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12:00 a.m.
'Hawks in the NBA
'Hawks in the NBA: Live on Draft Day 2008
Posted June 26, 2008
11:24 p.m.: Wait, one final note. Sasha Kaun told our Gary Bedore just moments ago over the phone that he has been traded to Cleveland. ...
12:00 a.m.
'Hawks in the NBA
'Hawks in the NBA: Live on Draft Day 2008
Posted June 26, 2008
11:24 p.m.: Wait, one final note. Sasha Kaun told our Gary Bedore just moments ago over the phone that he has been traded to Cleveland. ...
6:00 a.m.
David Tenpenny, a teacher at Oskaloosa High School, talks about his newly remodeled 1985 GMC Brigadier, which now has a 42-inch plasma screen TV, a video game system, a computer system and a 1000-watt stereo. His students nominated him for the TV show "Trick My Truck." Oskaloosa resident gets his truck ‘tricked’
By Lindsey Slater
11:28 a.m., June 26, 2008 Updated 12:00 a.m. in print edition on 1A
An Oskaloosa man got a makeover - on his tractor-trailer. Dave Tenpenny, an automotive teacher at Oskaloosa High School, was chosen to be on “Trick My Truck,” a show on Country Music Television that specializes in accessorizing semitrailers. But he had nothing to do with getting on the show.
11:00 a.m.
Brandon Rush, right, is congratulated by NBA Commissioner David Stern on Thursday in New York. Portland selected Rush No. 13 overall, then traded the former Kansas University guard/forward to Indiana, where he will join his brother, Kareem. Jayhawks make history
Ken Davis - Special to the Journal-World
June 27, 2008 in print edition on 1B
The Kansas University basketball team scripted some suspenseful moments on the way to the 2008 national championship, and NBA Draft night turned out to be more of the same for the Jayhawks. Three dramatic storylines evolved as Brandon Rush, Darrell Arthur and Mario Chalmers combined to make Kansas history. For the first time since 1989, when the draft was trimmed to two rounds, more than two Jayhawks were selected in a single draft. Rush was a lottery pick, Arthur became the sympathetic figure who dropped lower than expected, and Chalmers, who will always hold a special spot in KU history, was taken in the second round.
12:00 p.m.
ESPN's Darren Lyn interviews Jayhawk basketball Coach Bill Self Friday morning at Allen Fieldhouse. ESPN was in Lawrence Friday to tape "TitleTown USA." Lawrence is among 20 cities nominated by the network to be named the nation's top championship city. Fans make case for TitleTown
By Alex Parker
10:54 a.m., June 27, 2008 Updated 12:00 a.m. in print edition on 1A
Lawrence: City of Champions? Several hundred Kansas University fans made the case to name Lawrence ESPN’s “TitleTown USA,” as the sports network filmed a segment on Friday at Allen Fieldhouse. Earlier this week, ESPN named Lawrence one of 20 cities vying to be named the country’s top championship city.
2:00 p.m.
Brandon Rush, right, is congratulated by NBA Commissioner David Stern on Thursday in New York. Portland selected Rush No. 13 overall, then traded the former Kansas University guard/forward to Indiana, where he will join his brother, Kareem. Five Jayhawks taken in NBA draft
J-W Staff Reports
June 27, 2008 in print edition on 1A
Kansas University tied an NBA record by having five players taken in Thursday night’s draft, but only two players were selected in the first round. Many expected this to be the first time KU had three players selected in the first round of the same draft, but it didn’t happen.
6:00 p.m.
For nearly 60 years, Bashful Brother Oswald (1911-2002) was one of the most influential and talented dobro players in country music. For the majority of his career, he was the dobroist for Roy Acuff's Smoky Mountain Boys. Cultural soundtrack: Watkins Museum welcomes Smithsonian’s exhibit on American music
By Jon Niccum
June 27, 2008 in print edition on 1C
Nineteen concert road cases are rolled into the third floor of the Watkins Community Museum of History, 1047 Mass. The hefty amount of touring gear gives the impression a legendary rock band like The Who is getting ready to set up and perform. But the “who” in this instance is really a “what” - albeit a musical one.
10:00 p.m.
Bruce Springsteen Some concert tickets are tough to score
By George Diepenbrock
June 27, 2008 in print edition on 1A
These days, scoring tickets to major concerts often requires you to click on a Web site at just the right time.

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Lecompton history celebrated this weekend
June 27, 2008
It was once the territorial capital of the Kansas Territory - and this weekend, visitors to Lecompton can recall the days of the 1850’s and early 1860’s.
