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KING Concert Calendar for The First Weekend of May

Grateful Mike — Fri, 03 May 2013 05:59:16 +0000

Are you ready to get out of the house and see some live music?

There's quite a variety of entertainment choices in our area this first weekend of May.

The singer, songwriter from Chicago, John Prine, plays at the Paramount Theatre in Denver on Friday, May 3, with Tim O'Brien.

In Cheyenne, The Midtown Tavern will have a blues singer from Laramie, Tuffy Tanner. Along with some of his friends, he'll play original songs mixed in with upbeat blues tunes starting at 8 p.m. on Friday, May 3, at The Midtown Tavern, also known as Anderson's Other Corner,1303 East Pershing Boulevard, and there's no cover charge. We'll be talking with Tuffy Tanner on Friday afternoon on KING FM to give you a preview of the show.

UW Completes 2nd Day Of Spring Football Camp [VIDEO]

Gailen Sprague — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:04:45 +0000

Wyoming completed its second day of spring drills on Wednesday. Fifth-year coach Dave Christensen says he likes that the team is showing improvement although he says skill players aren’t catching the ball as well as he expects. Christensen says the team is still getting into practice shape. The first two practices of spring have [...]

Cowboys End CBI Run With Overtime Loss To Broncos [VIDEO]

Gailen Sprague — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 12:51:42 +0000

Five Cowboys scored in double figures and the University of Wyoming men’s basketball team took Western Michigan to overtime, before falling 75-67 in the CBI quarterfinals on Monday night in the Arena-Auditorium. The Broncos (22-12) sent the game to overtime on a last-second three and outscored the Pokes (20-14) 16-8 in the extra period to [...]

UW Cowboys Host Western Michigan Tonight – Matchup Breakdown

Gailen Sprague — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:04:52 +0000

After an exciting victory in the first round, the University of Wyoming men’s basketball team continues postseason play on Monday when the Cowboys host Western Michigan for the quarterfinals of the CBI presented by Buick. The Pokes (20-13) used a buzzer-beating three to down Lehigh, 67-66, at home last Tuesday, while the Broncos (21-12) earned [...]

UW Cowgirls Host N. Colorado In WNIT Thursday [VIDEO]

Gailen Sprague — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:03:13 +0000

Wyoming is back in the Women’s National Invitation Tournament and the Cowgirls will host Northern Colorado on Thursday in the first round.The game is set to tip off at 7 p.m. at Arena-Auditorium. I dug up this clip of the WNIT “Beer Song” just in case you need a refresher…enjoy! This is the sixth time [...]

University of Wyoming Cowgirls Lose Close Game to Fresno State

Grateful Mike — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 03:44:26 +0000

The UW Cowgirl’s Basketball team missed it by one basket. The Wyoming Cowgirls lost to Fresno State 63-62 on Friday afternoon at the Mountain West Conference tournament in Las Vegas.Sophomore Kayla Woodward scored a game high 22 points and nine rebounds, while Chaundra Sewell finished with 18 points and nine rebounds. Two other players finished [...]

UW Cowgirls Pull Out Win Over CSU [VIDEO]

Gailen Sprague — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:43:00 +0000

The Wyoming Cowgirl basketball team (24-6 overall, 12-4 MW) came back from a 14-point second half deficit and pulled out a 60-58 win over the Colorado State Rams (11-19 overall, 7-9 MW) in the quarterfinal round of the 2013 Reese’s Mountain West Tournament on Thursday night.“I think this is everything you expect with Colorado State/Wyoming [...]

UW Cowgirls Open Tourney Play Tonight Against CSU, Woodward Much Improved [VIDEO]

Gailen Sprague — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:30:42 +0000

UW’s Woodward has improved game in all aspects. Sophomore Kayla Woodward has settled into her role on the Wyoming Cowgirls this season.The Sheridan High School product has increased her averages in every offensive category this season in helping lead Wyoming to a 23-6 record and third place in the Mountain West. The Cowgirls open conference [...]

4 Cowgirls Receive Mountain West Postseason Honors [VIDEO]

Gailen Sprague — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 19:26:02 +0000

Wyoming senior forward Chaundra Sewell leads three other Cowgirls who have been named to the Mountain West all-conference team.Sewell was named to the first team for the first time in her career. She also was named to the league’s all-defensive team for the second year in a row. Sewell averaged a team leading 15.3 points [...]

Pokes Drop MW Contest at San Diego State

Gailen Sprague — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:56:53 +0000

Senior guard Derrious Gilmore scored 15 points, but the University of Wyoming men’s basketball team dropped a 79-51 Mountain West game to San Diego State on Tuesday night in Viejas Arena. The Aztecs (19-78, 7-5 MW) used a 23-1 run in the first half to take control and led by as much as 31 late [...]

