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@league42ict founder and executive director, longtime journalist, co-host of Bob and Jeff on KFH Radio (1240-AM, 97.5-FM, ), 2-4 p.m. weekdays.

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2 years
Good job, Kansas. Good damn job.
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3 years
Wellington had an undefeated season. Earned the No. 1 seed in 4A girls. A small community bonded over this team. Lose today by 40 to Miege. Was down 14-0 before attempting its first shot. That's not right. Not fair.
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1 year
I wouldn’t want to be anyone with a title in Marion, Kansas right now.
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4 years
This woman deserves the Nobel Prize.
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Rex Chapman🏇🏼
4 years
Good girl lost the ability to walk after an illness — but this woman worked her magic. Humanity...
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2 years
Izzo’s team shot the lights out and he says they “didn’t have it tonight?” Give me a break.
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Bob Lutz
3 years
My last thought on this, and thanks for your indulgence. I'm not sure where all of the girls on the Miege basketball team live. I'm guessing all across the KC metro area. The Wellington girls live in Wellington, population 7,425, and inside the school district.
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Bob Lutz
9 months
The Commissioner’s Office and the 30 Clubs have committed funding towards the costs of replacing our Jackie Robinson statue and providing other means of support of League 42.
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Bob Lutz
5 years
Five years ago, Gottlieb said VanVleet was a nice guard in the Valley but didn’t stack up well nationally. Seems to be stacking up pretty well in the NATIONAL Basketball Association.
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9 months
How about this? Amazing, huh? During this emotional week, we are proud to report some great news.   @MLB , which has been in touch with @League42ICT from the moment this tragedy became public, has formalized their support for our youth.
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Bob Lutz
4 years
The year is 2020. This guy is not. How can anyone support this person?
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Rex Chapman🏇🏼
4 years
Lindsey Graham tells young women that, “There’s a place for you in America — if you are pro-life — if you embrace your religion and you follow traditional family structure". What a bad guy...
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Bob Lutz
3 months
Wichita photographer Christopher Clark took this photo of the new Jackie Robinson statue as the sun was setting Tuesday night. It is, obviously, gorgeous. Thanks to Christopher for this amazing photo.
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Bob Lutz
2 years
@JennaLaineESPN @ranjok17 How unprofessional can you possibly be?
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Bob Lutz
3 years
I am losing interest in college sports. And I cannot make a strong case that athletes should not have the freedom they’re finally being given. But that freedom is resulting in a complete betrayal of any sense of loyalty or commitment.
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Bob Lutz
3 years
A letter I received from someone you might know a few years ago. He was a Republican. I'm a Democrat. It really didn't use to matter all that much. We are all Americans.
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Bob Lutz
4 years
This isn't a happy day for Wichita State basketball. But the one most responsible for this mess is Gregg Marshall. Not Shaq, Lindsted, Goodman, Moore, O'Neil, other players, the perceived softness of today's athletes or anyone else.
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Bob Lutz
5 years
Kevin Keitzman’s radio career should be over.
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Bob Lutz
3 years
You cannot make the case that this is good for high school basketball in Kansas. I hope some of you get into this fight with me. It's time.
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Harold Bechard
3 years
4A Girls - after three: Miege 63, Wellington 25. #KSHSAACovered
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Bob Lutz
4 years
It's been disappointing to see all of the personal shots taken at the Shockers tonight. This team gave its fans more than they ever could have expected. Rough game tonight, for sure. But the reaction by many was unwarranted.
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Bob Lutz
3 years
You do not get better by playing a sport year-round. You do get exhausted of that sport, often. Play different sports. Step up to tell youth coaches that you don't do football in March or baseball in November. One sport at a time is plenty. It's up to parents.
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Bob Lutz
3 years
Get Miege out of 4A, @KSHSAA . This is absurd.
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Harold Bechard
3 years
4A Girls: Bishop Miege 37, Andale 6 after one quarter. Stags shoot 71 percent from the field (15 of 21) and make 6 of 8 3-pointers. #KSHSAACovered
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Bob Lutz
5 years
Count me among those who believe high school sports coverage is essential to a community. The Wichita Eagle, for years, was a top Kansas source for everything about prep sports. Game stories, features, stats, insight. It was a big deal as recently as three years ago. Now? Poof.
