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For What it's Worth: At the Valley Baseball Tournament

It seems trivial to be talking about sports when friends and neighbors have had their lives blown all around the plains. The devastation in Oklahoma is staggering—it affects Kansans so profoundly because we live with the knowledge that it has been...

Tags: Indiana State Sycamores, Wichita State Shockers, Creighton Bluejays, Baseball, Missouri Valley Conference

SIU's McCall throwing in for Olympic bid

John Smith, the throws coach at Southern Illinois, was among a dozen Division I track and field coaches watching the girls discus at the 2007 Illinois high school championships. Most were there to size up Bailey Wagner of Grant Community High School....

Tags: Dolton, Colleges and Universities, Financial Aid, High School Sports, Missouri Valley Conference

For What It's Worth: Arch Madness - March 8th

KWCH 12 Eyewitness Sports

For What it’s Worth---March 8 -- Another reason to like Wichita State hoops Coach Gregg Marshall, for me anyway-- I walk into his press conference yesterday afternoon with my 14 year old son and he stops in mid-answer to say hello to him---from...

Tags: Wichita State Shockers, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Missouri State Bears

For What It's Worth: February 27

For What it’s Worth---February 27 -- How ecstatic are parents across the region that school is back in session, probably just a few more than the kids who’re going back… although I do have one child who’s tired of shoveling snow....

Tags: Wichita State Shockers, Elijah Johnson, Evansville Purple Aces, Mo Farah, Iowa State Cyclones

For What It's Worth: February 24th

I’m going to miss the BracketBusters.  Up until the last couple of years I’d really come to wonder what immediate benefit Wichita State got from this game.  Yes, it helped in their scheduling, but through the first seven years rarely did it...

Tags: Ray McCallum, Wichita State Shockers, Virginia Commonwealth Rams, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Arizona Wildcats

For What It's Worth: February 6th

For What it’s Worth on this February 6 -- The last time the Shockers had lost three straight games was four years ago in Gregg Marshall’s second season. About last night--- To put this mess in the proper perspective consider that...

Tags: Wichita State Shockers, Worth, National Collegiate Athletic Association

For What It's Worth: February 5th

For What It's Worth---on February 5 -- I’m wondering who's going to step forward for the Shockers tonight at Southern Illinois. Who's the guy that's going to be accountable and say 'this isn't happening on my watch'. Still ranked? I was...

Tags: Texas Tech Red Raiders, Wichita State Shockers, Kansas State Wildcats, Iowa State Cyclones, Worth

For What It's Worth: January 10th

For What it’s Worth on January 10th -- Wichita State and Kansas squeak by in games I thought both would dominate. Shows how much I know. Shocks nearly go South-ern--- Southern Illinois didn’t look like a team on a 4 game skid, or was it...

Tags: Wichita State Shockers, Ben McLemore

For What It's Worth: January 13th

The next time I come to Evansville I’m going to drive.  The three worst flights I’ve ever taken in the Missouri Valley Conference have been in to and out of Evansville.  I’m not sure how I’ve wronged this city, but we are clearly...

Tags: Drake Bulldogs, Wichita State Shockers, Creighton Bluejays, Evansville Purple Aces, Bradley Braves

Bruce's Blog - January 9

KWCH 12 Eyewitness Sports

For What it’s Worth on this January 9— The Missouri Valley Conference was expected to be a four horse race, but Illinois State is an early candidate for the glue factory. Picked second behind Creighton, the Redbirds looked the part going 9-3...

Tags: Wichita State Shockers, Drake Bulldogs, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Missouri State Bears, Big 12 Conference

The weekend college football/TV schedule

This weekend's complete Division I football schedule, courtesy of the National Football Foundation