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Veteran Hill used to being butt of jokes
By Andrew Hartsock One thing the NCAA doesn’t warn student-athletes petitioning for a rare sixth year of eligibility about is the endless string of age-related jokes to which the successful ones are subjected.
Former KU coach Timmons champions students
By Andrew Hartsock Bob Timmons is more than a little reluctant to discuss the cost of his magnum opus. When it’s suggested that Timmons a Kansas University Athletic Hall of Famer for his success as KU’s head track and field coach from 1965-1988 invested enough in it to pay for a nice car, if not a small house, Timmons smiles.
KU quarterback signee eager for opportunity
By Andrew Hartsock New Kansas University football coach Mark Mangino probably doesn’t expect Bill Whittemore to be the next Josh Heupel, but even Mangino can’t overlook the similarities.
Gift pumps up Jayhawks
Andersons pledge $4 million for conditioning center
By Andrew Hartsock Fred Roll can’t say quantitatively how many potential Kansas University student-athletes have been influenced negatively by KU’s tiny Shaffer-Holland Strength Center. But Roll knows one recruit scratched the Jayhawks off his list after a bad episode at KU’s antiquated workout facility.
Gurley takes mike
Former Jayhawk digs gig on TV
By Andrew Hartsock If Greg Gurley played to a bigger audience, he might really be in Kansas University basketball coach Roy Williams’ doghouse. “I know coach Williams, and I know how things work,” said Gurley, a former KU player who serves as color commentator for Sunflower Cablevision’s replays of Kansas’ home games.
Manager lands space job
Kovich headed to U.S.A., mission control in May
By Andrew Hartsock Matt Kovich must give a pretty good interview. After working five Kansas University basketball camps over two summers, Kovich interviewed to become a KU student manager.
KU’s first foe: Northridge
Matadors' coach has a few ties to Jayhawks
By Andrew Hartsock Kansas fans may not know much about Cal State Northridge, Kansas’ first-round foe in the NCAA Tournament. But Jayhawk enthusiasts do know a lot about Adonis Jordan, the former KU point guard who played for current Matadors’ coach Bobby Braswell at Cleveland High in Reseda, Calif.
KU lands Schlagele standout
By Andrew Hartsock Greg Heaggans, a high school quarterback who projects to wide receiver in college, has given Kansas University’s football team a nonbinding oral commitment. Heaggans, a 6-foot-1, 185-pounder from Kansas City Schlagle High, committed to KU on Sunday.
St. Joseph’s jolts Jayhawks
Kansas stumbles in tournament championship game, 70-67
By Andrew Hartsock Kansas University’s women’s basketball team showed most of the pluck but only about half the endurance of the indefatigable St. Joseph’s Hawk mascot. In keeping with school tradition, the Hawk flapped his arms, er, wings from the tipoff to the final buzzer of St. Joseph’s stunning 70-67 victory over the Jayhawks in the championship game of the KU Credit Union Jayhawk Classic on Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse.
KU blasts Panthers: 74-56
Jayhawks not satisfied with victory
By Andrew Hartsock The attitude of Kansas University’s women’s basketball team didn’t correlate with the result of its last outing. The Jayhawks held an extended postgame meeting in the locker room, then groused about how poorly they’d just played.
Mark Mangino press conference, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 November 24, 2009
Aldrich must wait months for tooth replacement November 23, 2009
Big 12 colleagues voice support for embattled KU coach November 23, 2009
Morris leads KU women past Michigan November 22, 2009
Huskers sweep KU volleyball November 22, 2009
_r90x60.jpg?781011941c6c07bdfc65b7b14fce7e91909b1ea6 "KU guard Sade Morris battles Michigan guard Dayeesha Hicks for a loose ball during the first half of the game on Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009, at Allen Fieldhouse.")
