Stories for June 1, 2008

Wichita State tops OSU

Dusty Coleman hit a two-run home run and Aaron Shafer pitched a five-hitter for his third complete game of the season as Wichita State took down top-seeded Oklahoma State, 5-3, Saturday night after the Cowboys’ ace was declared ineligible.

Pierce thrilled to be part of history

Paul Pierce grew up in Los Angeles watching the Lakers play the Celtics for NBA titles. Now he’s the captain of the Boston team that is back in the finals for the first time since losing to the Lakers in 1987.

Missouri falls to Miami

Yasmani Grandal’s tie-breaking RBI single in the eighth lifted top-seeded Miami to a 6-5 victory over Missouri in a winner’s bracket game of the NCAA Regional on Saturday.

Rush to visit Raptors

Former Kansas University basketball player Brandon Rush will work out for the Toronto Raptors on Thursday, the NBA team has announced.

Former teammates laud Pierce

Eric Chenowith emptied a load of laundry on a table in the basement of Jayhawker Towers back in the summer of 1997. The 7-foot Kansas University basketball center from Villa Park, Calif., had no clue what to do next. “I was a freshman. My mom had always done laundry for me,” Chenowith recalled. “Paul Pierce saw me. He told me to wash whites in hot water and darks in cold. He told me how to do the whole thing. Paul Pierce taught me how to do laundry.

Jayhawks win track titles

Kansas University’s Egor Agafonov set a Midwest Regional meet record in winning the men’s hammer throw for the third consecutive year, and Jordan Scott won the men’s pole vault Saturday.

Ex-KU great turns 65, recalls teammate’s hits

'I feel 45,' former running back Gale Sayers says

Celebrating his 65th birthday on Friday, nearly 37 years after he retired from the NFL, Hall of Fame running back Gale Sayers still remembers the defender who hit him the hardest.

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