Greg Echlin
Greg Echlin is the sports reporter for KPR and KCUR. Ever since he set foot on the baseball diamond at Fernwood Park on Chicago's South Side, Greg Echlin began a love affair with the world of sports. After graduating from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, he worked as a TV sports anchor and a radio sportscaster in Salina, Kansas. He moved to Kansas City in 1984 and has been there since covering sports. Through the years, he has covered multiple Super Bowls, Final Fours and Major League Baseball's World Series and All-Star games. With his high metabolism rate, Greg is able to enjoy a good meal and stay slim when he's not running around on the sports scene. He loves desserts, even making them. Cheesecakes, pies and parfaits are the most common around the Echlin household.
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Johnson County's District Attorney says he believes a crime was committed when Hill’s three-year-old son was injured but says there was not enough evidence to press charges.
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The Shockers had an eleven-point lead with six minutes left in the game. But they failed to score again while Lipscomb posted the game’s final 14 points to win 71-64. -
The Royals are offering a free ticket to a future game to anyone who bought an Opening Day ticket but skipped the game because of the nearly two-hour rain delay. -
WSU heads at New York’s Madison Square Garden for the NIT semifinals next Tuesday. -
The Shockers face Indiana, the top-seeded team in the NIT, Tuesday night. -
The K-State men closed out their season today (FRI) with a loss to the Cal-Irvine Anteaters; the women's team fell to the Michigan Wolverines. -
The brothers Dedric and K.J. Lawson combined for 38 points and 14 rebounds to help lead KU to an 87-53 win over Northeastern in round one of the NCAA basketball tournament Thursday in Salt Lake City. -
KU defeated Northeastern to advance to the Round of 32 in NCAA tournament action in Salt Lake City.
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Nick Collison became the first player in Oklahoma City Thunder franchise history to have his jersey retired in a ceremony Wednesday night. -
The K-State women's basketball team will face No. 8 seed Michigan in Louisville, Kentucky, Friday (March 22).