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Bob Lutz
4 years
Steve Kerr is probably one of my five favorite people currently in sports.
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4 years
There’s nothing like being confident. Even the very best lose confidence at times. This is love. This is leadership. Steve Kerr for the win...
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Bob Lutz
5 years
If Toronto finishes this out, there should be a parade in Wichita for @FredVanVleet .
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Bob Lutz
6 months
This photo captures everything that makes me proud of League 42.
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Bob Lutz
3 years
Got a feeling we’re going to face a real teacher’s crisis and shortage if we aren’t already. And what a shame. Teachers are the lifeblood of society IMO.
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Bob Lutz
5 years
Bishop Carroll clinched its first-ever City League boys basketball title last night, beating rival Kapaun. Pretty big deal. No coverage by the Eagle. I'm gonna continue to say that high school sports coverage is a part of being engaged with a community, not a perk.
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Bob Lutz
4 years
Here’s the sculpture of Jackie Robinson.
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Bob Lutz
5 years
We got us a ballpark.
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Bob Lutz
4 years
I haven’t spent a night in hospital in my charmed life. That changes tonight. Had a couple on heart stents and will be charming the nurses tonight at the Kansas Heart Hospital. My streak of 2,869 days is over. It was quite a run.
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Bob Lutz
6 years
Guess who stopped by McAdams to check out League 42? This guy, Mr. October, Reggie Jackson.
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Bob Lutz
4 years
Lon Kruger is one of the finest gentlemen to ever coach. Didn't berate players, but pulled the best from them. Knew the game, taught the game, commanded respect. One of the best to ever do it.
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Bob Lutz
3 years
I work with a high number of kids who attend @WichitaUSD259 . They deserve better that what happened at the school board meeting last night. Advocate for these kids, leave your politics in the lobby. Want to change policy? Subject it to a vote. And grow up.
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Bob Lutz
3 years
There’s not an organization I know of that needs a jolt of creativity and adventure more than @kshsaa . Their postseasons haven’t changed one iota in decades. They’re stuck in a box.
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Bob Lutz
5 years
Our community is heartbroken today by the death of Pastor Michael O’Donnell. We know him as Pastor Mike. He was a friend, a sometimes confidante and the best damn caller The Drive has or will ever have. This on the day he had been waiting 50 years for.
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Bob Lutz
4 years
Really happy for @Coach_IBrown . Imagine how much this man's life has changed in just less than four months. Kudos to @WichitaStateAD for this decision.
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Bob Lutz
9 months
Our statue was found, dismantled and burned, at Garvey Park in Wichita. A news conference will begin shortly.
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Bob Lutz
4 months
This is clearly the worst singing of the Star Spangled Banner ever.
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Bob Lutz
3 years
We have a proven vaccine and people who refuse to take it are getting sick. Please take the vaccine and help us get past this nightmare.
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Bob Lutz
5 years
This is the first League 42 graduate to commit to play college baseball. We could not be more proud of Dorian, who is a great young man.
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Bob Lutz
4 years
Our Jackie Robinson statue spent last night in Colby on its trip to Wichita after a stay at a Loveland, Colo., foundry. Jackie will be permanently displayed in a Pavillion at League 42 facilities at historic McAdams Park. There will be an unveiling sometime in the spring.
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Bob Lutz
3 years
@FredVanVleet played in a Final Four. He was a mainstay of a @GoShockersMBB that won its first 35 games. He put Doug Gottlieb in his place. Now he’s an NBA All-Star. I think he’s the most impactful athlete in Shocker history.
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Bob Lutz
3 years
We really need to think about all the demands and restrictions we’re putting on teachers. They’re not doing this for money. Take away the creativity and we’re gonna be in trouble.
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Bob Lutz
5 years
First VanVleet, now Woodland. Nice week, Kansas.
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Bob Lutz
3 years
I am heartbroken today to learn of the passing of the one and only Dennis. He has called our sports talk radio show and numerous others for many years and I've learned he passed away on June 25. This is very sad and I hope everyone who knows of Dennis takes a moment to remember.
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Bob Lutz
3 years
My first game at Riverfront Stadium after around 40,000 at Lawrence-Dumomt. So thankful for this ballpark. Support the @WindSurgeICT
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Bob Lutz
3 years
Kids should get to be kids for a minimum of a million years.
