Sports Blog

Getting you acquainted with our sports collection here at the library, we highlight some of the outstanding resources and materials we have at the library for the many different types of sports fans that are out there. This blog will also discuss local, state wide, and national sports events, as well as any programs or speakers we have coming up at the library which would appeal to sports fans.

Recent Sports Blog Posts

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Summer Sailing

With increasingly pleasant weather just a few months away, it’s time to start thinking about summer activities. It’s hard to consider warm sunshine and bright blue skies without thinking about all the great lakes we have in Kansas. There are certainly quite a few water sports available to us during the summer; one of my favorites is [...]

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Movie Bookshelf for Sports Fans

If your movie shelves could hold all the sports movies you wanted… what would you own? Would they look anything like this?

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“Elite Athletes Get their Heads in the Game”

  We’ve seen this scene daily on Sports Center..A star athlete stands at the free throw line.  The shot must be made or else the team loses, he lets the ball fly and clank the shot goes off the back of the rim. He choked the fans cry out. The next highlight comes up and we see a [...]

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Spring Training Travels

Why wait for Opening Day? Plan a trip to Arizona or Florida for pre-season baseball excitement.

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Uncommonly Good Books Read By Two Common Guys – Our Boys

Eight state championships, a 79 game winning streak, an .825 winning percentage, and over 300 career wins. Amazingly, these aren’t the most important things Coach Roger Barta has brought to the football program at Smith Center High School. Join Dave and Nate as they look at Joe Drape’s book, “Our Boys”.

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The Sunflower Showdown 1962-2011

Want to win a bar bet? Here’s a question you can throw out to your sports fan friends the next time you’re together enjoying a cool one: Who would you say has lost more football games in the last 50 seasons, KU or K-State?

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A Day at the Ballpark

As a sports fan growing up in Kansas, I went to plenty of Kansas City Royals games as a kid. I’m just old enough to remember Royals greats like George Brett, Bret Saberhagen, Frank White, and so on. (I don’t remember Amos Otis or Freddie Patek, sorry.) I remember actually expecting the Royals to contend [...]

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SHAKE OFF THE WINTER BLUES THE ROYALS ARE COMING

Okay granted the weather has been very mild for January, but its time to shake off the winter blues and talk some baseball.   The Kansas City Royals announced that their annual fan caravan is coming to Topeka on Monday January 16th from 12:45 until 1:45  The fan caravan will offer baseball fans a good opportunity to [...]