Antique car show heads to Topeka
June 27, 2008
A caravan of antique cars rolls into northeast Kansas.
Another outdoor music festival bothered by weather
June 27, 2008
For the second time this month, Mother Nature is wreaking havoc on an outdoor music festival in the area.
Friday, June 27 weather at 10 p.m.
June 27, 2008
The forecast for Saturday, June 28 calls for a high of 85 with a low around 67.
Russell Robinson joins Houston Rockets
By Gary Bedore
09:32 p.m., June 27, 2008 Updated 12:00 a.m. in print edition on C3
Russell Robinson has accepted an invitation to play for the Houston Rockets’ summer-league team.
Lawrence man died in motorcycle accident in southwest Douglas County
By Erin Castaneda
07:18 p.m., June 27, 2008 Updated 05:55 p.m. in print edition on B2
A 40-year-old Lawrence man died in a motorcycle crash Friday near Lone Star Lake.
Some concert tickets are tough to score
By George Diepenbrock
June 27, 2008 in print edition on A1
These days, scoring tickets to major concerts often requires you to click on a Web site at just the right time.
Douglas County under severe thunderstorm watch until 4 a.m.
Staff Report
04:09 p.m., June 27, 2008 Updated 08:28 p.m.
The National Weather Service in Topeka has issued a severe thunderstorm watch until 4 a.m. Saturday for Douglas County.
Former Lawrence Chamber president hired in Overland Park
By Mark Fagan
11:17 a.m., June 27, 2008 Updated 12:00 a.m. in print edition on B5
Lavern Squier, who resigned earlier this year as president and CEO of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, has accepted a new job a few miles to the east.
Fans make case for TitleTown
By Alex Parker
10:54 a.m., June 27, 2008 Updated 12:00 a.m. in print edition on A1
Lawrence: City of Champions? Several hundred Kansas University fans made the case to name Lawrence ESPN’s “TitleTown USA,” as the sports network filmed a segment on Friday at Allen Fieldhouse. Earlier this week, ESPN named Lawrence one of 20 cities vying to be named the country’s top championship city.
Kansas Supreme Court: Gambling law is constitutional
Associated Press
June 27, 2008
The Kansas Supreme Court has ruled that the state’s expanded gambling law is constitutional.
It’s smooth sailing as Massachusetts Street reopens
Downtown roadwork to take one-week hiatus
By Chad Lawhorn
09:48 a.m., June 27, 2008 Updated 10:58 a.m.
Massachusetts Street reopened to traffic Friday morning, and now motorists should get a weeklong break from downtown roadwork, city leaders said.
Four different teams owned the rights to Darrell Arthur, who ultimately wound up with the Memphis Grizzlies
By Tom Keegan
June 27, 2008
Darrell Arthur drafted and then traded three times.
Cultural soundtrack: Watkins Museum welcomes Smithsonian’s exhibit on American music
By Jon Niccum
June 27, 2008 in print edition on C1
Nineteen concert road cases are rolled into the third floor of the Watkins Community Museum of History, 1047 Mass. The hefty amount of touring gear gives the impression a legendary rock band like The Who is getting ready to set up and perform. But the “who” in this instance is really a “what” - albeit a musical one.
‘WALL-E’ touches, teaches and tickles
By Roger Moore - The Orlando Sentinel
June 27, 2008 in print edition on C1
The late, great Stanley Kubrick (“2001: A Space Odyssey”) used to say that if you can turn off the sound and still follow the story, you’ve made a film, but if you black out the picture and can still follow the story with only the sound, you haven’t.
Wave of bad news sends Dow spiraling
By Madlen Read - Associated Pres Writer
June 27, 2008 in print edition on B11
A barrage of bad news including yet another record high for oil drove stocks sharply lower Thursday, hurtling the Dow Jones industrials down nearly 360 points to their lowest level in almost two years.
Iraq pact might benefit next president
By Trudy Rubin
June 27, 2008 in print edition on A10
Last week, I wrote about an issue that is just under the radar screen in the election campaign, but is bound to ignite soon. I refer to the question of whether the United States should sign a status of forces agreement, or SOFA, with Iraq before President Bush leaves office. Such an agreement would define the future role of U.S. forces in that country.
Persistence
Lawrence Memorial Hospital has had its ups and down but has persisted and now is a community strong point.
J-W Editorials
June 27, 2008 in print edition on A10
Those now experiencing the facilities and achievements of Lawrence Memorial Hospital might think things have always been this way, but the local institution has had countless stops and starts on the road to its current level of achievement.
