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The Eureka High School football field was damaged by an EF-3 tornado that tore through the town June 26. The Tornadoes won’t be able to use the stadium in the 2018 season.

Varsity Football

Eureka High football team stays positive while recovering from June tornado

An EF-3 tornado ripped through Eureka June 26. The damage was extensive, including to the Eureka High School football stadium. With the damage, the Tornadoes, led by a first-year coach, will have to play all of their games on the road.

Fred VanVleet popped up at popular burger joint 15th & Chris in Rockford, Ill., on Wednesday and bought the first 100 customers lunch. The owner said he had no idea VanVleet was showing up.

Wichita State Shockers

Fresh off an $18 million contract, here’s how Fred VanVleet is spending his money

Fresh off signing an $18 million contract with the Toronto Raptors, former Wichita State star Fred VanVleet showed up at 15th & Chris in Rockford, Illinois, and bought the first 100 customers lunch.

Former Kansas Jayhawks forward Perry Ellis signed with a pro basketball team in Germany for the upcoming season after playing in the NBA Summer League with the Milwaukee Bucks.

University of Kansas

Perry Ellis to play in Germany while keeping NBA dream alive: ‘There are different paths’

Perry Ellis, the former Kansas Jayhawks forward from Wichita who just completed a stint with the Milwaukee Bucks summer league team, will play professional basketball in Germany this season on a one-year contract.

Highlights: KU guard Charlie Moore scores 26 points in scrimmage

University of Kansas

KU’s Moore, McCormack to play for college all-star teams in August

Charlie Moore will play in four exhibition basketball games for a USA East Coast all-star team,coached by former KU coach Larry Brown, and David McCormack six games for a Global Sports Academy team in Belgium in August. Moore is a KU sophomore guard and McCormack is an incoming freshman forward.

Bill Snyder talks K-State QBs Alex Delton, Skylar Thompson

Kansas State University

Keep an eye on Josh Rivas and these other unsung K-State football players

Who are some of the young and unsung players to keep an eye on with the Kansas State football team this season? Coach Bill Snyder and captains had high praise for Josh Rivas, Dalvin Warmack, Dalton Schoen and a few others.

Catching up with Perry Ellis in Las Vegas

University of Kansas

Former KU forward Perry Ellis to play for team in Germany this season

Former KU forward Perry Ellis, who played pro basketball in both Australia and Italy last season and in the NBA Summer League this year, has agreed to a one-year deal to play for a team in Germany.

Mike Moustakas, right, is the Royals’ most valuable trade asset.

Kansas City Royals

Manny Machado is off the board. Now it’s the Royals’ turn to trade Mike Moustakas.

After days of speculation at this week’s All-Star game, it is finally official: Orioles shortstop Manny Machado is leaving Baltimore. The Dodgers packaged five prospects in a trade for the pending free agent on Wednesday evening. There are two weeks remaining until the non-waiver trade deadline on July 31. It’s now time for the remaining dominoes in MLB’s trade market, which includes the Royals’ Mike Moustakas, to fall.

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Sports Extra: The day’s professional scores, boxes

Go to Kansas.com’s E-Eagle for scores and summaries of yesterday’s professional sports.

KU's Silvio De Sousa (middle) found himself surrounded by Seton Hall's Michael Nzei (left) Angel Delgado and Khadeen Carrington while fighting for a rebound during the first half of Saturday's second round NCAA Tournament game at Intrust Bank Arena in Wichita.

University of Kansas

This previous KU weakness should be the team’s greatest defensive strength in 2018-19

This Bill Self-coached Kansas Jayhawks basketball team shouldn’t just improve in one area defensively during the 2018-19 college basketball season; instead, it probably should be the best defensive rebounding team Self has ever had.

Kansas State University

Bill Snyder not expecting ‘wholesale changes’ on offense, even with a new coordinator

With Dana Dimel out and Andre Coleman in as Kansas State’s new offensive coordinator it’s only natural to wonder how much different the Wildcats will look this season. But Bill Snyder doesn’t anticipate wholesale changes.

