Kansas City Star: Kansas State University

K-State A.D. won't make fans pay for buyouts

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:15 CDT

Kansas State athletic director John Currie vowed Friday not to use any money from fans or donors to foot the bill for the Wildcats’ recent buyouts. Currie, who unveiled his “K-State Pledge” — a list of five goals explaining his vision for the department — said the buyouts would be financed through K-State’s allocated funds from the Big 12 and the NCAA, a revenue-sharing sum that is about $9 million a year.

Currie: Fans won't pay for K-State buyouts

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00 CDT

Kansas State athletic director John Currie this morning unveiled the "K-State Pledge," a list of five goals explaining his vision for the department.

K-State hires former Super Bowl exec

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:15 CDT

Reid Sigmon, formerly the executive director of the Tampa Bay Super Bowl Host Committee, was hired Wednesday as a senior associate athletics director for administration at Kansas State. Sigmon will oversee all financial, contractual and legal matters and serve as a conduit between the department and the university counsel and the vice president for administration and finance.

K-State puts plans for athletic upgrades on hold

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:15 CDT

The new basketball practice facility for Frank Martin and Deb Patterson will have to wait, as will an expanded ticket office, a hall of fame and renovations to the west side of Bill Snyder Family Stadium. Kansas State athletic director John Currie said Tuesday that those projects, which were to be financed through $35 million in private funding and another $35 million in debt financing, are in the process of being re-evaluated. They had stalled under the previous administration.

Facilities improvements being reconsidered, K-State athletic director says

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:13 CDT

Kansas State University is re-evaluating a planned $70 million upgrade of athletic facilities, new athletic director John Currie said.

K-State lineman Fitzgerald arrested, accused of DUI

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:02 CDT

Kansas State senior defensive lineman Jeffrey Fitzgerald was arrested early Sunday morning by the Riley County Police Department and charged with driving under the influence.

Snyder's return gives K-State fans hope of moving forward

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 22:15 CDT

TOPEKA | Bill Snyder stood alone for the moment, his thin body slightly rocking, his purple tie matching the colors worn by the hundreds of people surrounding him, his expression blank. It was impossible not to stare.

2009-10 basketball schedule should be a tough test for K-State

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:15 CDT

This schedule might silence the critics. Have a complaint about Kansas State not playing anyone of substance in nonconference play, especially at home? That was so last year.

K-State's nonconference hoops schedule includes Sprint Center game

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:50 CDT

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Snyder, Weiser say report was accurate

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:15 CDT

Kansas State coach Bill Snyder said he found most of what he read in the university audit released by the Board of Regents on Friday to be “accurate.” “All compensation noted in my contract was paid to me or to the corporation,” Snyder said in a statement Saturday. “I received nothing more than what was stipulated in my contract.”

NCAA won't be involved with K-State's issues

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:15 CDT

An NCAA spokesman told The Star on Monday that the questionable financial dealings uncovered by an audit at Kansas State were not something the NCAA would look into. “We don’t comment on current, pending or potential investigations,” said Stacey Osburn, associate director of public and media relations for the NCAA. “But this is a university employment decision, and not anything we would be involved with.”

K-State's golden era tarnished by financial audit

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:15 CDT

These trees didn’t fall in the woods. The Kansas Board of Regents chopped down Jon Wefald, Bob Krause and Bill Snyder in the public arena, choosing to disclose a financial audit the regents surely understood paints Wefald, Krause and Snyder as shady, clueless and drunk on power.

Audit uncovers questionable financial practices at K-State

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 22:15 CDT

A scathing audit of Kansas State University reveals a pattern of undisclosed payments, conflicts of interest, poor accounting and possible tax problems for the school, several of its former employees and its athletic department.

K-State's Currie hits the right notes in Catbacker tour

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:15 CDT

Thursday brought the Kansas State mending, er, Catbacker, tour to Kansas City and Overland Park. And though new athletic director John Currie would have made it to Great Bend, Hutchinson, Wichita and Arthur Bryant’s Barbeque during his first week on the job anyway, this palm-pressing exercise is especially well-timed.

Freeman could start for Bucs as a rookie

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:15 CDT

Two months after drafting Josh Freeman of Kansas State as their quarterback of the future, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are not ruling out the prospect of him playing much sooner than expected. Quarterbacks coach Greg Olson said, “it’s not out of the question” that Freeman takes the path that the Falcons’ Matt Ryan and the Ravens’ Joe Flacco took last year and starts as a rookie.

K-State's new athletic director promises to earn the trust of fans

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:15 CDT

Lon Floyd, the evening’s comic relief, urged all in attendance at Wednesday’s Catbackers stop at Beech Activity Center in Wichita to take a deep breath. Only this wasn’t a joke.

Mix of old and new faces brings smiles to Big 12 basketball coaches

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:06 CDT

Big 12 men's basketball coaches are optimistic about the league's fortunes in 2009-2010 because of a blend of returning talent and highly regarded newcomers. Here are some other names you'll need to know once the season begins.

Former Wichita high school football star transferring to K-State

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:15 CDT

He’ll start out this fall likely on the scout team, and then it will remain to be seen whether he becomes Bill Snyder’s next great dual-threat quarterback. But it’s official — Chris Harper, a former Wichita Northwest star who ran, caught and threw for a touchdown as a college freshman, is transferring to Kansas State. He will redshirt this season, and he’ll have three seasons of eligibility for the Wildcats.

Quarterback Chris Harper to join K-State football team

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:26 CDT

He probably willl start out this fall on the scout team, and then it will remain to be seen whether he becomes Bill Snyder's next great dual-threat quarterback. But it's official — Chris Harper is transferring to Kansas State.

Kansas State's Sellers wins high jump at NCAA track meet

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:15 CDT

FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. | Scott Sellers of Kansas State secured the season sweep he was looking for. Sellers, who earlier this year won the NCAA Indoor high jump, added the outdoor title Friday at the NCAA Track and Field Championships.