Mired in a nine-game losing streak, K-State (19-27) will face the University of Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks (12-32) in three games over the weekend in their last nonconference series for this season. The Mavs broke a losing streak of their own last Sunday as they took the series finale against Indiana State in extra innings to snap an eight-game skid that stretched back to April 14.

K-State head basketball coach Bruce Weber has nearly completed his coaching staff with an array of coaches who hold experience in the college ranks. Weber has also locked up a new strength and conditioning coach with a solid track record while signing his first recruit at K-State as well.

The track and field season is coming to an end as the Wildcats will wrap up the regular season portion of their schedule by sending 35 athletes to the Nebraska Invitational as a tune-up for next weekend’s Big 12 Conference Outdoor Championships. Five Big 12 men’s teams and eight women’s teams are currently ranked in the U.

NFL The Tampa Bay Buccaneers signed former Rutgers defensive tackle Eric LeGrand on Wednesday morning. LeGrand’s football career was brought to a halt when he suffered a spinal cord injury in 2010. The connection between the Buccaneers and LeGrand that made the signing happen is Greg Schiano, LeGrand’s coach at Rutgers who now holds a position with the Buccaneers.

Choosing to do my triathlon the week before finals was probably the silliest thing I have ever done. While I have made sure I will have plenty of time to study and finish any projects I need to before I head to Fort Leavenworth, Kan., for the CGSC/FMWR Tri, I did not factor in the long nights with little sleep, a lot of extra coffee and a diet consisting of Einstein bagels and whatever sorry excuse for food they offer in the vending machines of Hale at 2 a.

After finishing out their regular season on a three-match-win high note, the K-State women’s tennis team lost in the quarter-final round of play in the Big 12 Conference Championships last Friday at the annual tournament in College Station, Texas. The team went into the match at the No.

Despite being within one run of the Wichita State Shockers Tuesday night, the K-State Wildcats were routed by the Shockers 10-3. The Shockers put up a combined six runs in the sixth and seventh innings, leaving the Wildcats too much of a deficit to recover from.

NBA Amare Stoudemire, star power forward for the New York Knicks, cut his hand in an unclear incident following the Knicks second game against the Miami Heat on Monday. Ian Begley wrote in a story on ESPNNewYork.com that “Stoudemire punched a glass casing surrounding a fire extinguisher minutes after the New York Knicks’ loss to the Miami Heat, according to a team source.

The K-State women’s golf team wrapped up their season Sunday after finishing in eighth place at the 2012 Big 12 Conference Championships that was played at the par 70, 6,150-yard Lawrence Country Club in Lawrence. Oklahoma came away with its second Big 12 Championship with a collective score of 64-over-par 904.

The men’s golf team wrapped up its season last weekend at the Big 12 Conference Championships, held at the Whispering Pines Golf Club in Trinity, Texas. The Wildcats carded a total score of 75-over-par 1,227 to finish in ninth place overall. K-State stayed mostly consistent with its team scores over the tournament’s four rounds, carding totals of 307, 304, 307 and 309.

Tuesday, May 1: Baseball at Wichita State, 6:30 p.m. Wichita, Radio: KMAN-AM 1350 Friday, May 4: Baseball vs. University of Nebraska - Omaha, 6:30 p.m. at Tointon Family Stadium Saturday, May 5: Baseball vs. University of Nebraska - Omaha, 2:00 p.m. at Tointon Family Stadium Sunday, May 6: Baseball vs.

After being swept by Oklahoma State last weekend, the K-State baseball team (19-26) will try and halt its eight-game losing streak when they travel to Wichita to take on the Wichita State Shockers (27-20) tonight at 6:30 at Eck Stadium. The Wildcats have not won a game since April 17 and 18, when they swept Northern Colorado in a two-game midweek series.

The K-State rowing team continued their dominance over the University of Kansas this season, beating the Jayhawks in the 2nd and 1st Varsity 8 races on Saturday to come back and take third place out of four at the Big 12 championships in Oklahoma City.

In outdoor track and field, it does not get much more competitive than the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa, and the Penn Relays in Philadelphia. Athletes from some of the top-ranked programs in the country compete at these meets. Throw in competition from some of the world's best, and the challenge and prestige is about as good as it gets.

Finding consistency has been difficult for the Wildcats recently, and the struggles persisted through the weekend when they took on the Oklahoma State Cowboys in Tointon Family Stadium, who swept K-State in three games. The Wildcats have now lost eight games in a row in their longest losing streak since 2003.