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Friday, June 30
NCAA Tournament won’t expand
Proposal to increase field from 65 to 128 rejected
The NCAA’s little guys could still get locked out of the most lucrative championship event in college sports - even after George Mason’s improbable tournament run last year.
Thursday, June 29
Raptors bag Bargnani at No. 1
Six lottery picks involved in flurry of draft-day trades
Andrea Bargnani went first. Then came the trades. The Toronto Raptors selected Bargnani with the No. 1 pick Wednesday night in an unpredictable NBA Draft that saw four of the top seven picks switch teams by the middle of the first round.
Five-player deal ships LaFrentz to Portland
The Boston Celtics selected Villanova guard Randy Foye with the No. 7 pick in the NBA Draft on Wednesday night, then promptly traded him to the Portland Trail Blazers for Sebastian Telfair in a five-player deal.
Bonnieball 101
Dribble-happy players close out three-day session
Ever heard the sound of 300 basketballs being dribbled in one gymnasium?
KU football lands in-state commitment
Kansas University’s football team landed a 2007 commitment from another in-state athlete, Haven High’s Isiah Barfield.
Keegan: Keegan: Patrick, Bilas bring ‘A’ games
The greatest moment of Wednesday night’s NBA Draft, televised by ESPN, wasn’t supplied by a guard or a forward, a center or a coach. Instead, it was furnished by a broadcaster whose mouth was fresher than his brand-new burnt-orange hair dye job.
Wednesday, June 28
Mock draft: Bargnani should go first overall
Sam Smith’s mock first round.
Scouting prospects from Big 12
No Kansas University basketball player is a candidate for tonight’s NBA Draft, but it will be interesting to see where six early entries from the Big 12 are selected.
Keegan: Keegan: Morrison could be best pro
Ask five different people for an opinion on which player from tonight’s NBA Draft will have the best pro career, and you’re liable to get five different answers.
Self 1, Huggins 0
Kansas coach nets one skin at charity event
Wedges in hand, six golfers - including Kansas University basketball coach Bill Self - stood 35 yards from the No. 18 hole pin Tuesday afternoon at Nicklaus Golf Club at LionsGate.
Bargnani on top, but questions unusually plentiful
As Andrea Bargnani told a curious media contingent about himself Tuesday, Tyrus Thomas sat a few feet away and was asked what he knew about the potential No. 1 pick in the NBA Draft.
All eyes on tonight’s NBA Draft
Kansas held top prospects it faced this year in check
Eleven of the 60 players projected by espn.com to be selected in tonight’s NBA draft faced Kansas University this past season and for the most part didn’t do too much damage against the Jayhawks.
Tuesday, June 27
6Sports video: Thomas hopes to continue NBA career
In a pick-up game filled with lots of raw, young talent, veteran Billy Thomas showed Jayhawk fans and players that he still has game.
6Sports video: Rival coaches go head-to-head on golf course
They will meet on the hardwood for the first time in January, but today Bill Self and Bob Huggins met up on the golf course.
Wood: Wood: Big 12 returns to normal
Expect traditional powers to dominate this fall
Think a coaching change is a life saver from day one? History has something to say about that.
Watkins’ words making big impact
Former Jayhawk releases first book of poetry through own company
Life keeps coming 100 mph at Travis Watkins. And the former Kansas University football player is relishing every minute of it.
Coaches to trade hoops for tees
Self, Huggins face off today in Skins Game
Bill Self and Bob Huggins figure to engage in some memorable battles on the bench in coming basketball seasons.
Monday, June 26
6Sports video: Kaun makes visit to Russia
While most of the KU men’s basketball team is in the middle of summer workouts, Sasha Kaun is halfway around the globe. The 6-11 center is spending the next four weeks in his homeland of Russia.
Coaches seeking expansion
Bigger NCAA Tourney field to be discussed by hoops committee
In a perfect world, college basketball coaches would nearly double the size of the 65-team NCAA men’s tournament field. Realistically, they’d accept a smaller victory.
Keegan: Keegan: Scout: Jayhawks smart
Decision-making ability is one area NBA scouts look at when evaluating college prospects. In that regard, at least one scout is more impressed with Big 12 Conference players who didn’t leave early for the draft than most who did.
Saturday, June 24
Mayer: Mayer: Ellis had intriguing careers
Oh, how they slip through the cracks so you lose track of them - former Kansas University athletes, famous and not-so-famous.
