound from one of his roughest outings of the year, a no-decision against St. Louis.

Three members of last summer's gold medalist USA U18 National Team will be back looking to secure a roster spot on the USA U19 World Championship Team