Category Archives: Sports
Emporia High announces strength and conditioning schedule
The Emporia High summer strength and conditioning program begins Monday at the school. This is for high school students only: *Seniors will work out between 6-7:15 am *Juniors will go next from 7:45-9...
Jun 12, 2020
Hornet football players learn of COVID-19 testing schedule, procedures
(ESU Athletics) Hornet football players will be the first group of Emporia State students to make a return to campus when a controlled group of 60 players prepare to begin summer workouts on Monday. T...
Jun 12, 2020
ESU track star Goodwin nominated for Honorary ESPY
(ESU Athletics) The shutdown of NCAA Championships by COVID-19 may have cost Emporia State’s Taysean Goodwin the chance at a national championship, but he now has a chance to earn an Honorary ES...
Jun 12, 2020
Truex wins, Bowyer 17th at Martinsville; NASCAR ends Confederate flag era at races
(ESPN/Sports Illustrated) Martin Truex Jr. cruised down the stretch and won his first NASCAR Cup race of the season Wednesday night in the first Cup race held under the lights at Martinsville Speedway...
Jun 11, 2020
SOCIAL CHANGE: MLB pledges support; USWNT ends policy against American flag protest
(Yahoo) Directly before the start of an abbreviated 2020 MLB draft, commissioner Rob Manfred delivered a statement on racial inequality in which he said "Black Lives Matter" and said Major League Base...
Jun 11, 2020
NFL eyeing shorter preseason this year
(Yahoo) The NFL preseason will be reduced by one game once the 2021 collective bargaining agreement kicks in, but we might see a reduction much sooner. NFL.com's Tom Pelissero reported on Wednesday th...
Jun 11, 2020
ESU announces track and field recruits
(ESU Athletics) Emporia State track and field head coach Steven Blocker has announced this year’s group of field and multi-event signees for the Hornets. The class consists of eight women, inclu...
Jun 10, 2020
MLB players propose 89-game schedule to start July 10
(ESPN) The Major League Baseball Players Association is making a proposal to Major League Baseball for a season of 89 games with a full prorated share of salary and expanded playoffs, sources familiar...
Jun 10, 2020
NASCAR to allow fans at Tallageda; Bubba Wallace calls for end of Confederate flag at events
(Yahoo/ESPN/KVOE) Talladega will allow a few thousand people to watch its June 21 Cup Series race in person. The track said Tuesday that 5,000 people could attend its rescheduled race. Talladega is ho...
Jun 10, 2020
Olympics maintaining stance on protests in light of George Floyd death, resulting unrest
(Yahoo) As leading figures in American sports leagues change their tune on systemic racism and player protests, the International Olympic Committee is holding firm on its rules against protesting, acc...
Jun 10, 2020