All together now
Jayhawks stress unity through June
Whether it’s working as counselors at basketball camps of Kansas University coach Bill Self or Washburn’s Bob Chipman, going to class, lifting weights and/or playing in pick-up games, the Jayhawks have had one major goal in mind for the month of June.
Time has come for Brown to retire
Legendary coach already has done major damage to his reputation
His star has shone for years, despite his archaic ways. Even while Larry Brown was in the throes of controversy and tumult, unemployment was never a concern for him.
Tar Heels coach battling bad back
North Carolina basketball coach Roy Williams disclosed at his annual summertime news conference that he is having back and leg pain caused by sciatica.
Ex-Jayhawk Berry dies at age of 41
Former Kansas University football defensive back Derek Berry, 41, died Sunday at his Grandview, Mo., home.
KU Hall closed July 3-4
Kansas University’s Booth Hall of Athletics will be closed on July 3 and July 4. Normal business hours will resume on July 5. The Booth Hall of Athletics is open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Friday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays.
Knicks say Brown violated policy
Roadside interviews basis for $40 million dispute
The Knicks contend Larry Brown broke Madison Square Garden policy with his roadside interviews, a decision the team believes could wind up saving them millions.
Friday, June 23
Track trio bound for Indy
Three members of the Kansas University track and field teams are off to Indianapolis to compete in this weekend’s 2006 USATF Championships.
KU receives NCAA grant
The NCAA has selected Kansas University as one of 15 institutions to receive a CHOICES program grant this year.
Jayhawk taking softball knowledge to Russia
Jessica Moppin never has been out of the country and knows little of the Cyrillic alphabet. Yet Moppin, a fixture at second base on Kansas University’s softball team over the last four seasons, jumped at the chance to become a player-coach on the Russian National Team. “Everyone knows the safe and out signs for softball, so I think I’ll be OK as far as that goes,” Moppin quipped.
Woodling: Woodling: KU game not so bad for Wade
Now that Dwyane Wade has been anointed the Second Coming of Michael Jordan, this may be the time to dispel a myth. Many Kansas University basketball fans believe Wade performed poorly in his final game as a collegian, and that’s simply not true.
Thursday, June 22
6Sports video: KU recruit making a name for himself
The newest Jayhawk basketball recruit Darrell Arthur is already in Lawrence making a name for himself on the court.
6Sports video: NY Knicks fire former KU coach
Former KU coach Larry Brown was fired as head coach for the New York Knicks after one season.
Jayhawks snag third Firebird football commitment
Firebirds senior running back Brian Murphy will become the third Free State High football player to become a Jayhawk in 2007.
Wood: Wood: ‘Trotter Lee plays it straight
Here he was, at long last. Mr. Globetrotter, Michael Lee, in the flesh and back in Lawrence to play a pickup game for participants in Bill Self’s basketball camp Wednesday.
Look who’s back
Thomas dangerous downtown
A deadly long-range shooter at age 30, Billy Thomas suspects he’ll remain the same at 40 or even 50.
Other Murphy taps KU
The pipeline - which is only a few miles long - continues between Kansas University football and Free State High.
Scrimmage serious business
The loss seemed to hit former Kansas University basketball player Michael Lee a little harder - perhaps because it affected his pocketbook, as well.
Perkins mulled Iowa AD opening
Kansas University athletic director Lew Perkins confirmed Wednesday he was contacted recently by University of Iowa officials about the Hawkeyes’ vacant AD opening.
Wednesday, June 21
6Sports video: Alumni return for pick-up game
A small group of former players returned to campus today for the alumni pick-up game at Bill Self’s basketball camp.
Self impressed with Wade’s game
A virtual unknown in high school, Heat star now drawing Jordan comparisons
The basketball world has been buzzing about Miami Heat guard Dwayne Wade, a 6-foot-4 dynamo deemed the “best” player in the NBA by future Hall of Famer and current teammate Shaquille O’Neal.
Perkins not interested in Iowa’s AD opening
Lew Perkins isn’t interested in filling the athletic director vacancy at Iowa University, his alma mater.
KU projects fiscal budget for 2006-07
Kansas Athletics, Inc., officials leave fiscal year 2005-06 pleased with how the operating budget stayed on the safe side of last year’s projection.
Czyz wins state honor
Former Kansas University baseball player Don Czyz was one of three individuals with KU ties honored at the 34th annual Kansas City Sports Commission Awards Banquet Tuesday night at the Hyatt Regency Crown Center.
