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Kansas turns its focus to Missouri

KANSAS CITY — Kansas men’s basketball coach Bill Self is sitting inside the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, reflecting Tuesday on the victory against UTEP, and he stops himself. Responding to a question about whether there may have been concern his players would overlook the Miners (4-4), with Missouri looming, Self admits there was.

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Fort Hays State University junior tight end Hunter Budke has been named to the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) NCAA Division II first team. Budke, also a first-team MIAA selection, is the first Tiger on the AFCA first team since Nathan Shepherd in 2017.

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Henry and Mathieu among 32 NFL Man of the Year nominees Derrick Henry and Tyrann Mathieu, 2020 All-Pro players, are among the 32 men chosen as finalists for the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year award. Each of the teams nominated one player for the prestigious honor named for the late Payton, a Hall of Fame running back for the Bears.

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