More visibility sought for disabled
By Peter Finn - The Washington Post
June 27, 2008 in print edition on A12
Vera Samykina is an A student in all subjects who just completed ninth grade, a significant marker in Russian education when some students bow out to pursue a trade or a technical education. But Samykina, 17, is determined to finish high school in two years and then pursue a university degree in English.
Anheuser-Busch board of directors rejects InBev’s takeover bid
By Jeremiah Mcwilliams and Jeffrey Tomich - St. Louis Post-Dispatch
June 27, 2008 in print edition on B11
The board of directors of Anheuser-Busch Cos. has unanimously rejected a $65-a-share takeover bid from InBev of Belgium, calling the proposal “financially inadequate and not in the best interests of Anheuser-Busch shareholders.”
Border fence vital to security
By Cal Thomas
June 27, 2008 in print edition on A11
On Monday, the Supreme Court refused to take up the appeal lodged by environmental groups that focused on a two-mile stretch of border fence in the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area near Naco, Ariz.
N. Korea releases nuclear report; Bush pledges to lift sanctions
By Blaine Harden and Robin Wright - The Washington Post
June 27, 2008 in print edition on A6
President Bush moved Thursday to drop North Korea from a list of countries that sponsor terrorism and lift some trading sanctions, after the isolated totalitarian state turned over a long-delayed report that includes details of plutonium production in its nuclear program.
Old Home Town - 40 years ago
June 27, 2008 in print edition on A10
Douglas County’s valuation total, with the city of Lawrence contributing more than 54 percent of the amount, had reached a record high of $104.2 million.
Obamas donate $4,600 to assist Clinton’s debt relief
By Nedra Pickler and Sara Kugler - Associated Press Writers
June 27, 2008 in print edition on A7
Barack Obama announced Thursday that he will help pay off Hillary Rodham Clinton’s more than $20 million debt, personally writing a check in a gesture meant to win over her top financial backers.
People in the news
June 27, 2008 in print edition on B10
¢ Bill Murray’s divorce finalized in S. Carolina¢ After injury, Colbert fights ‘face violence’¢ Lil Wayne to do the Voodoo in New Orleans¢ Drew Carey orders 45 cross-country pizzas¢ McCready charged with violating probation
Horoscopes
June 27, 2008 in print edition on B10
You could find that you are being observed by higher-ups. You might not be comfortable with all the pressure and what is happening. Stay cool and know that in the long run a steady course is a wise one. Accept responsibilities, but say no if you want to, or need to, before adding any more must-do’s.
Bill urges award of tanker contract to Boeing or new bids
Associated Press
June 27, 2008 in print edition on A5
Kansas lawmakers offered a bill Thursday that would forbid the Pentagon from spending money to build new refueling tankers unless the agency awards a disputed $35 billion contract to Boeing Co. or reopens the bidding process.
Calif. asks residents not to buy fireworks
McClatchy Newspapers
June 27, 2008 in print edition on C10
No less a patriot than the governor himself is asking Californians to forgo home fireworks this Fourth of July - though he expects the charities that sell them will scream like a Piccolo Pete.
Five Jayhawks taken in NBA draft
Rush, Arthur only two in first round
J-W Staff Reports
June 27, 2008 in print edition on A1
Kansas University tied an NBA record by having five players taken in Thursday night’s draft, but only two players were selected in the first round. Many expected this to be the first time KU had three players selected in the first round of the same draft, but it didn’t happen.
Indiana AD to resign
June 27, 2008 in print edition on B2
Indiana athletic director Rick Greenspan will resign at the end of December amid new NCAA allegations that the school failed to monitor the men’s basketball team.
Violence threatened if residents don’t vote
June 27, 2008 in print edition on A6
With longtime incumbent Robert Mugabe continuing to campaign despite his opponent’s withdrawal, Zimbabwe voters were warned of violent repercussions if they fail to vote in today’s run-off presidential election.
US loses talents of foreign-born Ph.D.s
By George Will
June 27, 2008 in print edition on A10
Fifty years ago, Jack Kilby, who grew up in Great Bend, Kan., took the electrical engineering knowledge he acquired as an undergraduate at the University of Illinois and a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin to Dallas, to Texas Instruments, where he helped invent the modern world as we routinely experience and manipulate it.
Old Home Town - 100 years ago
June 27, 2008 in print edition on A10
From the Lawrence Daily World for June 27, 1908: The local potato crop is predicted to be only about 40 percent of normal due to the serious flooding of late. Word is that more than 3,000 acres of potato land were ruined in the Kaw Valley.