Tuesday, June 20
Czyz named ABCA/Rawlings All-American First Team
Kansas University senior relief pitcher Don Czyz was named American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings All-American First Team on Tuesday. Czyz leads the NCAA with 19 saves and finished the 2006 season with a 6-0 record and a 1.56 ERA while striking out 60 batters in 63.1 innings.
Amateur qualifying canceled
The Kansas Amateur qualifying tournament scheduled today at Eagle Bend Golf Course has been canceled.
KU’s Ochoa on watch list
Kansas University senior offensive lineman David Ochoa is among 54 players on the Outland Trophy watch list, an honor given to the nation’s best football lineman.
Purple reigns
Prince big draw for Catbacker event
Alvamar Golf Club head pro Randy Towner nailed it, much to the delight of Kansas State University fans surrounding him at mid-day Monday.
Brooklyn ‘different’ for Price
Despite 'scary' digs, ex-Jayhawk eager to make pro debut
Don’t look back, baseball legend Satchel Paige once warned, because somebody may be gaining on you.
Morningstar shakes things up
Kansas men's basketball newcomer hopes body grows into his game
Brady Morningstar smiles into the television camera, all the while clutching an aluminum can in his right hand.
Monday, June 19
6Sports video: Kansas women concentrate on offseason
Last season Bonnie Henrickson led the Jayhawks to their first postseason appearance since 1999. If Bonnie’s bunch wants to continue the success, it all starts with the efforts in the offseason.
Giles to return to gym in a few weeks
Encased in cast because of dunking injury, junior's thumb can't handle basketball or Sharpie
His right hand in a soft cast, C.J. Giles couldn’t sign autographs for 700 Bill Self basketball campers who filed by him Sunday in the Booth Family Hall of Athletics.
Big 12 combines old with new in ‘06-‘07 bowl lineup
The Big 12 Conference’s new postseason bowl lineup can be a bit confusing for football fans across the region, so let’s keep it simple: If your team goes bowling, it’s going to end up somewhere warm.
Keegan: Keegan: Ex-Jayhawk relishes U.S. Open experience
If 10 years of living in Connecticut and working in New York City taught me anything, it was that if you leave yourself an extra half-hour to get someplace on time just to be safe, be a little safer and tack on another half-hour.
Sunday, June 18
6Sports video: Camp offers girls chance to shine
Last week Bonnie Henrickson hosted a basketball camp at the Horejsi Center for some of the elite players around the Midwest.
6Sports video: ‘Hawks get some high-tech help
During the Jayhawks’ annual kid’s camp, a new machine was unveiled that should help the men’s basketball team’s shooting.
Courtship leads to big proposal
Anna Harvey, 23, first noticed Stephen Vinson, 22, when was a sophomore playing basketball for Lawrence High School and she was rooting for rival Free State High School as a cheerleader her junior year.
Fathers’ examples still guide Kansas coaches
A verse from a poem by Helen Steiner Rice could have just as easily been composed by several Kansas University coaches who glowingly delivered Father’s Day tributes to their dads in interviews with the Journal-World last week.
‘Born to fish, forced to work’
Former KU footballer still can make a clutch catch
As Charley Bowen stands in his marble red fishing boat, nothing can break his concentration. In an effortless motion, he extends a fishing lure into Bismarck Lake with his right arm. Bowen shakes the fishing rod with his right hand until he feels something grab onto it. He grips the fishing rod firmly, trying to reel the fish into the boat in North Lawrence.
Saturday, June 17
Mayer: Mayer: Coaches rolling in big bucks
Even younger people accustomed to enormous salaries and benefits for athletic personalities admit they’re startled that new Kansas State basketball coach Bob Huggins will reap at least $5 million over the next five years - providing he does nothing “which results in material injury to the reputation of the university.”
KU women add camp to busy summer
Summer vacation for a Kansas University women’s basketball player does not include much, if any, lounging at the pool. “They train. It never ends. It’s conditioning and skill work and being on campus (going to class),” KU coach Bonnie Henrickson said Friday, watching her Jayhawks assist as coaches at her Elite camp for high school and junior high players at Horejsi Center.
Hurst exits
Former Kansas University golfer Travis Hurst shot 78-78 for a 16-over-par total of 156 at the U.S. Open.
Bechard eager to prove himself
Brennan Bechard says he has something to prove. Already. “A little bit, yeah,” Bechard said. “Show some people wrong.” He really shouldn’t have to. The kid has been on the Kansas University campus a week, is just getting settled into his Intro to Jazz class, and is paying his own way to do so. Still, he’s already heard the whispers from fans that he didn’t earn his way on the Jayhawk basketball team.