The UNI team practices at Intrust Bank Arena during the 2011 NCAA Tourament. The NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee has awarded Wichita hosting duties for a regional round in the 2022 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament at Intrust Bank Arena. (March 19, 2011)

College Sports

NCAA Tournament women’s Elite Eight is coming to Wichita for the first time

The NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee has awarded Wichita hosting duties for a regional round in the 2022 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament at Intrust Bank Arena.

According to reports, Wichita State has hired New Mexico State associate head coach Lou Gudino to replace Donnie Jones as the team's third assistant coach. Gudino comes to WSU from New Mexico State where he worked under Chris Jans, a former Gregg Marshall assistant.

Wichita State Shockers

Marshall: New Wichita State assistant coach comes 'highly recommended'

Wichita State men’s basketball makes it official and hires New Mexico State associate head coach Lou Gudino as a third assistant for the 2018-19 season.

Former KU standout Svi Mykhailiuk is now a member of the LA Lakers.

University of Kansas

Svi Mykhailiuk honored on all-NBA Summer League team for runner-up Lakers

The LA Lakers’ Svi Mykhailiuk scored 10 points against Portland in the championship game of the NBA’s Las Vegas Summer League on Tuesday in Las Vegas. The 6-8 former KU guard earned second-team all-summer league honors for runner-up LA.

Big 12 Media Days: Who will start at quarterback for K-State?

Kansas State University

Why Alex Delton and Skylar Thompson sharing QB duties could work for Kansas State

Perhaps we have been asking the wrong question about Kansas State’s QB situation. The most important debate of the preseason might not be who wins the job. It might be how Bill Snyder can best utilize both Alex Delton and Skylar Thompson.

Former Wichita State star Fred VanVleet will return to Wichita this weekend to host a youth basketball camp as well as do a meet-and-greet with WSU fans at a pop-up shop at the Waterfront for his Bet on Yourself clothing line.

Wichita State Shockers

Details on Fred VanVleet’s special Shocker-themed pop-up store coming to Wichita

Former Wichita State basketball star Fred VanVleet of the Toronto Raptors will host a basketball camp in Wichita on July 21-22, 2018, and then host a pop-up shop of his Bet on Yourself clothing line at the Waterfront.

Kansas City Royals

Royals’ Salvador Perez gets good view of All-Star game home-run explosion

Struggles aside, there is perhaps some comfort to be taken in KC Royals catcher Salvador Perez’s sixth straight All-Star game nod.

Ben McLemore played at KU for the 2012-13 season.

University of Kansas

Former KU guard Ben McLemore shipped by Memphis back to Sacramento Kings

Ben McLemore, a former first-round draft pick of the NBA’s Sacramento Kings, was re-acquired by Sacramento in a trade with Memphis on Tuesday. He signed a two-year free-agent contract with Memphis last offseason.

Kansas State University

Will K-State sell beer at football games? The idea is on AD Gene Taylor’s radar

Kansas State AD Gene Taylor says the Wildcats have talked about the possibility of selling alcohol for football games at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. Could they ever join Oklahoma State, Texas and West Virginia as teams in the Big 12 that sell beer?

University of Kansas

KU basketball extends scholarship offer to 6-foot-10 Bahamas native

Kai Jones, a senior forward from Brewster Academy, received a scholarship offer from Kansas on Tuesday, Rivals.com reported. Jones, the No. 123-rated player in the recruiting Class of 2019 according to Rivals.com, is a Bahamas native.

Soccer coach Ekkapol Janthawong, center, and members of the rescued soccer team attend a Buddhist ceremony that is believed to extend the lives of its attendees as well as ridding them of dangers and misfortunes in Mae Sai district, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand, Thursday, July 19, 2018. The 12 boys and their soccer coach rescued from a cave in northern Thailand left the hospital where they had been recuperating and appeared at a news conference Wednesday, saying the ordeal made them stronger and taught them not to live carelessly.

Celebrities

Thailand seeks control over movies about cave ordeal

Thailand's military government wants to control how movies portray the ordeal of the young soccer players and their heroic rescue from a flooded cave that drew worldwide interest and the attention of foreign filmmakers.

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