Former Kansas pitcher Brett Bochy was featured in a recent article in the San Mateo Daily Journal. The Poway, Calif. native is pitching in the San Francisco Giants’ minor league system with the Richmond Flying Squirrels. Continue reading
Daily Archives: June 19, 2012
Current, former KU players to scrimmage Wednesday
University of Kansas men’s basketball team will participate in a scrimmage Wednesday afternoon, according to Chris Theisen, the assistant athletic director for media relations.
The scrimmage will take place at 3:15 inside Allen Fieldhouse. The game … Continue reading
KU, K-State brace for NCAA’s academic reforms
Grab your NCAA Tournament brackets, because the new Academic Progress Rates are coming.
The NCAA has added sharper teeth to its APR penalties, giving fans a reason to pay attention when academic reports are released Wednesday. Minimum standards have be… Continue reading
Men’s basketball, women’s cross country score perfect APR ratings from NCAA
While the University of Kansas men’s basketball team notched its eighth straight Big 12 Conference championship in 2012, the team kept another valuable streak alive as well.
KU officials announced the results of the 2010-2011 Academic Progress Rate … Continue reading
Road to BCS changes filled with bumps
The guys in charge of changing the BCS are headed back to Chicago, hoping to make more progress at a meeting Wednesday than they did the last time they were there.
Last week’s gathering of conference commissioners did little to advance the goal of re… Continue reading
Self joins All-Star celebrity lineup
Bill Self can coach, but how’s his softball swing?
Fans will find out July 8, as the Kansas basketball coach will be part of the lineup at the All-Star Legends and Celebrity Softball Game at Kauffman Stadium. Other celebrities on the roster include act… Continue reading
Pole vaulter advances to World Junior Championships
Casey Bowen, a freshman from Gardner, finished second in pole vault at the USA Junior Championships on June 15. The championships were held at Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind.
Bowen’s runner-up position earned him a spot on Team USA, accordin… Continue reading
Prosecutors drop charge against Talib
DALLAS — Prosecutors in Texas have dropped a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon against Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback Aqib Talib.
The decision, detailed in a court filing Monday, was made a week before the 26-year-old Talib was due t… Continue reading
KU men’s basketball team records 6th straight perfect APR score
The Kansas University men’s basketball team may be riding an unprecedented streak of eight straight Big 12 Conference championships, but that’s not the only streak that has school officials smiling. Tuesday morning, KU released the results of the m… Continue reading
Schedule analysis: Oklahoma
Time to start analyzing each team’s schedule across the Big 12. Next up, those Sooners up in Norman.
See more Big 12 schedule analysis here.
Nonconference (with 2011 records):
Sept. 1: at Texas-El Paso (5-7)
Sept. 8: Florida A&M (7-4)
Oct…. Continue reading