With Tim Biere graduating and hoping to catch on in the NFL, Kansas University’s football program has an opening for a starting tight end. Continue reading
Feb
26
Feb
26
‘Gut check’: KU faces fast, emotional turnaround
Someday, Conner Teahan will tell his grandkids about the day he went 4-for-4 from three and helped Kansas University’s basketball team overcome a 19-point second-half deficit in an 87-86 overtime victory over Missouri in Allen Fieldhouse. Continue reading
Feb
26
Frankamp blown away by Border War atmosphere
Saturday wasn’t Conner Frankamp’s first time to catch a game at Allen Fieldhouse – not as a fan, or a recruit or a Jayhawk commit. But the pageantry and intensity that surrounded what was likely the final edition of the Border War between Kansas and Mi… Continue reading
Feb
26
Sunday’s local college softball briefs
KU CAPTURES LONGEST WIN STREAK IN 20 YEARS: The Kansas softball team won its 12th straight for its longest win streak in nearly 20 years, as it took the Seahawk Classic, beating Fairfield 14-0 in a run-rule victory Sunday in Wilminton, N.C.
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Feb
26
Sunday’s local college baseball briefs
KU BASEBALL POUNDS MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE: The Kansas baseball team broke out of an offensive slump Sunday, beating Mississippi Valley State 14-1 in Starkville, Miss. KU (5-2) had 12 hits includling three-run homers by Zac Elgie and Joey Luvisi.
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Feb
26
Tennis team remains undefeated
While most of Lawrence’s weekend celebration was based around the men’s basketball team and its thrilling win over Missouri, the Kansas women’s tennis team gave the university another thing to be excited about.
The Jayhawks stayed undefeated in … Continue reading
Feb
26
The Grading Scale: Jayhawks’ perseverance secures victory
Senior guard Tyshawn Taylor:
Taylor played a terrific game, especially in the second half and overtime. He had 24 points on 7-of-13 shooting, 3-of-7 from behind the arc and 7-of-8 on the stripe. Taylor knocked down the game winning free throws in over… Continue reading
Feb
26
Fans show less support of optional "whoo"
Has the “whoo” gotten softer throughout this basketball season? Listen to these two recordings from different games and compare. The “whoo” appears about 13 seconds into each podcast.
Feb
26
Poor shooting hurts Kansas in showdown with Baylor
The Jayhawks knew what was coming. Friday night they hosted the undefeated No. 1 Baylor Bears and lost 76-45 in a game where they looked lost from start to finish.
Kansas had just three points when the clock ticked below six minutes in the first hal… Continue reading
Feb
26
Schuster: The Pneumonia Game
By Blake Schuster Pneumonia. The word stung me just like the flu stung Michael Jordan in Game 5 of the NBA Finals in 1997. Two days away from arguably the biggest sporting event of my life and I was now in danger of watching it from my house. Nurses said a lot to me over the next hour or so, but only the highlights stuck out: I would get some prescriptions, I was not contagious, and as long as I felt fine, I could continue with most of my activities. It didn’t take me longer than five minutes after walking out of the health center to realize that if I could stand, I was going… Continue reading