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Kansas football team not backing down from expectations
Jayhawks have high hopes following 12-1 season
Mark Mangino and the rest of the Kansas Jayhawks aren’t about to shy away from the high expectations heaped on them after completing a 12-1 season a year ago. In fact, the KU coach said his team needed to embrace its new standing as one of the favorites in the Big 12. “There is nobody outside this program that has higher expectations than the kids here,” Mangino said during media day on the KU campus Tuesday.
Henry to visit for Late Night
Xavier Henry, the No. 2 prospect in the college basketball recruiting Class of 2009, on Monday told Rivals.com he will visit Kansas University for the Oct. 17 season-opening Late Night in the Phog.
YouTube hasn’t changed Mangino
During a 2007 season that far surpassed expectations, Kansas University coach Mark Mangino picked up a few new titles: Orange Bowl champion, national coach of the year, and, following a heated exchange caught on camera, YouTube cult hero.
Celtics’ Pierce detained, released
Former Jayhawk cuffed in Las Vegas traffic incident
Police detained NBA star Paul Pierce in handcuffs during a weekend traffic stop on the Las Vegas Strip, but released him without issuing a summons.
Henrickson: Strength of schedule unchanged
Games against Iowa, Marquette and UCLA highlight the 2008-2009 Kansas University women’s basketball schedule.
Georgia suspends another
High expectations for Georgia were overshadowed by off-field troubles as the Bulldogs held their first practice Monday.
Woodling: Woodling: Mario’s shot still goes in
I wonder how many times over the weekend Mario Chalmers nailed his famous three-point goal against Memphis. While channel-flipping, I saw Chalmers do it twice on CBSC, the cable outlet that was telecasting an NCAA Final Four retrospective. Heck, I even watched some of Kansas University’s semifinal victory over North Carolina in April at the Alamodome in San Antonio.
Ex-Irish aide Yonto dies
Longtime Notre Dame assistant football coach Joe Yonto, who worked under Ara Parseghian, Dan Devine and Lou Holtz, died Monday.
No place like Memorial Stadium
Jayhawks haven't lost at home since Oct. 14, 2006
As a ruby-shoed Kansas girl once mused, “There’s no place like home,” and on the eve of the Kansas University football team’s 2008 season, that proclamation seems to be coming to fruition for the Jayhawks.
Summitt gives $600K
Coach Pat Summitt will donate $600,000 to the University of Tennessee to be shared by the Knoxville and Martin campuses.