CALENDAR
Professional
BASEBALL
Los Angeles Angels at Kansas City, 7:10 p.m.
College
BASEBALL
Big 12 Tournament
Oklahoma City
Kansas State vs. Baylor, 12:30 p.m.
Kansas vs. Oklahoma St., 7:30 p.m.
High school
TRACK AND FIELD
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Kansas football coach Charlie Weis has added one more date to his multi-city tour.
Weis will appear at the Dubliner in Kansas City’s Power and Light District on June 27 for a happy hour event beginning at 5:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
Weis recently completed a three-week tour that included stops in Dallas, Denver, Houston, Chicago and Topeka.
LAWRENCE — The Kansas golf team could not go into the Big 12 Golf Championships with much greater momentum.
The Jayhawks are coming off their first team title since 2010 after claiming the Hawkeye Invitational earlier this month in Iowa City, Iowa.
That breakthrough, however, was nothing first-year coach Jamie Bermel championed as an immediate goal.
TOPEKA NATIVE LEADS OSU BASEBALL PAST KU: Topeka native and Seaman product Robbie Rea, an Oklahoma State junior, went 3-for-4 with a two-run homer to help the Cowboys baseball team beat Kansas 14-3 on Saturday in Lawrence. No. 19 OSU had a season-high … Continue reading
LAWRENCE — Lawrence city commissioners have approved agreements for a city-owned recreation center and tax abatements for a larger project that will include athletic facilities for The University of Kansas.
The commissioners Tuesday night approved a development agreement for a $25 million Rock Chalk recreation center. And they approved an ordinance to give a 100 percent property tax abatement for the next 10 years for the larger project, which includes privately owned athletic facilities for the university.
WITHEY NAMED BIG 12 PLAYER OF THE WEEK: For the second straight week, Kansas senior Jeff Withey has been named the Big 12 player of the week, the conference office announced Monday.
Withey averaged 17.5 points and 10 rebounds in two KU victories last week. Withey also had seven blocked shots, increasing his Kansas and Big 12 career records to 272.
Withey is the first player this season to win back-to-back Big 12 player of the week honors. The accolade is Withey’s third of the season and fourth of his career.
WU SOFTBALL TEAM SPLITS AT MIAA/NSIC CROSSOVER: Washburn’s softball team finished the MIAA/NSIC Crossover by losing to St. Cloud 2-1 and beating Sioux Falls 8-0 on Sunday at Rochester, Minn.
LUBBOCK, Texas – The goal was to get Ben McLemore plugged in, but Kansas had trouble finding the light socket Saturday against Texas Tech.
McLemore, three days removed from a 33-point outburst against Iowa State, scored 10 on 2-for-7 shooting in KU’s 60-46 victory at United Spirit Arena.
“It was a tough night for the whole team to get in the flow,” coach Bill Self said. “Ben, he would tell you that’s probably the roughest night he’s had this year. But there were some other guys that had rough nights, too.”
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas plans to begin building its part of a large new sports complex in Lawrence, but the city will wait until February to vote on its portion of the project, which will be called Rock Chalk Park.
City commissioners on Tuesday approved rezoning requests and a special-use permit that will allow the university and its private partners to move ahead with plans for a track and field stadium, soccer field, softball stadium and other amenities on about 90 acres in northwest Lawrence.
LAWRENCE — Freshman forward Zach Peters has left the Kansas basketball team for health reasons, coach Bill Self announced Monday night.
Peters has sustained four concussions since the start of his senior year of high school, Self said, and was battlin… Continue reading