Do you fully understand what your doctor tells you during a checkup? If you don’t, you’re not alone. A recent UnitedHealthcare study found that two out of three people don’t understand all their doctor’s instructions, diagnoses and recommendations.

Today, the day before Mother’s Day, we take a look at just a few of Kansas’ famous mothers. While one is just a symbol, all are symbolic of the strength, courage and determination that mothers across the state and all across the world find inside themselves and teach their children. Thank you to all of the mothers out there for being such incredibly smart, talented, strong, beautiful beings.

Bill Self has cited a lack of depth as one of the main reasons his Kansas Jayhawks went 10-10 in their last 20 games of the 202324 college basketball season after a splendid 13-1 start. “Last year we’re playing five guys,” Self, KU’s 21st-year head coach, said Monday on Andy Katz’s NCAA March Madness podcast.

Chris Klieman likes to say that “football is football.” It’s one of his favorite lines, because it helps him explain why he was prepared to win at a high level with Kansas State immediately after he made a big leap up in class from his coaching days at North Dakota State. He may even say it more often than he tells his players to “win the dang day.” While the simple expression certainly remains true whenever the Wildcats line up against Big 12 opponents on fall Saturdays, it is beginning to feel out of date during the offseason.

At Royals Rally in early February, general manager J.J. Picollo spoke bluntly about a specific goal for the team in the 2024 season.

Kansas City Royals starter Michael Wacha needed a bounce-back performance. Wacha, who entered Thursday with a 4.97 ERA in eight starts, was in a rough patch.

What was originally scheduled to be a twin bill at Pittsburg had to be split into two days due to the weather, with Independence High School softball falling in a shutout by the final of 10-0 on Thursday, May 2 and then losing 14-1 this past Wednesday.

Following some schedule shuffling because of the soggy field conditions over the past couple of weeks, Independence High School baseball was finally able to face off with Pittsburg in a doubleheader on Thursday, May 9. IHS struck first in Game 1, but the firepower from the Purple Dragons was too much to handle in a 12-2 run rule defeat in five innings. Then in the nightcap, the Bulldogs took a 4-2 advantage into the final stanza before Pittsburg broke things open with a four-run inning to pull off the 6-4 comeback victory.