‘Dance Machine’ rusty, broken
By Kevin McDonough
June 27, 2008 in print edition on B10
This week’s reality onslaught continues with “Dance Machine” (7 p.m., ABC), another talent hunt offering “ordinary” people the chance to show off their talent for dancing in a variety of genres from the past four decades.
48 fugitive immigrants arrested
Associated Press
June 27, 2008 in print edition on A5
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested 48 fugitives in western Kansas as part of a five-day sweep targeting immigrants who had ignored deportation orders or failed to appear for immigration hearings, the agency said Thursday.
KU students to debut ‘Off the Wall’ comedy pilot
By Jon Niccum
June 27, 2008 in print edition on C1
There’s no shortage of comedic movies and TV shows aimed at the college crowd. But according to Scott Winer, only a handful are actually created by college students. Winer and a troupe primarily composed of Kansas University students have responded with the independent sketch comedy show “Mildly Off the Wall.”
No-fishing zones are studied
By Brian Skoloff - Associated Press Writer
June 27, 2008 in print edition on C10
Reeling in a 45-pound grouper used to be just an average day on the water in the Florida Keys. The abundance of behemoth fish attracted anglers from around the world in the early 1900s, including adventurers such as Ernest Hemingway and Zane Grey, who pulled in monsters from the clear, warm depths off Key West.
Candid candidates are best
By Garrison Keillor
June 27, 2008 in print edition on A11
I was at a playground with my daughter the other day, reading “The Two Kinds of Decay” by Sarah Manguso (good book) and watching my girl as she stood at the perimeter of children playing and studied them, exactly as I did when I was a kid, working up the nerve to plunge into the fray.
Tonganoxie pool set to open
By Shawn Linenberger
June 27, 2008 in print edition on A5
Tuesday is the day. Tonganoxie City Administrator Mike Yanez vows the new Tonganoxie Water Park will be open Tuesday for public swimming. The opening has been pushed back in recent weeks because of weather.
NW Kan. living on through dry spell
Associated Press
June 27, 2008 in print edition on A4
Weather officials are keeping an eye on conditions in northwest Kansas, where the last significant moisture came from heavy snows in 2006.
Panel OKs 2 new combination vaccines
June 27, 2008 in print edition on A2
A federal advisory panel on Thursday endorsed two new combination vaccines designed to reduce the number of needle sticks that young children must endure to get the recommended immunizations.
Man guilty of murders in rail disaster
By Robert Jablon - Associated Press Writer
June 27, 2008 in print edition on A12
A man who claimed he was attempting suicide when he triggered a 2005 rail disaster was convicted Thursday of 11 counts of first-degree murder and could face the death penalty.
Antique cars to tour area
J-W Staff Reports
June 27, 2008 in print edition on A5
A caravan of Hupmobiles will be driving through Lawrence on Tuesday.
Tests show Mars soil ‘could support life’
By John Johnson Jr. - Los Angeles Times
June 27, 2008 in print edition on A12
The first chemistry results from Mars’ northern plain reveal an environment more hospitable to life than some scientists had predicted, one that might allow future colonists to grow crops as familiar on Earth as asparagus and green beans.
On the record
June 27, 2008 in print edition on A4
Lawrence police are investigating a report that an Easton man illegally touched a 24-year-old Lawrence woman about 2 a.m. April 8 in the 400 block of Maple Street.
Four Kansas athletes in Olympic track trials
J-W Staff Reports
June 27, 2008 in print edition on B6
Three Kansas University track and field athletes - seniors Ashley Brown and Crystal Manning and sophomore Jordan Scott - will compete in the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore.
Prime minister survives no-confidence vote
June 27, 2008 in print edition on A2
Thailand’s prime minister survived a no-confidence vote today, fending off opposition accusations of incompetence, mismanagement and yielding national sovereignty.
Chicago taps former Memphis guard Rose No. 1
By Brian Mahoney - Associated Press Basketball Writer
June 27, 2008 in print edition on B5
Derrick Rose is going home, and a record crowd of freshmen are following him to the NBA.
Commodities
June 27, 2008 in print edition on B11
Agriculture futures traded higher Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for July delivery added 22.25 cents to settle at $9.24; July corn rose 23.75 cents to $7.5375; July oats gained 9 cents to $4.3550; July soybeans rose 36.75 cents to $15.7425.