Friday, June 16
6Sports video: Hurst likely to be cut
Usually, if you’re on the same side of the cut line as Tiger Woods at the US Open, you’re in pretty good standing. That was not the case this morning for former KU golfer Travis Hurst.
Oral Roberts added to 2006-07 schedule
KU needs one game to finalize slate
Kansas University’s men’s basketball team will play three teams from the state of Oklahoma during the 2006-07 season. The Jayhawks, who meet Oklahoma State and Oklahoma each campaign in Big 12 play, will also tangle with Oral Roberts University of the Mid-Continent Conference on Nov. 15 at Allen Fieldhouse.
Thursday, June 15
6Sports video: ‘Hawks add opponent
Bill Self’s Jayhawks have added another opponent to their 2006-07 schedule.
6Sports video: Travis Hurst plays in first major
His 72 stroke average ranks fifth all-time at KU. But, that number won’t do him any good this week at Winged Foot Golf Club in New York, site of the 2006 US Open.
6Sports video: Morningstar first Firebird on KU squad
This fall, Allen Fieldhouse will open its doors to another on of Lawrence’s own. Except, for the first time in KU hoops history, it will be a former Free State Firebird wearing the crimson and blue.
Woodling: Woodling: Kelloggs two-deep on talent
When I opened Wednesday morning’s Journal-World sports section to page 3C, my attention was quickly drawn to the four-column picture at the top.
Randall has long love affair with treacherous course
To a couple of generations of golf fans, mere mention of Winged Foot, site of the U.S. Open that tees off this morning, conjures images of a young and determined Hale Irwin surviving an impossibly difficult course and winning the U.S. Open with a seven-over-par 287 in 1974.
Arthur soars at scrimmage
Darrell Arthur caught a pair of well-timed alley-oop passes and slammed the basketball through the Horejsi Center goal with force.
Giles sidelined by thumb injury
Kansas University junior forward C.J. Giles had surgery Wednesday to repair torn ligaments in his right thumb.
Wednesday, June 14
6Sports video: Pick-up game wraps up camp
Campers love it. So do many area fans who show up unannounced. And, judging from the game itself, the players love it too. Every summer, on the final day of Bill Self’s basketball camp, the real Jayhawks take part in a little pick up game for the kids.
6Sports video: Giles out three to six weeks
CJ Giles did not play today. Instead, the Jayhawks’ junior had surgery to repair torn ligaments on his right thumb.
Giles undergoes surgery to repair torn ligaments in thumb
Kansas University men’s basketball junior center C.J. Giles underwent surgery Wednesday to repair torn ligaments in his right thumb which occurred while working out Tuesday, KU head coach Bill Self announced.
New digs for KU duo
Collins, Arthur arrive at Kansas, start to prepare for season
Blue-chip high school basketball recruits Darrell Arthur and Sherron Collins discussed the possibility of attending the same college last Oct. 14 while sitting in the bleachers soaking in the atmosphere at “Late Night in the Phog” in Allen Fieldhouse.
D-II, juco coaches lend hand at camp
Kansas University’s football camps, which wrap up this week, ultimately are run by the KU coaching staff. But as far as instructors go, the Jayhawk coaches merely make up a slice of actual whistle-blowers barking compliments and tips to hungry learners.
Olathe athlete to focus on hoops at KU
McDonald's All-American McCray also dominated track at Olathe East
Few Sunflower State high schoolers have been as proficient in two sports as Danielle McCray. However, as a freshman at Kansas University, McCray will be wearing only one uniform.
Tuesday, June 13
6Sports video: Bechard returns to camp
Two years ago, he led Lawrence High to a 15-8 record and the 6AQ state basketball tournament in Emporia. Now, Brennan Bechard is back.
6Sports video: Czyz claims another award
Another day, another award for Kansas senior reliever Don Czyz. Today, the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association named Czyz a First Team All-American.
KU soccer releases 2006 schedule
Nine of KU's 19 regular season matches are against 2005 NCAA Tournament teams
Kansas University’s soccer program announced its 2006 schedule Tuesday. Of the Jayhawks 19 regular season matches, nine will be against teams that made the 2005 NCAA Tournament.
Czyz named Pro-Line/NCBWA First Team All-American
Kansas University senior relief pitcher Don Czyz was named Pro-Line Cap/NCBWA All-American First Team by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association on Tuesday.
