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KU’s Crawford excited to play first Division 1 football game

Saturday is an especially huge day for Kansas tailback Jocques Crawford. On Saturday, the Jayhawk junior college transfer will play in his very first Division 1 football game.

Expectations for KU football team reach all-time high

When the Kansas football team opens the 2008 season - expectations will be at an all-time high.

KU starts season against familiar foe

The Kansas football team opens a new season against a familiar foe on Saturday.

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Time for new beginning

Coach thinks event will thrive in new track facility

On a bright, sunny late-April day, there’s perhaps no better place to watch a track meet than Kansas University’s Memorial Stadium, site of the Kansas Relays for 80-plus years. “It is beautiful,” ninth-year KU track coach Stanley Redwine said of the annual spring carnival held in and around KU’s massive 50,000-seat football/track facility.

Self: 5 of 7 days have been good

KU has shown youth on other days

Kansas University’s basketball team completed its seventh day of pre-Canada-trip training camp Wednesday at Horejsi Center. “To be honest with you, in our seven days we’ve had five good days and two where we looked really young,” KU coach Bill Self said of his 2008-09 team that currently includes eight returnees and five newcomers.

Wilson likes ‘sleeper’ status

Unheralded Kansas wide receiver earns starting spot

The thing about Kansas University sophomore receiver Johnathan Wilson is that, heading into Saturday’s home opener against Florida International, it is not quite clear whether he fits under the umbrella of “Next Big Thing” or “Unproven Entity.”