Kansas athletes set record for spring GPA’s
J-W Staff Reports
June 27, 2008 in print edition on B6
Kansas University student-athletes earned a combined 3.03 grade-point average during the 2008 spring semester, setting a KU athletic-department record.
3 Marines among dead in bombing
June 27, 2008 in print edition on A6
A suicide bomber attacked a meeting of pro-government Sunni sheiks west of Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 23 people, including three U.S. Marines. At least 18 more people died in a car bombing in the northern city of Mosul.
OU lineman faces hearing
June 27, 2008 in print edition on B2
Oklahoma offensive lineman Phil Loadholt faces a July court hearing on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol and transporting an open container.
Sharapova, Roddick exit early
Big names victims of second-round Wimbledon upsets
June 27, 2008 in print edition on B2
Former champion Maria Sharapova, out. Two-time runner-up Andy Roddick, gone.
British man gets life in deaths of wife, baby
June 27, 2008 in print edition on A2
A British man convicted of shooting to death his 9-month-old baby and wife as they cuddled together in bed showed no reaction Thursday as he was sentenced to two life prison terms without parole.
UN: Insurgents are complicating war on drugs
By William J. Kole - Associated Press Writer
June 27, 2008 in print edition on C10
More than ever before, authorities waging the global war on drugs are up against real insurgents. Worldwide, illicit cultivation of opium and coca - the raw materials for heroin and cocaine - is rising as militants in Afghanistan, Colombia and Myanmar consolidate their control of key drug-producing areas, the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime warns in a new report.
Kansas lifts wheat embargo on two more counties
By Roxana Hegeman - Associated Press Writer
June 27, 2008 in print edition on B11
The Kansas Department of Agriculture lifted embargoes Thursday on winter wheat from two more counties after test results showed no detectable traces of a toxic fungicide applied too close to harvest.
Clinton supporters back Obama, poll says
June 27, 2008 in print edition on A2
Barack Obama has won over more than half of Hillary Rodham Clinton’s former supporters, according to an Associated Press-Yahoo News poll that finds party loyalty trumping hard feelings less than three weeks after their bruising Democratic presidential contest ended.
Sentencing today in Dollar General slaying
June 27, 2008 in print edition on A3
Sentencing for the first of three suspects charged in the November 2005 slaying of Tonganoxie resident Robin Bell is scheduled today in Wyandotte County District Court.
Major League Roundup: Twins’ win streak hits nine
Minnesota mops up against National League
June 27, 2008 in print edition on B4
Scores from around the league.
K-State’s Cardwell Hall to reopen today
June 27, 2008 in print edition on A3
Classes at Kansas State University’s Cardwell Hall will be back in session today after repairs caused by a June 11 tornado were completed.
Crocodile welcomed into pub by drinkers
June 27, 2008 in print edition on A2
Drinkers at an Outback watering hole may have wondered if perhaps they’d had one too many when they were greeted by a crocodile at the pub’s door. But being good hosts, they did the only polite thing and invited him inside.
‘Stealthy advertising’ on FCC radar
By John Dunbar - Associated Press Writer
June 27, 2008 in print edition on A2
When Wally and the Beaver came home from school, their mom often had cookies and milk waiting for them. These days, it isn’t just cookies but Oreos that are featured in the plot of “7th Heaven.”
Ex-UT players plead guilty
June 27, 2008 in print edition on B2
Two former Texas football players pleaded guilty Thursday to robbery charges, a Travis County prosecutor said.
In all, a nice tri?
Athletes OK with bizarre race ending
By Andrew Hartsock
June 27, 2008 in print edition on B7
Vikki Thompson has an unusual claim to fame. Thompson, from Monument, Colo., is the last unofficial finisher to complete the first Ironman 70.3 Kansas, the grueling 70.3-mile triathlon held June 15 at Clinton Lake.
Flood damage will cause ripples across US economy
By David Mercer - Associated Press Writer
June 27, 2008 in print edition on A2
Floodwaters receding into the Mississippi River and its tributaries will suck billions of dollars out of the Midwest’s economy, though probably not as much as the 1993 flooding that devastated the region.
Decision puts guns back at center stage
Second Amendment is directly ruled on for first time
By Dan Balz and Keith B. Richburg - The Washington Post
June 27, 2008 in print edition on A1
With Thursday’s decision, the Supreme Court pushed the gun issue to the forefront of the nation’s agenda, opening a new chapter in what has been one of the most contentious and divisive debates in American politics for the past four decades.
