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6Sports video: Softball team drops nonconference matchup
The slumping Jayhawks needed a win but did not get one as Southern Illinois came away with the 5-3 victory.
6Sports video: Former coach tops off alumni game
Former Kansas player and coach Don Fambrough’s blocked kick resulted in victory for the Blue team at the first alumni touch football game.
6Sports video: Bookman wows crowd at Relays
Leo Bookman set a Relays record with his 10.04-second 100-meter dash.
6Sports video: Gordon shines in spring scrimmage
Sophomore Charles Gordon intercepted three passes, returning one for a touchdown, during the annual spring scrimmage Sunday afternoon at Memorial Stadium.
6Sports video: Padgett likely headed west
UCLA has indicated interest in David Padgett, putting it in the front of a line of 24 schools wanting to talk with the transferring freshman.
6Sports video: KU men’s bowling team takes national championship
They hadn’t won any major competitions this season, but the Jayhawks struck gold in Tulsa, Okla., over the weekend to win the national championship for the first time since 1963.
KU’s smiling warrior
Counselor overcomes paralysis to realize coaching dream
Scott Ward talks about May 1, 1986, as if it were any other day in his 37-year-old life. Even the accident seems rather simple when Ward, an academic counselor for Kansas University’s athletic department, tells his tragic story, while still showing a slight smile.
Tackle-happy Toomey bulking up
It must have been a frustrating spring for Gabriel Toomey. Kansas University’s junior linebacker, who loves to hit and ranked second on the team with 121 tackles last season, didn’t hit anyone during the Jayhawks’ 15 spring football practices.
Jayhawk briefs
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Salukis survive hot KU hitters
Destiny Frankenstein put it succinctly. “You’ve gotta pitch, you’ve gotta field and you’ve gotta hit,” Kansas University’s softball shortstop said.