KU’s Perkins hospitalized

Kansas University athletic director Lew Perkins was expected to be released from Lawrence Memorial Hospital today after being hospitalized Sunday night for a bleeding ulcer.

“He’s doing fine,” associate athletic director Jim Marchiony said Tuesday. “He has a couple of ulcers, but he’s going to be fine. He’ll be out of the hospital tomorrow.”

Senior associate athletic director Larry Keating is in charge of the day-to-day operations of the department while Perkins is out, said Marchiony, who added the AD should return to work by Monday.

“The question is whether he’s going to be in before then,” Marchiony said. “We’d like him to take the rest of the week off.”

Perkins, 59, was unable to attend Monday’s athletics awards dinner.

“He doesn’t like to miss that,” Marchiony said. “That’s one of things he puts on his calendar and doesn’t move. I know he’s not happy about missing that.”

Women’s basketball

Henrickson to speak at KUAC luncheon

Kansas University women’s basketball coach Bonnie Henrickson will speak at the Kansas University Athletic Corporation Luncheon at noon Friday at the Holidome.

Henrickson, hired in March, was 158-62 in seven seasons at Virginia Tech.

Advanced tickets for the event are $15, and walk-in tickets are available for $17. Lunch is included. For information, call the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce at 865-4411.

College Football

Buffs won’t be charged

Denver — The state’s top prosecutor decided against criminal charges Tuesday in nine alleged sexual assaults involving Colorado football players, citing concerns about evidence and the reluctance of some women to pursue their cases.

Attorney General Ken Salazar said the decision from a special task force formed in late February was unanimous. Salazar said the investigation remained open and other potential charges concerning Colorado’s embattled program hadn’t been ruled out. Salazar, the university and a Board of Regents commission are investigating allegations the program uses sex and booze to lure recruits to the Boulder campus.

At least eight women have accused players or recruits of rape since 1997. No charges have been filed.

Facilities

Royals, Chiefs agree to extend stadium leases

Kansas City, Mo. — The Chiefs and Royals have approved extensions of their leases on the stadiums in the Truman Sports Complex, contingent on approval of a bi-state tax. The leases on Arrowhead and Kauffman stadiums, which now run through 2015, would be extended to 2030.

Efforts are under way to get the quarter-cent sales tax proposal on the November ballot in five metropolitan area counties. It must be approved in at least Jackson County, in Missouri, and Johnson County, in Kansas, to take effect. The tax, to last about 15 years, would raise an estimated $1.4 billion, money that would be used for renovation of the stadiums as well as for fine-arts projects.