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NCAA: Self, KU athletics can’t market new facility

Related storyCity looks at options for new rec center propertyIf the city’s proposed $24 million recreation center in northwest Lawrence becomes a huge draw for regional and national youth sporting tournaments, it won’t be because Bill Self or Kansas University officials put their marketing ...

Vote: Who had the best KU Missouri vanity license plate?

We asked you what you'd put on a personalized Missouri license plate, if the state allowed the Jayhawk to appear on plates. Some of your submissions weren't exactly street legal, but we applaud your creativity. We're asking for your help in determining three winners of an 8x10 photo of Mario ...

Missouri House moves to stop Jayhawks license plate

Jefferson City, Mo. ? Legislation aimed at stopping Missouri from issuing a specialty license plate featuring Kansas University is on its way to Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon.Lawmakers attached the measure to a higher education bill approved Wednesday in the Senate. The amendment says only Missouri ...

A KU license plate in Missouri? It could happen

A Jayhawk on a Missouri license plate? No need to check to see if those pigs have sprouted wings. It could be a reality as soon as June 2013.The Kansas University Alumni Association has been working to get a KU license plate in Missouri, which recently began issuing Pittsburg State license ...

Renamed streets honor memory of Fambrough

KU students have a new place to tailgate on gamedays: the corner of Fambrough and Fambrough. Stretches of two streets northwest of Kansas University’s Memorial Stadium were renamed in honor of former KU football coach Don Fambrough. A parcel of 11th Street, from Mississippi Street to Missouri ...

KU finds the right fit with strength and conditioning coach Andrea Hudy

New Orleans ? Such silly, dangerous things can happen in the weight room, where steel clangs and challenges fly.And then there is the facility supervised by Andrea Hudy, strength and conditioning coach for the Kansas University men’s and women’s basketball programs.So much science goes into ...

KU wins the Academic Performance Tournament national championship

Take that, Harvard.Kansas University grasped top honors in the website Inside Higher Ed’s annual Academic Performance Tournament, which uses teams’ graduation rates and academic performance to determine a winner.KU was joined in the bracket’s Final Four by Texas, Lehigh and Davidson.Each ...

Former KU athlete wins Brazil’s version of ‘The Apprentice’

When 28-year-old Kansas University graduate Jana Correa won Brazil’s version of the reality television show “The Apprentice,” her friend Erin Sheridan was watching a live feed of the show online from Nebraska.Other friends were watching, too.“We all kept saying, ‘She’s going to win. ...