Chip RouseChip Rouse

Chip Rouse has spent over 40 years working in and with the news media. A journalist by training and a graduate of the University of Kansas, Chip worked for more than 35 years as a senior corporate communications executive, as editor-in-chief of a leading trade publication serving the motion picture industry, as a daily news reporter and as an announcer in radio and TV. His real passion, however, is sports. A Kansas City native, he has avidly followed and written about college sports and covered and commented on the Kansas City sports community since his teenage years, a span of over 50 years.

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Big 12 Baseball: Kansas State, Oklahoma Get Another Crack At Each Other

It was just a week ago that Kansas State and Oklahoma met in a series at K-State with Big 12 regular-season baseball title implications. On Saturday, they will square off again with another championship…Read More

Two Sooner Softball Players Finalists For National Player Of The Year

Oklahoma teammates senior pitcher Keilani Ricketts and first baseman Lauren Chamberlain have been selected as finalists for the the 2013 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award presented by the…Read More

Big 12 Baseball Championship: Seedings Can Be Misleading In This Tourney

College baseball’s second season gets under way this week as conference’s like the Big 12 hold their postseason championships, feeding into the bigger NCAA Baseball Championship for the fortunate…Read More

K-State’s Austin Fisher Among 14 Candidates For Top Shortstop Award

The award considerations keep rolling in for Kansas State. The Big 12 regular-season baseball champions dominated the Big 12 season awards, and several Kansas State players are in consideration for top…Read More

Big 12 Champ Kansas State Claims 4 Individual Baseball Awards

Kansas State executed a nine-game turnaround from last season’s 7-16 record in Big 12 baseball play, and the Cats were deservedly rewarded on Monday with four individual awards and seven members…Read More

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Big 12 Baseball Tourney Will Be Delayed In Wake Of Oklahoma Storm Tragedy

In view of the monstrous storm damage and loss of life that hit the Oklahoma City southern suburb of…Read More

Big 12 Places 5 Teams In NCAA Men’s Golf Championships

Five Big 12 men’s golf teams made it succcessfully through the regional gauntlet and are headed…Read More

Oklahoma, Texas Move On, Baylor Out In NCAA Softball Regionals

The dream remains alive for Oklahoma and Texas, but the Baylor Lady Bears came up just short in regional…Read More

Kansas State Sits On Top Rung, But Rest Of Race Almost To Tight To Call

For a number of weeks I’ve written about how tightly bunched the Big 12 baseball standings have…Read More

Two Sooners Semifinalists For Prized Dick Howser Award

Oklahoma pitching ace Jonathan Gray and the Sooners offensive leader Matt Oberste are both semifinalists…Read More

Pair Of Big 12 Catchers In Running For Johnny Bench Award

Two big 12 catchers are among the 15 semifinalists for the 2013 Johnny Bench Award, which honors the…Read More

All 3 Big 12 Teams Victorious In 1st Round Of NCAA Softball Tourney

It was three up and three down, all victories, for the three Big 12 teams competing in this years NCAA…Read More

Wildcats Slip By Oklahoma, Secure First Big 12 Baseball Title

The 2013 Big 12 regular-season title chase in baseball is now history. Kansas State responded to a game-tying…Read More

Baylor, Oklahoma Fall Short In NCAA Tennis Team Championship

Baylor and Oklahoma, the Big 12′s last hope in the NCAA Men’s Tennis Championship team competition,…Read More

Big 12 Sending 3 Softball Teams To NCAA Tourney, Including Top-Seed Oklahoma

Oklahoma and Texas finished one-two in the Big 12 softball standings this season, both with impressive…Read More

Big 12 Spotlight Series: Sooners Only Thing In Way Of K-State Baseball Title

Looking at the Big 12 schedule prior to the start of the college baseball season, the Kansas State-Oklahoma…Read More

Big 12 Softball: Top-Ranked Sooners Dominate Postseason Awards

No. 1-ranked Oklahoma walked off with three of the top four individual honors in the Big 12 softball…Read More

Thirteen From Big 12 Are Regional Tennis Award Recipients

Eleven student athletes and two Big 12 coaches earned regional awards conferred by the Intercollegiate…Read More

Six Big 12 Golf Teams Teeing Off In NCAA Regionals

Two-thirds of the Big 12 Conference will be represented at the NCAA Men’s Golf Championships that…Read More

Former Kansas State Broadcaster, Fred White, Dies

Sports broadcaster Fred White, who was the former voice of Kansas State athletics and also did Big Eight…Read More