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6Sports video: Jayhawks take a break from the pigskin
The Kansas Jayhawk football team carries a 4-0 record into week 5 of the season, but the ‘Hawks won’t be taking the field on Saturday - instead they will be enjoying their bye week and preparing for KSU next Saturday in Manhattan.
Softball event to stress breast cancer awareness
Kansas University softball fans will be seeing plenty of pink Saturday when the Jayhawks play host to three other schools in a fall exhibition tournament stressing breast cancer awareness.
Police target minors using alcohol
Educational initiative may have reduced game-day citations
Lawrence police and state agents moved into the neighborhoods surrounding Kansas University’s Memorial Stadium last Saturday in a stepped-up effort to enforce liquor laws. “Our goal was to reduce the flow of alcohol to minors,” Police Sgt. Dan Ward said. There were 84 citations issued for being a minor in possession of an alcoholic beverage.
Jayhawks ready to enjoy day off
Joe Mortensen is no expert on the art of fishing. But after Saturday, he might be ready for his own Sunday morning television show. Mortensen, a junior linebacker on the Kansas University football team, is going to be getting away from football, if only for a day this weekend.
Mayer: Mayer: K-Staters aren’t so bad
My favorite aspect about the Kansas-Kansas State athletic rivalry? There are enough flip-flop alumni and friends, dual loyalists, in the two camps that seldom does this linkup produce the ugliness and bitterness we’ve seen too often in the KU-Missouri alignment.
Two KU tennis players to compete in ITA event
Kansas University senior Elizaveta Avdeeva and junior Edina Horvath will join a collection of the country’s top tennis players over the next week as they travel to Southern California for the ITA All-American Championships.
East Coast standout to visit KU this weekend
Power forward Thomas has narrowed his choices to four schools
One of the top high school power forwards on the East Coast will make his official recruiting visit to Kansas University today through Sunday morning. He’s Quintrell Thomas, a 6-foot-8, 225-pound senior inside force from St. Patrick High School in Elizabeth, N.J.
Langford invited to Spurs’ camp
Shooting guard was double-digit scorer in Italy's pro league last season
Keith Langford has earned an invitation to San Antonio Spurs training camp. The 24-year-old former Kansas University shooting guard, who was a double-digit scorer in Italy’s pro league last season, averaged 9.0 points and 2.8 rebounds for the Spurs at last summer’s Rocky Mountain Review in Utah.
Huskers hope to hear some cheers
Nebraska quarterback Sam Keller hopes the cheers return to Memorial Stadium during Saturday’s Big 12 opener against Iowa State. The 25th-ranked Cornhuskers (3-1) were booed in the fourth quarter last week as they struggled to win 41-40 against a Ball State team that came in as a 23-point underdog.
Commentary: OSU coach’s tirade leaves a bad mark
It turns out Mike Gundy has a little fire after all. Strange as it seems after last weekend’s YouTube instant classic, but that’s a question some Oklahoma State fans were asking about his deer-in-the-headlights look as his team got pushed around two weeks ago by Troy.