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3 years
This teacher in Washington D.C. promised her class hot chocolate if she made this shot. She buried it – and the kids erupted in joy.
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Bob Lutz
5 years
A newspaper, print or digital, is not doing its job for its community if it is not providing daily coverage of the hundreds or thousands of people involved in high school sports.
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Bob Lutz
4 years
The Wichita State football plane crash, 50 years ago, touched this community like no other event in my lifetime. This is a day to remember and to respect. I was a sophomore in high school and that day, a beautiful fall day like today, is indelible.
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Bob Lutz
2 years
Congratulations to Bishop Miege on its rare state championship victory today. Proof again that anything can happen.
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Bob Lutz
3 years
No matter the outcome here, you should be proud today of your Shocker basketball team. Incredible fight.
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Bob Lutz
6 years
Can America please get serious again? Our politicians, our leaders. But most of all, our people. We should be embarrassed and angered by the President’s behavior and rhetoric. And I know many of us are. The enablers must see the light. It’s shining directly in their faces.
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Bob Lutz
4 years
@NateSilver538 I have to unfollow you. Best for my anxiety.
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Bob Lutz
11 months
The communication coming from Kansas State on the Tomlin situation is incredibly lacking. Just be up front. Your fan base deserves that.
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Bob Lutz
4 years
Congratulations to @BWhippleKS for fighting today. And for winning the fight. And to the other council members who voted with him.
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Bob Lutz
1 year
Those dummies in Marion probably should have let the local paper go ahead and dig into their misdeeds. Now the Eagle and Star are taking shovels to the scene. And they dig deep.
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Bob Lutz
2 years
We're a sick, depraved society. We see it every day. We whistle past the sickness and depravity as if things are normal. We hate with ease. We condemn without remorse. And we kill without cause. I'm so fucking sick of this.
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Bob Lutz
5 years
Give me 100 likes on this post. Please.
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Bob Lutz
4 years
A very emotional and difficult today. We Americans have to figure this out. We cannot be enemies. We cannot have leaders who fan the flames of division. I hope out of this terrible day comes something better and lasting.
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Bob Lutz
3 years
Out there somewhere tonight is a @GoShockersMBB "fan" who screamed out today, at a quiet point during a humbling loss to Memphis, for the return of Gregg Marshall. The disrespect of that comment is shameful. I hope that "fan" is doing some self-examination. IB deserves better.
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Bob Lutz
2 years
Speaking of basketball, the lack of high school coverage in this basketball state is maddening. I’m a broken record on that one, too.
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Bob Lutz
4 years
I take it for granted that teachers want to teach (and they aren’t paid enough to do so, by the way.) I also believe a vast majority of teachers would have chosen to follow Gov. Kelly’s plan. So we have a state BOE that is anti-teachers.
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Bob Lutz
3 years
At the @WindSurgeICT game tonight and this team is fun and our community loves this ballpark. Wichita, you got this right. Completely.
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Bob Lutz
2 years
This Jerome Tang guy, man.
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Bob Lutz
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@JonHeyman This is embarrassing, Jon.
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@RollingStone It’s bad.
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Bob Lutz
4 years
I mostly stay inside my house. When I’m out, and around people, I wear a mask. It’s the right way to go about your life until we get this mess figured out. Not following simple guidelines just prolongs the agony of this virus. How can people not get that?
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Bob Lutz
3 years
And I’m not a mask warrior. I’m OK with lifting the mandate on March 10. I think that’s reasonable, given all the circumstances. I’m simply against the three new board members who have made this their singular focus. I don’t trust them as far as I can throw them.
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I'm thankful to @MLB for its $100,000 contribution to @League42ICT to help us replace the Jackie Robinson statue and make other improvements to the Jackie pavilion at historic McAdams Park. Baseball and kids (dogs, too) are my passion and MLB has stepped up in a big, big way.
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Bob Lutz
5 years
Somebody start a Wichita-area sports website with comprehensive high school, small college and junior college coverage, as well as other things that currently fly under the radar. I'll deliver your first 25 subscribers. Do it right, do it well, and it'll work. Won't it?
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Bob Lutz
9 years
Been doing this a long time. Never covered a better person than Perry Ellis.
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7 years
Proud of Wichita. Could not have gone better.
