Changing Times Hit Big City Sports Coverage
In this commentary on newspaper trends, Mark Haslett notes that large papers face profit pressure and cut newsroom staff while embracing web upgrades. Local focus may rise as wires provide national content, risking weaker in-house college and pro sports coverage and a decline in beat reporting. Garden City readers may gain, but urban papers risk quality loss.
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Wall Street
Hollywood
Garden City
Telegram
Dallas Morning News
Morning News
Baylor
Aggie
Longhorn
Dallas
Joe
Weather cooperates on first day of GCHS football practice
Garden City High School opened with favorable conditions as a heat wave eased to cool overcast. Coach Mike Smith noted about 90 players turned out with limited returning starters, promising ample opportunities for performance this season. Senior Caleb Lamb and four other seniors highlighted key returnees and readiness to hit the field.
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GCHS
Mother Nature
Garden City
Mike Smith
Buffaloes
Memorial Stadium
Smith
Caleb Lamb
Jarrett Hernandez
Jesse Morales
Jose Ramirez
Eric Rojas
Geubelle takes seventh at Big I Junior Classic golf
Lakin golfer Ross Geubelle finished seventh in the boys division of the Trusted Choice Big I Junior Classic at Odessa Country Club, with rounds of 71 74 71 and 70 for a 286 total. Cameron Edens of Phoenix won with 271. The event, played since 1969, features 72 holes and notable past champions and participants.
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Lakin
Ross Geubelle
Trusted Choice
Odessa
Texas) Country Club
Guebelle
Cameron Edens
Phoenix
Tiger Woods
Bob Tway
Billy Andrade
Cristie Kerr
Candie King
Bobby Clampett
Chris Smith
Justin Leonard
Kellee Booth
Grace Park
David Duval
Phil Mickelson
Fuzzy Zoeller
Kansas State dismisses player listed as sex offender
Kansas State University basketball reserve Tyler Hughes was dismissed after his name appeared in a registered sex offender database. Athletics director Tim Weiser cited it in the best interest of the university, noting the case involves a juvenile offense sealed by law. Hughes, 21, played 26 games last season averaging 1.7 points.
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Manhattan
Tyler Hughes
Kansas State University
Tyler
Tim Weiser
Kansas State Athletics
Weiser
Hughes
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Paul Morrison
Morrison
Kansas State
Rodney
Kansas City Star
Safe sports tips to prevent injuries as kids return to play
Safe sports Washington reports 30 million youths begin organized sports with 2.5 million ER visits yearly. UNC study finds about one severe or fatal injury per 100000 players over 22 years. Experts urge heat precautions, proper hydration, and gradual conditioning to avoid strains and fractures. Coaches and trainers stress starting training in May to prepare for August.
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Washington
University of North Carolina
Virginia
Pietro Tonino
Loyola University Health System
Brian Robinson
National Athletic Trainers Association
Chicago
Sidelined by sports injuries and proper exams
The article urges yearly physicals for every child and teen to ensure fitness for play and spot risk factors such as heart issues. It notes heart irregularities and fainting as warning signs, advising parents and coaches to push for thorough exams to match sport choice and reduce sudden cardiac arrest risk.
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Nata
Tonino
Barton coaches sentenced in academic fraud case
In Wichita AP: Former Barton County Community College basketball coaches Ryan Wolf and Shane Hawkins received three years probation each with restitution and a fine. The judge cited substantial assistance in the probe and highlighted broader fraud tied to federal work study and conference rules. Fallout, Page B4.
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Wichita
Barton County Community College
Wesley Brown
Ryan Wolf
Brown
Shane Hawkins
Wolf
Roger Falk
Kansas Jayhawk Community College
Falk
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Devin Claussen
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Brad Nading
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U.S. Consumer Product Iafatu Commission
Barton
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