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Bruins hope to rebound at KU
Jason Kapono stood at center court, dribbled forward two steps and hoisted a rather long three-point try early Friday afternoon at Allen Fieldhouse. Swish. Darned if Kapono, UCLA’s 6-foot-8, 215-pound senior forward didn’t work on his halfcourt shot for about five minutes, sinking about 10 desperation bombs while working up quite a sweat after the Bruins’ practice on Kansas University’s court.
Hawkins could have picked UCLA
UCLA has raided Kansas City for some fine basketball players throughout the years — athletes such as Lucius Allen, JaRon Rush and Earl Watson.
Basketball gig just the ticket for retired sports fanatics
Ernie and Mary Ann Swanson want your first step into Allen Fieldhouse to be as memorable as the moment Kansas University seals a victory and the crowd chants “Rock Chalk Jayhawk.”
Three-pointers help Kansas in 87-70 victory over UCLA
Kansas hit a season-high eight three-pointers in an 87-70 victory over UCLA on Saturday in Allen Fieldhouse.
6Sports video: Breaks between games don’t bother Jayhawks
6Sports reports on the thoughts of KU head coach Roy Williams and sophomore Wayne Simien on the long breaks between games during the holiday season.
Teddleton faces sentence on battery charges
A former Kansas University football player will be sentenced in February for his role in a fight outside of a Lawrence bar earlier this year.
No trial date set yet for Giddens
Williams, prep coach mum on status of Oklahoma City standout
The juvenile justice system in Oklahoma City has started its work on J.R. Giddens, the Kansas University men’s basketball signee arrested early Thursday on complaints stemming from a plot to defraud a Wal-Mart store.
Kansas women’s basketball: Transfer to make KU debut
Becker eligible today against UMKC
Roy Williams isn’t the only Kansas University basketball coach with a team suffering from beyond the three-point arc. Marian Washington’s women’s basketball team has had its own problems from long distance, hitting just more than 30 percent (19-63) of its three-point attempts.
Fagan: Mayer: Readers can learn a lot from sports pages
Mom used to rag at me for spending so much time reading sports pages. Said I ought to devote every bit as much attention to other parts of the newspaper. In frustration, she talked to one of my junior high teachers, who said, in effect: “Leave him alone. At least he’s reading a lot. Too many kids aren’t reading anything; if they don’t they won’t get a decent education.”