KU-MU football game slated for ABC schedule
The Kansas University football team’s regular-season finale against Missouri on Nov. 25 will be televised by ABC. Kickoff at Faurot Field in Columbia, Mo., is set for 11 a.m.
Aldrich invited to tryouts
Future Kansas University basketball center Cole Aldrich is one of 23 players invited to the USA Basketball Men’s Under-18 team tryouts Friday through Sunday at the University of Texas-San Antonio.
K-State running back suspended
Clayton to miss opener as result of battery conviction
Thomas Clayton, Kansas State’s leading rusher last year, has been suspended for one game following a misdemeanor battery conviction and will miss the Sept. 2 season opener against Illinois State.
Fairchild inks contract with Cleveland
Former Kansas University starting pitcher Ricky Fairchild has signed a free-agent contract with the Cleveland Indians.
Rush scores passing grade
New machine likes KU player's shooting stroke during camp workout
The eyes of 700 basketball campers were fixed on Brandon Rush as he flipped in shot after shot from the free-throw line Monday afternoon at Horejsi Center.
Monday, June 12
6Sports video: Basketball camp begins
Seven-hundred campsters, sure, it sounds like a lot. But for head coach Bill Self, it’s reality at this week’s basketball camp. Assistant coach Danny Manning was the featured speaker this afternoon on day one.
6Sports video: Another KU pitcher drafted
Another one of Ritch Price’s pitchers has joined the pro ranks. Second starter Ricky Fairchild signed a contract with the Cleveland Indians organization.
6Sports: Border Showdown will be on ABC
The Border Showdown is coming to ABC. The November 25th football clash between Kansas and Missouri will be televised live at 11 a.m. in Columbia.
Pitching camp
Self greeted by eager learners
Bill Self claims his job doesn’t get any more difficult the next two weeks - even with over 700 athletes in town for his annual back-to-back Jayhawk basketball camps.
Sunday, June 11
WSU pair shocks Kansas duo
Wichita State's Potter and Hermreck win Four-Ball Championship despite KU team's hot start
Zechariah Potter calls himself lucky. Shortly after he and partner Brandon Hermreck won the finals of the Kansas Four-Ball Championship Sunday, he talked about all the breaks and good bounces they had received.
Huggy Bear’s new ‘Cats
New K-State coach settles in
Alumni from the Kansas State veterinary school who expected to see the in-your-face, intimidating, hollering figure they had seen on television, never caught even a glimpse of such a man during a luncheon at the student union.
Battle takes 5th in shot
Kansas University’s Sheldon Battle added a sixth All-America honor to his resume on Saturday.
Saturday, June 10
Mayer: Mayer: Nuttiness not new in sports
When anatomies are as finely tuned as they are for modern athletic events, injuries that don’t seem plausible often occur.
KU trio tapped All-Americans
Agafanov, Young, Heffernon excel at NCAA meet
The Kansas University men’s and women’s track and field teams added three more All-America honors to their total Friday at the 2006 NCAA Championships.
Clutch finish
Late birdies carry KU duo into today's 36-hole final
Luke Trammell didn’t just play the final holes with teammate Gary Woodland at Alvamar Golf Club on Friday. He did some admiring as well.
Another Morningstar joins Jayhawks
Brady's big sister will close out volleyball career at Kansas
Brady Morningstar won’t be the only member of his family competing at Kansas University this season.
Sabath takes over at Fort Hays State
Rick Sabath’s tenure as a member of the Kansas University baseball coaching staff can be summed up in two words: productive and short.
Friday, June 9
6Sports video: KU duo advances in tourney
Luke Trammell and Gary Woodland made it through to the finals of the KGA Four-Ball Championship.
Simien hopes to return after bout with flu bug
Former Kansas University basketball forward Wayne Simien of the Miami Heat has been hit hard by the flu bug this week and was unable to make the trip to Dallas for Game One of The NBA Finals.
KU hoops adds three opponents
Add Dartmouth, Detroit Mercy and Rhode Island to the list of teams Kansas University will play in men’s basketball this season in Allen Fieldhouse.
Firebird commits to KU
Ryan Murphy to join Ballard at Kansas
The Free State High bond might pay big dividends for Kansas University’s football team in the future.
KU’s Battle advances
Kansas University’s Sheldon Battle had the second-best mark in the shot put, qualifying on Thursday at the NCAA Track and Field championships at Sacramento State University.
Kansas’ Czyz wins award
The honors keep pouring in for Kansas University baseball standout Don Czyz.
