Baseball

Drug panel today at KU

Former Kansas University football All-American and NFL standout John Hadl will join noted baseball writer and Boston Red Sox advisor Bill James in a panel discussion on the use of drugs in pro sports.The discussion is scheduled for 7:30 tonight at the Dole Institute of Politics.Also scheduled ...

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Gruber chats onlineFormer Kansas University track and field standout Charlie Gruber took time out of his preparation for the Athens Games to take part in an online chat Friday on KUsports.com. For the full transcript, go to kusports.com.FootballWhittemore joins Arena2Bill Whittemore is taking a ...

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Gruber to chat todayFormer Kansas University distance runner and current Olympian Charlie Gruber will participate in an online chat at 3 p.m. today at KUsports.com.Gruber has qualified for the 1,500-meter run at the Athens Summer Olympics. Opening ceremonies will be a week from today, with ...

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Gruber to chat FridayFormer Kansas University distance runner and current Olympian Charlie Gruber will participate in an online chat on KUsports.com at 3 p.m. Friday.Gruber has qualified for the 1,500-meter run at the Athens Summer Olympics. Opening ceremonies will be Aug. 13. Gruber won't run ...

Former KU baseball players making professional debuts

Kansas University home run record-holder Travis Metcalf is off to a solid professional start.After 17 games playing third base for the Spokane (Wash.) Indians, a short-season Class A farm team of the Texas Rangers, Metcalf was hitting .284 with seven doubles, a triple and two home runs. His ...

Woodling: KU’s Baty toiling in minors

Less than a mile east of Newburgh-Beacon bridge just off Interstate 84 in Fishkill, N.Y., sits Dutchess Stadium, home of the Hudson Valley Renegades.I was in that minor-league baseball facility a week ago this afternoon hoping to watch Ryan Baty, the former Kansas University standout, play ...

Beaning sidelines rookie Devil Ray

Nearly two weeks after the beaning, Ryan Baty still lapses into fogginess."At times I'll get light-headed," Baty said. "I've had some trouble remembering phone numbers and where I left things in my room."A day after concluding his Kansas University baseball career in late May, Baty signed a ...

Rangers tap Metcalf in 11th round of MLB draft

Travis Metcalf, holder of Kansas University's home-run records, was selected in the 11th round of Monday's baseball draft.Metcalf, a fourth-year junior third baseman from Wamego, went to the Texas Rangers with the 321st selection.Metcalf hit 18 homers this spring to eclipse Russ Blaylock's ...