May 22

Hope springs in the Big 12

As part of our 100 days until kickoff coverage this week, we’re looking at each conference’s biggest underachievements and overachievements in the BCS era. Here’s what I say for the Big 12:

Overachievements

1. Frequent title visits. There’s plenty of… Continue reading

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May 21

KU baseball players pitch in for Oklahoma tornado relief

The Kansas baseball team was supposed to have a day off on Tuesday, a day to rest before the scheduled start of the Big 12 tournament in Oklahoma City on Wednesday. But with the tournament pushed back to Thursday after a deadly tornado struck Moore, Okla., on Monday, the Jayhawks used the day to join the relief effort and gather money and supplies for the area’s storm victims.

According to KU officials, the team raised $1,200 and went shopping at a local Target store for bottled water and other supplies. The Jayhawks then took the supplies to a local drop-site at the Edmond Christian Church.

They weren’t the only Big 12 team in action on Tuesday. West Virginia, the Jayhawks’ opponent on Thursday, also gathered supplies for storm victims.

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