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Bob Lutz
3 years
Basketball needs a shot clock, first and foremost. Then we need fewer classes. Tighten things up. Make it more palatable. Make it a bigger deal. Look around at your crowds this weekend. I was at Koch Arena yesterday, no atmosphere. This can't be OK for you. @KSHSAA
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Bob Lutz
4 years
Teachers didn’t sign on thinking they would potentially be risking their lives. They signed on to make the world a better place. They signed on because they have a passion to help kids. It helps no one to be back in school until it’s unequivocally safe. Why is this hard?
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Bob Lutz
4 years
What a night at McAdams Park. I’m so proud of League 42 and my friend, John Parsons, who hit one out of the park with his Jackie Robinson sculpture.
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Bob Lutz
3 years
The teachers I know (and yes, I know this doesn’t apply to all), very much believe in kids. They want kids to learn. They want them to learn across the board. They want them introduced to viewpoints and facts that challenge them. They want an education smorgasbord. They love kids
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Bob Lutz
5 years
Biggest moron in the history of the media.
@GottliebShow
Doug Gottlieb
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Retiring cause rehabbing is “too hard” is the most millennial thing ever #AndrewLuck
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Bob Lutz
4 years
Miege has no business in 4A.
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KSHSAA
4 years
4A Boys State Championship goes to Bishop Miege as they defeat Louisburg 94-40. Its the Stags 6th state title in history.
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Bob Lutz
8 years
Jerry Palm, you failed Bracketology. See you in summer school.
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Bob Lutz
4 years
Weak effort today by Sedgwick County Commission.
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Bob Lutz
4 years
That’s the play of Dexter Dennis’s career.
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Bob Lutz
3 years
If you’re running for school board with some political agenda, no thanks. If you’re running for school board to help see that teachers make more money, I’m with you all the way.
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Bob Lutz
4 years
@JonHeyman If only there were a "minors" for you, Jon.
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Bob Lutz
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I enjoyed every conversation I had with @Shaq_Morris over the past five years. Not to mention how much fun it was to watch him grow as a player. Best of luck to this young man, whose future is bright.
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Bob Lutz
3 years
Bring the shot clock to high school basketball. Just do it. @KSHSAA
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Bob Lutz
4 years
Guess I’ll have to take my vote on state board of education more seriously.
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Bob Lutz
9 months
We are grateful for their contribution to our mission of celebrating Jackie’s legacy through the youth of Wichita.
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Bob Lutz
5 years
Eric Wedge is Wichita State’s new baseball coach.
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Bob Lutz
5 years
I am more passionate about high school sports coverage -- which is disappearing across the country -- than I am anything else regarding a newspaper's sports coverage. I think it's vital. It definitely appears I'm in the minority.
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Bob Lutz
3 years
I encourage everyone to watch the story about Tony Bennett on @60Minutes . Amazing and inspirational.
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Bob Lutz
2 years
And yes, this is my annual state basketball tournament rant. It falls on deaf ears, for the most part. I do think a lot of people agree that private schools, in many cases, have an unfair advantage, but nobody wants to really rock that boat.
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Bob Lutz
3 years
It’s awesome every time we can put INTRUST Bank Arena on national display.
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Bob Lutz
3 years
A-plus hire.
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Jeff Goodman
3 years
Kansas State will hire Baylor assistant Jerome Tang, sources told @Stadium . Has built the Baylor program with Scott Drew the last two decades.
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Bob Lutz
3 years
After our interview with @KSHSAA executive director @BFaflick today on Bob and Jeff, I'm hoping for some changes in the public/private situation in Kansas. But change is methodical in our state, to say the least. He recognizes the issue, which is a good thing.
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Bob Lutz
4 years
A decent man will be president. I take comfort in that and we’re all better off when that is the case.
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Bob Lutz
6 years
Someone in Wichita cut an ear off of a puppy and put the puppy in a dumpster. There is a $500 reward for the person who identifies this scum. I’ll kick in $100 if someone can tell me how. I want this asshole found.
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Bob Lutz
9 months
I just finished an interview with a reporter from the New York Times. The power of Jackie Robinson is enormous.
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Bob Lutz
7 years
@DanMuller Dan, you’ve always been a young-looking guy. Turns out you really are 7.
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Bob Lutz
6 years
Chalk this up to "bitter old man" if you want. But cutting back high school sports coverage is not good business.
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