HUTCHINSON, Kan.: (Transcript from KWBW Sports) 7:10am on BW Radio, time to turn to sports.
Kansas State defensive lineman Felix Anudike-Uzomah has decided to turn to the NFL. He made his announcement via Twitter yesterday afternoon. Uzomah almost played in 31 games over his career with the Wildcats. Last year, the Kansas City native had 46 tackles, 11 of those for loss and eight and a half sacks. He was awarded Second Team all-American by the Football Writers Association of America and third Team all-American by the AP.
Chiefs got a boost from an unlikely offensive hero down the stretch, leading a Kansas City playmaker to AFC Offensive Player of the Month honors for the second straight month. Running back, Jerick McKinnon led the NFL with nine touchdowns in his last six weeks of the season. That earned him the accolade for the first time in his seven year career.
Chiefs star quarterback Patrick Mahomes once again honored for his charitable efforts. Mahomes, the team's Walter Payton NFL man of the Year nominee, now the winner of the nationwide charity Challenge. Nationwide will donate $25,000 to Mahomes Foundation 15 and the Mahomes Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium will be the neutral site if Buffalo and Kansas City meet in the AFC Championship game.
The NFL decided to put the potential match up in a neutral city after the Bills Week 17 game against the Cincinnati Bengals canceled when Damar Hamlin went into cardiac arrest.
Chiefs 14 and 1, the one seed but played one more game than the second seed the bills. The league brokered the neutral site because Buffalo could have been the top seed with a victory over Cincinnati.
It'll be a Kansas basketball festival for the ages this weekend, when the second ranked Jayhawk men's basketball team plays host to 14th ranked Iowa State for the 125 year celebration as dozens of former players, coaches, managers and more expected back to Lawrence, including former Kansas head coaches Roy Williams, Larry Brown and Ted Owens.
All four worked together in 2014 for the celebration of the 60th anniversary of Allen Field House. The game tips at 3 pm on ESPN +tomorrow.
High school basketball. Tonight, Hutch will play host to Great Bend both games right here on BW. Our coverage of the girls at 5:45 with the bes,t Glen and Dan tonight.
Also, Buhler at Circle, Haven hosts Nickerson, Trinity Catholic hosts Sterling , Stafford host Central Christian Fairfield hosts Pratt Skyline, Norwich at Pretty Perry. Best of luck to those teams.
That's sports on BW.
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