CHIEFS RE-SIGN DB DANIELS: The Kansas City Chiefs have re-signed unrestricted free agent defensive back Travis Daniels.The team announced the move Wednesday without disclosing terms. Daniels has appeared in 41 games over three seasons with the Chiefs, … Continue reading
Daily Archives: April 4, 2012
Manning joins impressive Tulsa coaching lineage
TULSA, Okla. — It didn’t take long for Danny Manning to realize the lineage of Tulsa basketball.
In the coaches’ locker room that he’ll now occupy, the former NBA All-Star noticed the pictures of Nolan Richardson, Tubby Smith and Bill Self.
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KU vs. UK: Basketball’s blue bloods meet
The story goes seldom-used guard Adolph Rupp asked to hold the ball in one of his Kansas team photos from the early 1920s.“Grandpa said, ‘Sure, Adolph, but why?’ said Mark Allen, the grandson of Rupp’s coach, Phog Allen.&#x… Continue reading
Will Jayhawks win the championship? Seems to be in the cards
Before Dominic the tarot reader will tell me the winner of Monday nights Kansas-Kentucky game, he must know me.I shuffle the tarot cards. I cut them into three piles and tap one for Dominic to read. The first three cards tell me the nature … Continue reading
Kansas earns spot in championship game with latest comeback win
NEW ORLEANS Kansas’ 64-62 victory over Ohio State in the national semifinals on Saturday could be offered as the most improbable of its NCAA Tournament journey.The next one seems impossible. But if there’s a lesson to the Jayhawks’… Continue reading
Bob Lutz: Somehow, some way, Kansas is in the final
Kansas and Kentucky have never met in a Final Four. Monday night should be quite an introduction.Two of the most storied and historic college basketball programs in the country, with names like Rupp and Allen in their coaching trees, will play for a n… Continue reading
KU’s Manning takes over at Tulsa
When Danny Manning was a young boy, he used to spend hours in the gym with his father. Ed Manning was a former college star at Jackson State who would bounce around for years in the NBA and ABA — “a journeyman,” Danny says —… Continue reading
Ending the season a positive note
This season the Jayhawks reached their first NCAA Tournament since 2000 and made it to the Sweet 16 where they lost to Tennessee. However, their efforts were rewarded again as they finished No. 25 in the final USA Today/ESPN Coaches’ Poll. This match… Continue reading
Kansas still in the race for Tony Parker
The Kansas Jayhawks might have been a little late to the Tony Parker recruitment party, but once they arrived the Jayhawks made a pretty big impression. Now Parker is starting to trim his list before making his final decision next week. Did Kansas make… Continue reading
Softball. Kansas Prepares for Series at No. 22/25 Baylor
A mix of small ball, speed and execution will fuel the three-game series in Waco, Texas as the Kansas softball squad prepares for its fourth-straight weekend against a Women’s College World Series team when the Jayhawks face No. 22/25 Baylor, April 6-7. Continue reading