Golf goliaths fall
Cinderella on time for Four-Ball
Barrett Martens and Trent Twaddle didn’t play well Tuesday at Alvamar Golf Course. They didn’t play well Wednesday, either. Turns out they didn’t have to.
Kansas football team sets academic record
Kansas University’s football team set a team record with a 2.67 grade-point average in the spring 2006 semester, according to statistics released Thursday by Kansas University’s athletic department.
Thursday, June 8
6Sports video: Four-Ball tourney continues
The stroke play portion of the KGA Four-Ball Championships is over as 32 teams played 36 holes of match play golf to advance.
6Sports video: Murphy to join the Jayhawks
A second Free State Firebird will be headed up the Hill to play football for Mark Mangino in 2007.
Czyz Named NCBWA Stopper of the Year
Kansas University closer Don Czyz has been named the 2006 winner of the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association’s Stopper of the Year Award, the association announced Thursday. The award honors the top relief pitcher in college baseball.
Three from KU in track finals
Three Kansas University track and field athletes qualified Wednesday for finals at the NCAA Championships at Sacramento State’s A.G. Spanos Sports Complex.
KU grid recruits present
Just one member of class not on campus
Kansas University’s public student directory lists all but one of KU’s 25 incoming scholarship football recruits for the 2006 season.
Keegan: Keegan: Simien must miss fieldhouse
Didn’t get a chance to interview many NBA players during nearly three years of radio shows, but did particularly enjoy having a pair of college basketball stars on the show to talk about the draft.
Commentary: Sampson’s infractions no minor matter
Even simple phone calls helped give former Oklahoma coach an extra edge during recruiting
Question: How many extra phone calls add up to an automobile?
Ex-pro Troutman relishes amateur status
Frontenac’s Jon Troutman is having quite the time becoming an amateur once again - at the age of 30.
KU pair snared
Schweitzer, Quick picked on Day Two
OK, so Jared Schweitzer doesn’t have a shopping spree of sports cars, mansions and bling-bling ahead of him just yet.
KU great headed to Hall
Marilynn Smith to be enshrined for lifetime achievement
LPGA pioneer Marilynn Smith will become a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame on October 30 as part of the Class of 2006.
Wednesday, June 7
6Sports video: Pitching squad to rebuild
Two underclassman draft picks will have serious consequences for Ritch Price’s pitching staff next season.
6Sports video: Draft takes 2 more Jayhawks
The parade of Kansas baseball players entering the pro ranks continued on Day Two of the Major League amateur draft this afternoon.
6Sports video: Teams advance at KGA Four-Ball
The final round of stroke play wrapped up today at the KGA Four-Ball Tournament at Alvamar. The top 64 teams advance to the match play portion of the tournament.
Movin’ on up
Four Jayhawks hear names called on Day 1
Knowing the possibility his fabulous senior year gave him, former Kansas University closer Don Czyz had the Internet stream of the Major League Baseball draft playing in his living room Tuesday, when he heard the name called.
Keegan: Keegan: Price now can sell success
Kansas University baseball coach Ritch Price, your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to pretend I am 18 years old, tall, slender and blessed with a 90 mph fastball and good breaking stuff. All the College World Series regulars are text-messaging me, pretty much begging me to spend my college years with them. Convince me I should say no to all of them and commit to Kansas.
Hurst qualifies for Open
Former Kansas University golfer Travis Hurst was the only player to break par at Fox Run Golf Club and shot 70-67 to win the U.S. Open sectional qualifier in St. Louis.
Tuesday, June 6
6Sports video: Four ‘Hawks drafted
Day one of the Major League Baseball amateur draft was good to the Kansas Jayhawks today. In all, four KU players are one step closer to the big league diamond.
FAU coach Walters taps Bauman
Florida Atlantic University basketball coach Rex Walters has completed his staff with the hiring of Justin Bauman as director of basketball operations.
Former Jayhawk Settlemier keeps slamming in pro ranks
Serena Settlemier’s penchant for producing grand slams has carried over into the professional ranks.
Four-ball begins today
The 18th-annual Kansas Four-Ball Championship will begin at 8 a.m. today with the first of two qualifying rounds at Alvamar Golf Club.
Self: K.C. good for tourney
Kansas City lands 2008 Big 12 men's, women's basketball championships
The Big 12 Conference men’s basketball tournament will return to Kansas City, Mo., in March, 2008.
