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KU athletics budget to increase again
Board projects 8 percent rise for '08
If Kansas University’s athletic programs continue to bout with mediocrity in 2007-08, financial support once again won’t be to blame. Kansas Athletics, Inc., approved its projected fiscal year 2008 budget on Friday at its quarterly board meeting, and KU’s athletic department once again expects to have even more money to work with.
Keegan: Keegan: Raised hoop just a novelty
Imagine Muggsy Bogues having played a lengthy NBA career at 4-foot-3, Yao Ming towering way above the competition at 6-foot-6. That in essence is what it would be like if former NBA assistant coach Tom Newell had his way.
Coach’s team third at Bill Self Classic
The team of Gary Leonardi, Jerry Magnuson, Megan Menzel and John Zylstra combined to shoot 17-under-par 55 to win the fourth-annual Bill Self Lawrence Parks and Rec Youth Scholarship Golf Classic on Friday at Eagle Bend.
Newspapers blurring lines, Marchiony says
A Louisville Courier-Journal reporter was banned recently from the press box for blogging while an NCAA Tournament baseball game was in progress, but that’s not likely to happen at Kansas University-run sporting events, associate athletic director Jim Marchiony said.