Fundraising efforts for Star of Hope are continuing to help war-torn civilians on the ground in Ukraine. Currently, the program’s Romanian partner has social workers and staff meeting with refugees at the southwest border.
NEW YORK (AP) Details of the memorandum of understanding agreed to Thursday by Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association, as obtained by The Associated Press. FREE AGENCY No change FREE AGENT DRAFT PICK COMPENSATION MLB and MLBPA agree to eliminate direct amateur draft-pick compensation, which had existed since 1976 and been in place for qualified free agents since 2012, pending an agreement on an international amateur draft.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Ochai Agbaji curled off a screen and was wide open for a rim-rattling ally-oop dunk, the inbound play perfectly executed if only Kansas teammate Dajuan Harris had lofted him the ball in the Big 12 quarterfinals.
HUTCHINSON – For the second straight year, Hesston defeated the Thomas More Prep-Marian boys’ basketball team in the semifinals of the Class 3A state tournament. The Swathers beat the Monarchs 45-36 on Friday night in Hutchinson Sports Arena to drop TMP (20-5) into Saturday’s third-place game against Southeast of Saline (21-4).
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Bruce Weber resigned as the basketball coach at Kansas State on Thursday, one day after the Wildcats lost to West Virginia in the opening round of the Big 12 Tournament to cap a third straight losing season.
After opening conference play this afternoon, the Fort Hays State softball team will play their first home games of the season, starting Wednesday morning against Oklahoma Baptist. Historically, FHSU is 1-6 against the Bison.
Today is Sunday, March 13, the 72nd day of 2022. There are 293 days left in the year.
Experts estimate that well over 80 percent of people will experience back pain at some point in their lives. Perhaps ten percent of adults experience it at any given moment. Back pain is extremely common, and people with back pain can be extremely miserable. It may hurt to move, sit, stand, lay, even breathe. No wonder back pain accounts for so many visits to the doctor!
Dear Dr. Roach: My son was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in March 2020. We recently learned on our own that prednisone greatly affects blood sugar. This needs to be more common knowledge. We found this out when my son’s blood sugar was averaging 250 a day, 100 more than usual. We called his endocrinologist, who temporarily increased his pump dosage. -- K.J.
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) As people in the U.S. prepare to turn their clocks ahead one hour in mid-March, I find myself bracing for the annual ritual of media stories about the disruptions to daily routines caused by switching from standard time to daylight saving time.