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Drone at KU football game raises concerns

A Kansas University official says the school is taking seriously an incident Saturday in which an unauthorized drone flew around Memorial Stadium right before the Texas-KU football game."We don't want those things over a crowd," said Chris Keary, assistant chief of the KU Office of Public ...

KU football player develops app he says can improve the game he loves

Austin Barone's journey to becoming an app developer started when he applied for an internship at Google.The Lawrence native and Kansas University student planned to impress the technology giant by creating hardware, modeled after Google Glass, that would allow football players to view an ...

Jayhawk fans wear pride on their walls

At one time, you might’ve said Pat Sullivan’s basement was “decorated” with Kansas University memorabilia. But in the six years since he moved into his west Lawrence home, things have snowballed beyond decoration.Way beyond.“Now,” Sullivan said, “it’s more of a jigsaw ...

Lawrence man’s 1,000-piece Jayhawk collection going up for auction

A collection of more than 1,000 pieces of Kansas University memorabilia is going up for auction after spending years on display on the KU campus. The collection's owner, Bud Jennings, put the Jayhawk memorabilia on display at the Kansas Union three years ago in hopes a collector would buy it. ...

Walking the field is special for KU baseball manager

Kansas University sophomore Jonathan Rosa took the field one recent morning at Hoglund Ballpark. As he began to walk from the right field line toward the K on the center field fence, the players of the KU baseball team erupted, shouting words of encouragement and cheering on one of the most ...

KU volleyball success: Fans can dig it

Having made almost every Kansas University volleyball home game in her time at KU, sophomore Allison Hammond, of Overland Park, would probably qualify as a die-hard fan. So when the team is playing in the NCAA tournament at Allen Fieldhouse, there’s no way she’s going to miss it.“It’s ...

KU athletic director interested to see what new Big 12 university is doing

When today’s Big 12 football game between Iowa State and Kansas University reaches halftime, some in attendance will leave their seats and head back to the site of their pregame tailgate for a taste of what they had consumed a couple of hours earlier.Some will even try to hide an alcoholic ...