Monday, June 5
6Sports video: KU baseball looking to the future
With the fantastic season coming to a close yesterday, it’s already time for the KU Baseball team to think about the future. For some Jayhawks, their future could begin tomorrow with the Major League Baseball Draft.
6Sports video: KU Track & Field heads to NCAAs
The University of Kansas Men’s and Women’s Track teams are off to the 2006 NCAA Championships hosted by Sacramento State University. This afternoon, the ten qualifiers left Allen Fieldhouse for the Golden State.
6Sports video: Kirk to lead off for KU
KU kicks off its part in the NCAA Track & Field Championships with Jayhawk junior JOsh Kirk in the decathlon. HOwever, the Lawrence-born product feels no pressure to get his team early points.
NCAA panel limits desperation timeouts
The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel has approved a proposal from the basketball rules committee that will not allow an airborne player falling out of bounds - or into the backcourt - to be granted a timeout.
Last gasp too soon
KU's season ends despite early lead
Hawaii showed Sunday that it’s a fast learner. On Friday, the Rainbows blew an early 5-0 advantage and lost, 9-6, to Kansas University in the opening game of the NCAA Corvallis Regional baseball tournament. On Sunday, however, Hawaii turned the tables, erased an early 5-0 KU lead and eventually ousted the Jayhawks from the double-elimination event with a 9-5 victory at Goss Stadium.
Texas out in Austin
N.C. State ousts defending champ
Jonathan Diaz had an RBI double, and Matt Camp doubled in the eighth inning to help North Carolina State eliminate defending national champion Texas, 6-3.
Langford signs with Salina
Former Kansas University guard Keith Langford has signed a free agent contract with the Kansas Cagerz of the United States Basketball League.
Sunday, June 4
KU ends season with 9-5 loss to Hawaii
Jayhawks finish season with a 43-25 record, second-best in school history
Despite scoring four runs in the first inning and taking a 5-0 lead the University of Kansas fell to the University of Hawaii (45-16), 9-5, Sunday afternoon in the NCAA Tournament. KU (43-25) ends its season with 43 victories, second most in school history.
Leave it to Beavers
Oregon State upends upstart KU, snaps win streak
Kansas University ran into a buzzsaw named Jonah Nickerson on Saturday night and toppled into the loser’s bracket of the NCAA Corvallis regional after an 11-3 loss to top-seeded Oregon State.
Five KU honorees enshrined
In all, 14 individuals, including five with Kansas University ties, were enshrined into the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame on Saturday.
Two and out for Nebraska
Aaron Poreda repeatedly worked out of trouble in his six-plus innings Saturday, and San Francisco knocked No. 6 national seed Nebraska out of the NCAA Tournament with a 5-1 victory in the Lincoln Regional.
Czyz’s draft status an anomaly
Kansas University’s Don Czyz looms as a rarity - a college senior who could go high in the June baseball draft.
Saturday, June 3
KU falls to OSU 11-3
Jayhawks play Hawaii Sunday at 3 p.m. in elimination game
Unlike Friday’s NCAA opener, Kansas University’s baseball team could not rally from an early deficit against Oregon State Saturday in its NCAA regional at Goss Stadium in Corvallis, Ore.
KU’s Czyz named All-American
Kansas University relief pitcher Don Czyz was named to the Louisville Slugger All-American first team Friday as announced by Collegiate Baseball magazine.
KU greats excited by Hall’s call
Hougland, Washington headline today's 14-member induction class
This year’s 14-member Kansas Sports Hall of Fame class includes five of the biggest names in Kansas University history. “It’s quite a list,” said Bill Hougland, two-time Olympic basketball gold medalist and member of KU’s 1952 national title team. “It is amazing,” indicated Marian Washington, who won 560 games in 31 seasons as KU women’s basketball coach.
Homer happy
Jayhawks use long ball
The grit and resiliency displayed by Kansas University’s baseball team during its run to the Big 12 tournament championship was evident again Friday in the first round of the NCAA regionals. Kansas used four home runs to erase an early five-run deficit in a 9-6 victory over Hawaii in the opening game of the Corvallis Regional at Goss Stadium.
Quick ‘in trouble’ again
For better or worse, Kansas University coach Ritch Price knows exactly what to expect from starter Kodiak Quick. “He’s always in trouble,” Price said of the senior right-hander, who won a school-record 11 games this year. “If you look at the number of hits he gives up per innings pitched, there’s usually somebody on base every inning.”