Sign to help with cold case
Associated Press
June 27, 2008 in print edition on A5
Lamar Advertising is trying to help solve a 2002 double homicide at a Dolly Madison Bakery outlet store in Great Bend.
Solvents plant blast caused by spark, investigators say
By Roxana Hegeman - Associated Press Writer
June 27, 2008 in print edition on A4
An explosion last year at an area Barton Solvents distribution plant was most likely caused by a static spark from a loosely held measuring float, investigators said Thursday. Such floats are used in hundreds of thousands of chemical tanks around the world, according to investigators.
Jayhawks make history
KU produces record five players in draft
Ken Davis - Special to the Journal-World
June 27, 2008 in print edition on B1
The Kansas University basketball team scripted some suspenseful moments on the way to the 2008 national championship, and NBA Draft night turned out to be more of the same for the Jayhawks. Three dramatic storylines evolved as Brandon Rush, Darrell Arthur and Mario Chalmers combined to make Kansas history. For the first time since 1989, when the draft was trimmed to two rounds, more than two Jayhawks were selected in a single draft. Rush was a lottery pick, Arthur became the sympathetic figure who dropped lower than expected, and Chalmers, who will always hold a special spot in KU history, was taken in the second round.
Sebelius says VP talk ‘quite flattering’
Governor doesn’t say whether she would accept nomination if offered
By Mary Hudetz - Associated Press Writer
June 27, 2008 in print edition on A1
Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius said Thursday it’s “quite flattering and a little surreal” to be mentioned as a potential running mate for Barack Obama, but she declined to say whether she would accept.
KU’s Powers cards 81 in U.S. Women’s Open
J-W Staff Reports
June 27, 2008 in print edition on B6
Kansas University junior-to-be Emily Powers opened the U.S. Women’s Open Golf Championship on Thursday with an 8-over 81.
Keegan: Arthur gets shaft in draft
By Tom Keegan
June 27, 2008 in print edition on B5
Somebody done somebody wrong, and the second somebody is Kansas University forward Darrell Arthur. This became obvious to the world when Arthur was queried on national television about a reported kidney issue that led to him tumbling in the draft. “My health is fine,” Arthur said. “I took another blood test in Washington, and everything came out fine, but I guess those guys never contacted anybody. Everything is cool.”
Bee crisis could boost food prices
By Stephanie S. Garlow - Associated Press Writer
June 27, 2008 in print edition on A9
Food prices could rise even more unless the mysterious decline in honey bees is solved, farmers and businessmen told lawmakers Thursday.
Pump patrol
June 27, 2008 in print edition on A3
The Journal-World found gas prices as low as $3.79 at several locations.
Human testing of cancer drug to start
By Mark Vierthaler
June 27, 2008 in print edition on A3
When Deatta Lackey stared into the mirror after she began losing her hair - a result of her body responding to the chemotherapy battling her ovarian cancer - she wondered how her husband, Mike, would ever find her attractive. “I remember my ears, sticking out of my head,” she said.
Rec calendar
June 27, 2008 in print edition on B7
A calendar of events for local recreational sports activities.
Gary Bedore’s KU basketball notebook
By Gary Bedore
June 27, 2008 in print edition on B5
As the No. 13 pick in the NBA Draft, Brandon Rush will make $1,499,300 next season and $1,611,800 the following year. The Indiana Pacers have an option for the third and fourth years at $1,724,200 and $2,463,880, respectively.
KU coach Self watches NBA Draft with pride
By Gary Bedore
June 27, 2008 in print edition on B5
Kansas University’s basketball players gathered at coach Bill Self’s house Thursday night to watch the NBA Draft on ESPN-TV. They viewed with interest for more than four hours as KU tied UConn in 2006 and Florida in 2007 for most players selected (five) in a two-round draft.
High schoolers value playing at Fieldhouse
By Jason Elmquist
June 27, 2008 in print edition on B6
Playing basketball at the collegiate level isn’t for everyone. So for the campers at the Bonnie Henrickson basketball camp, playing in Kansas University’s Allen Fieldhouse left a lasting impression. “It was amazing,” said Ashley Harry, a junior at Skutt Catholic High in Omaha, Neb. “Just playing in so much history and just thinking about how Paul Pierce and all those greats played in there.
Commentary: Heat hit a home run with Beasley
By Greg Cote - Miami Herald
June 27, 2008 in print edition on B2
The worst team in the NBA stopped being that in a jubilant instant Thursday night. Younger, better, more fun, more exciting and an immediate playoff contender is what the Miami Heat became with one draft pick and two fairly magical words: Michael Beasley.
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