MW Announces Future Schedule For Cowboys Football [VIDEO]

Gailen Sprague — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:30:16 +0000

The Mountain West Conference announced conference football matchups for the 2013-16 seasons on Tuesday. In 2013, the Wyoming Cowboys will, for the second consecutive year, host arch-rival Colorado State in War Memorial Stadium for the annual “Border War”. Wyoming’s other conference home games in 2013 will include: Fresno State, Hawaii and New Mexico. The Cowboys [...]

UW Cowboys Men's Basketball Go For Home Win Wednesday [VIDEO]

Gailen Sprague — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:44:09 +0000

The Cowboys have one of their last home games Wednesday night when they host Nevada (12-11 OVERALL, 3-6 MW). Judging by their record, this could be a winnable game for Wyoming, which badly needs a conference win at this point (16-7, but only 2-7 MW). One concern for the cowboys though is that forward Larry [...]

UW Cowgirls Basketball Team Slam Dunking Other Teams [VIDEO]

Gailen Sprague — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:00:44 +0000

The University of Wyoming Cowgirls aren’t just beating other teams these days, they’re beating them up.Wyoming (17-4 overall, 6-2 Mountain West) has won four straight conference games with an average margin of victory of 23.2 points a game. That’s the second-best average margin of victory for UW over four games in Mountain West history. The [...]

Border War Almost Sold Out At Moby [VIDEO]

Gailen Sprague — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:01:06 +0000

Our Wyoming Cowboys Men’s Basketball team will be taking on the CSU Rams this Saturday in the Border War! And the game is just about sold out! As of yesterday, the only seats available for the Border War on Saturday at Moby Arena are individual premium tickets. There are no two remaining seats together. [...]

Mark Jenkins Discusses Climbing Mount Everest at LCCC Tonight

Grateful Mike — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 07:11:26 +0000

Have you ever wanted to climb Mount Everest?

You can get an idea of what it's like climbing the world's highest peak by attending Mark Jenkins' talk at Laramie County Community College on Tuesday, January 29, at 7 p.m.

Jenkins, a Wyoming native, is an avid climber and writer-in-residence at the University of Wyoming. He climbed Mount Everest last spring as part of a North Face expedition to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first American ascent of the mountain.

Wyoming Hosts No. 15 San Diego St Tonight [VIDEO]

Gailen Sprague — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 15:30:08 +0000

Wyoming will be hosting its second nationally ranked opponent this season. No. 15 San Diego State visits on Saturday in a game scheduled to tip off at 5:30 p.m. in the Arena-Auditorium. The Aztecs bring a 14-3 overall and 2-1 Mountain West record to the contest. The Cowboys are 14-2 overall and 1-2 in the [...]

Congratulations to This Week's UW Men's Basketball Ticket Winners!

Grateful Mike — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 01:39:57 +0000

Are you headed to the Cowboy’s next home game in Laramie? Several of our listeners will be at Saturday’s game against San Diego State at 5:30 p.m. We would like to congratulate Ernestine Lucero, Ryan Walton, Andrea Cassel and Brian Wilson.They all won a pair of tickets to see the University of Wyoming Cowboys host [...]

Cowboy Football Adds Five More Players at Mid-Year

KOWB Staff — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 15:36:25 +0000

University of Wyoming head football coach Dave Christensen announced Thursday the addition of five new mid-year scholarship players to the program. The five new Cowboys include two student-athletes who graduated early from high school to enroll at UW for the 2013 spring semester and three junior-college transfers. They bring Wyoming’s total of mid-year transfers to nine. Four mid-year transfers were early announced on December 19, 2012. The five new players include two defensive lineman, a linebacker, a tight end and a running back.

UW Suspends Martinez After Bar Fight [VIDEO]

Gailen Sprague — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:16:24 +0000

Wyoming coach Larry Shyatt has suspended one of the team’s top scorers indefinitely after a bar fight. University of Wyoming athletics officials announced Monday that charges were filed against Luke Martinez over the weekend due to an off-campus incident Dec. 30. University officials are not saying more about what led to the suspension. Martinez [...]

Heartbreaking 1st Loss For Cowboys

ScottyJ — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 19:25:41 +0000

Well our men’s basketball team finally suffered their first loss of the season to Boise State on Wednesday. It was a good, close game all the way to the end where they lost on a last second shot. But don’t worry, there is still a lot of basketball to be played yet and we as [...]