Friday, June 2
6Sports video: Czyz named to Louisville Slugger All-America team
KU closer Don Czyz was named to the Louisville Slugger All-America team today. The senior from Overland Park leads the nation in saves with 19 and has a 1,62 ERA.
Kansas defeats Hawaii, 9-6
Jayhawks will play Oregon St.-Wright St. winner Saturday at 8 p.m.
Kansas University’s baseball avoided big innings by Hawaii in the first and second when the Rainbows left the bases loaded in each even though they scored lone runs in both innings, but KU starter Kodiak Quick and the Jayhawks weren’t so lucky in the third.
Transition difficult for UNC coach
Ex-Jayhawk mentor says Tar Heels' Jordan greatest player he has coached, greatest player of all time
A question and answer session with former Kansas basketball coach Roy Williams, now fourth-year coach at North Carolina.
Tittrington: Tittrington: 12 years too long for KU
I’ve had 12 years to think about how I’d write this column. Yet, now that the day is here, I’m finding that I don’t know exactly what it is I want to say. There is pride. There is joy. There is relief. Yet there is also knowledge that a group of 35 or so young men will never be looked at the same way again.
KU’s Czyz finalist for stopper award
Kansas University’s Don Czyz was named one of five finalists for the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Assn. Stopper of the Year Award, the association announced Thursday. The other finalists are Kevin Gunderson from Oregon State, Josh Fields from Georgia, Vinnie Pestano from Cal State Fullerton and Cole St. Clair from Rice.
Pitching, defense key for Rainbows
WAC runners-up hit just 15 homers this season, but allowed just 18
The University of Hawaii baseball team isn’t about to overpower anybody in the Corvallis, Ore., NCAA regional. The Rainbows belted a mere 15 home runs this season en route to a 43-win season and a runner-up finish in the Western Athletic Conference.
How does Kansas University spell pitching success? Q-u-i-c-k
It’s hard to imagine now, even for Kodiak Quick himself. Ten years ago, he was one of those kids - who wear the yellow signs around their necks with only a newspaper sponsor and number to label them. Blessed with a good memory and an ability to memorize words, he advanced all the way to the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Thursday, June 1
6Sports video: Long wait for Jayhawks, Rainbows
When Big 12 champion KU takes to the diamond in it’s four-team double-elimination regional tomorrow, they will be joined by two other conference holders.
Giangrosso qualifies
Kansas University junior Annie Giangrosso was one of three players who qualified for the US Women’s Amateur Public Links Championship on Tuesday at St. Andrews Golf Course.
Mayer: Mayer: ‘49ers deserve praise
There’s ample reason to laud the 2006 Kansas baseball team that has made such a joyful noise in Big 12 circles. It deserves accolades galore. Yet let’s also honor the 1949 Jayhawks, the last KU club to capture a league title.
Ex-Jayhawk Shareef killed in car accident
Former Kansas University basketball player Danielle Shareef was killed in an automobile accident Friday in Tampa, Fla.
Ex-KU football coach Mather dies at age 91
Six months after returning to Lawrence for a reunion with about 35 of his players, former Kansas University football coach Chuck Mather died Monday in suburban Chicago.
Peoples remains ‘Late Night’ sponsor
Peoples Bank will play at least another two seasons as official title sponsor of “Late Night in the Phog,” the annual celebration that marks the beginning of basketball season at Kansas University.
Settlemier tapped 2nd-team All-American
Kansas University’s Serena Settlemier has been named a second-team All-American by the National Fastpitch Coaches Assn.
On the road again
Jayhawks used to away games
Kansas University’s baseball squad boarded the team bus early Wednesday for its trip to Corvallis, Ore., and the 2006 NCAA Tournament.
Young Price comes from long line of Rynes
Kansas University second baseman Ryne Price’s first name has deep baseball roots, even deeper than he realized.
Beavers dismiss slight
The team to beat in the Corvallis, Ore., baseball regional isn’t wasting any energy stewing about the NCAA’s decision not to award it a top-eight national seed.
Aldrich must wait months for tooth replacement November 23, 2009
Big 12 colleagues voice support for embattled KU coach November 23, 2009
Morris leads KU women past Michigan November 22, 2009
Huskers sweep KU volleyball November 22, 2009
KU football competes but falls at Texas November 22, 2009
_r90x60.jpg?781011941c6c07bdfc65b7b14fce7e91909b1ea6 "KU guard Sade Morris battles Michigan guard Dayeesha Hicks for a loose ball during the first half of the game on Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009, at Allen Fieldhouse.")
