Parity was the big winner in college basketball last week, when 15 of the 25 teams ranked in the Associated Press college basketball poll lost at least once. Top 25 teams combined for a 27-20 record. Voters didn't punish Kansas too badly for its first Big 12 loss, 81-69, at Texas. The Jayhawks ...
Victor Ortiz, an orphan from Southern California who rose above hopeless circumstances to wear the WBC welterweight title belt on his waist and the Jayhawk logo on the back of his shorts, stood on top of the world three years ago. [The story Ortiz told of his youth][1] — he and five siblings ...
Kansas moved up two spots to No. 6 in the Associated Press college basketball Top 25 poll, released Monday. The Jayhawks are gunning for a remarkable fifth No. 1 seed in the past eight seasons. They are ranked No. 1 in the nation in the flawed RPI, which puts far too much weight on ...
I box my ears and make the motor-boat sound every time someone gripes about an athlete being excluded from a Hall of Fame, mid-season watch list, etc., without first making room for him or her by citing who deserves to be removed. Don’t just say who belongs, say who doesn’t, then I’ll ...
Kansas moved up to No. 8 in the Associated Press college basketball Top 25 poll, released Monday. The Big 12 has by far the biggest presence of any conference in the rankings, with six of its 10 teams making an appearance, a remarkable 60 percent of its members. The only other league with ...
In the wake of impressive victories at Oklahoma and in Allen Fieldhouse against Kansas State, Kansas moved up three spots to No. 15 in the weekly Associated Press college basketball poll, released Monday. Still, KU is no better than fourth among five ranked Big 12 schools, standing behind ...
Reader Steve Zimmerman requested of KUsports.com this season's dunk stats for the Jayhawks. Here they are, Steve: 1 - [Joel Embiid (16)][1] 2 - [Andrew Wiggins (12)][2] 3 - Perry Ellis (8) 4t - Tarik Black, Wayne Selden (5) 6 - Jamari Traylor (4) 7t - Landen Lucas, Frank Mason, Andrew ...
Bob Allison, a football and baseball standout for Kansas University, earned American League Rookie of the Year honors in 1959 with the Washington Senators when he produced nine triples and 30 home runs, 83 runs and 85 RBI. He didn’t have a Baseball Hall of Fame career, but he did deserve to ...
