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KU defense under new management
On the field, the Kansas defense won’t change much this Fall. Nine starters return to anchor the unit. But that experienced group is under new management.
KU defense returns 9 starters from last season
Aqib Talib and James McClinton are gone. Luckily for the KU defense, there are nine other guys waiting to take over leadership roles in 2008.
Morris twins take a few lessons from Simien
Kansas University’s Morris twins, who had watched Wayne Simien play basketball on TV many times, finally met the Jayhawk All-American this week. “I think I want to get to know him better as a person because he’s a great role model,” Marcus Morris, KU’s 6-foot-8, 220-pound freshman small forward from Philadelphia, said Wednesday after working the afternoon session of Simien’s “Called to Greatness” camp for youths at Free State High.
Kansas divers place at nationals
Kansas divers Meghan Proehl and Erin Mertz placed at the U.S. Senior Diving Nationals last week in Pasadena, Calif.
Bird’s-eye view
Fans get an up-close look at new facility
As the line of people waiting to enter Kansas University’s new Anderson Family Football Complex grew Wednesday, and as it began to stretch well past the ticket office and down toward 11th St., Rob Crane offered an insight that, in its simplicity, was quite appropriate. “This is like a movie premiere,” said the 35-year-old Olathe resident. If this was the case, then the program’s newest entity enjoyed a whopper of an opening night.