Saleh rejoins Jets after clearing COVID-19 protocols NEW YORK – New York Jets coach Robert Saleh cleared COVID-19 protocols and returned to the facility Wednesday to run practice for the first time since testing positive for the coronavirus last week. Saleh sat out the team’s 26-21 victory over Jacksonville last Sunday, forced to watch from a hotel room while tight ends coach Ron Middleton assumed the head coaching duties.
Candace Parker wrestled with the decision to make a huge change in her life and leave Los Angeles – where she had played her entire WNBA career – and head home to Chicago. In the end, the appeal of a homecoming was too much for Parker to ignore, and it couldn’t have worked out better.
The Tigers will spend the new year on a two-game MIAA road trip. The Fort Hays State University men’s and women’s basketball teams will play on New Year’s Day for the first time in school history, versus Northeastern State in Tahlequah, Okla.
MANHATTAN — In a bowl season filled with turmoil, Kansas State so far has been a model of stability. Take the Texas Bowl, where the Wildcats (7-5) will face LSU at 8 p.m.
(All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Wednesday, Dec. 29 COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) 3 p.m.
One of a kind: Ohtani wins AP Male Athlete of Year award ANAHEIM, Calif. – Most of the time in professional sports, it’s easy to think it’s all been done before.
LAWRENCE — As Kansas men’s basketball coach Bill Self anticipated the potential cancellation of his team’s Dec. 29 game against Harvard, in the wake of the cancellation of the Jayhawks’ Dec. 21 game against Colorado, he called Kyle Keller.
LAWRENCE — With cancellations occurring around the country for college programs in men’s and women’s basketball, the Big 12 Conference tweeted this past week its “Game Threshold/Game Postponement/Rescheduling Policy” has been updated for those sports.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Patrick Mahomes threw for 258 yards and three touchdowns, Byron Pringle caught two of the TD passes, and the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 36-10 on Sunday to clinch their sixth consecutive AFC West title.
MANHATTAN — Kansas State’s football and basketball coaches sent their players home for Christmas as scheduled this week, but not without some trepidation. COVID-19 outbreaks have wreaked havoc with sporting events nationwide in recent days, forcing postponements and cancellations across the college and professional ranks.