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6Sports video: Tigers break KU baseball streak
Any time there’s a Kansas-Missouri matchup on the table, there’s always promise to be a heated rivalry.
6Sports video: KU to face Tigers
The Kansas baseball team enters its weekend homestand winners of four straight games in Big 12 play. The streak started with a win over #14 Missouri last Tuesday at Kauffman Stadium.
Kansas baseball edged by Missouri
The Kansas University baseball team lost the first game of a three-game series against Missouri, 5-3, Friday night at Hoglund Ballpark.
Mayer: Mayer: Self’s contract complex
Simple, huh? A guy runs a stellar basketball program, wins two more league championships and the national title and deserves a new contract to keep Oklahoma State wolves at bay. Write it up, boost the pay and benefits to match other headline coaches’ goodies, throw in nifty bonuses and incentives and get it signed. It’s not that easy.
Powers opens with 80
Kansas sophomore Emily Powers, playing in the NCAA West Golf Regional as an individual, opened by shooting an 8-over-par 80 Thursday at Lincoln Hills Golf Club.
Schramka honored at scholar banquet
KU senior swimmer Terri Schramka was honored as the Robert Frederick Senior Scholar Athlete of the Year at the annual Jayhawk Senior and Scholar Athlete Banquet to top off a season of success for the 2007-08 Kansas swimming and diving team.
MU’s Lyons to return
Missouri forward Leo Lyons, who led the Big 12 Conference in field goal percentage, on Thursday withdrew his name from the NBA Draft and announced he would return for his senior season.
KU softball faces Nebraska today
Kansas University may be only the No. 7 seed in the Big 12 Conference softball tournament, but the Jayhawks have an outside chance at earning an NCAA Tournament berth.
Recruiting young gaining popularity
Like his buddy, Billy Gillispie, Kansas University coach Bill Self would accept an oral commitment from an eighth-grade basketball player. “I would take Lew Alcindor. I’d take Wilt, Danny and Lew,” Self said of former UCLA phenom Alcindor (later Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) as well as KU greats Danny Manning and Wilt Chamberlain, whose exploits as players were well-known early in their stages of development.
Ellrich honored
Kansas University senior infielder Justin Ellrich has been named to the Academic All-District Seven First Team, which is presented by ESPN the Magazine.
Huggins hurt in fall
West Virginia University officials say basketball coach Bob Huggins has been taken to a hospital in Charlotte, N.C., for precautionary reasons after tripping on an airport tarmac and hitting his head on the pavement.
Commentary: NCAA numbers only part of story
The people who run college athletics took time off the other day from counting the millions of dollars top athletes make for their schools to pat themselves on the back because more athletes are actually going to class.