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KU ace Duncan proves value

He pitched for a small, all-boys Catholic high school in San Francisco, had a fastball that might not get arrested for speeding on I-70 and didn’t have any scholarship offers.

It’s time to accent year’s top Jayhawks

As the school year winds to a close, it’s time to highlight Kansas University’s top performers.

Coach: FSU should give Big 12 a look

Florida State athletic director Randy Spetman told the Orlando Sentinel on Friday that his school is “committed” to staying in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Spetman may be the only one who thinks that way.

FSU would benefit Big 12

The thought of Florida State and all its fine football tradition joining the Big 12 took on a realistic feel Saturday when the school’s chairman of the Board of Trustees wound up and socked the ACC in the nose.

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Turner Gill left recruiting abyss

The inevitable roster upheaval that occurs when coaching changes take place in college football makes it particularly difficult to try to forecast starters, just shy of four months from the season-opener. But for the purpose of looking at Turner Gill’s impact on the Kansas University football program during his two-year stay, let’s give it a try.

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Reynolds has the talent, needs the consistency

This corporate sports world in which we live feeds us so many football coaches skilled in the art of dancing around questions as if they’re land mines.

Ill wind blows at LCC

Iowa State senior Kristin Paulson of Ottumwa, Iowa, and her coach, Christie Martens, stood near a tree to the right of Lawrence Country Clubs’ 15th fairway and had agreed the only smart shot was a punch-out.

Captains: O-line in good hands

A big chair looked small when Tanner Hawkinson sat in it and talked about the honor of being selected as one of the Kansas University football team’s three captains.

QBs should steal show

I’m a little confused. In general, that is. I’m a lot confused as to why football players Collin Garrett and Chris Robinson were smoking in The Hawk, or anywhere else for that matter.

Bob Davis dials back radio duty with K.C.

The Kansas University basketball team kept Busy Bob Davis, the voice with boundless energy and enthusiasm, working college basketball games longer than anybody expected. No complaints. Davis viewed it as a memorable bonus.

Runner-up fuels competitive fire

Paradise found in downtown Lawrence on Eighth Street between Mass and New Hampshire streets Wednesday night.

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Street shot put a ‘good-old time’

When the downtown shot-put circuit catches on as a nationally televised series that hits 10 different college towns and is backed by a major corporate sponsor — it’s just too good an idea not to happen — the competitors will never forget the U.S. soil on which it started.

Kansas hoops FAQ

Back to reality and a look ahead to the 2012-2013 Kansas University basketball season with answers to frequently asked questions.

Mass St. magical during Relays

Witnessing live the local university’s basketball team win two Final Four games in 2008 and one two weeks ago made it impossible to see Mass Street turn into a river of bodies.

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Crist studies Brady’s craft

Penn State became known as Linebacker U because generations of rugged men earned all-conference and All-America honors playing the position in State College and then earned big paychecks playing in the NFL.

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