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Stats say Taylor deserves Cousy mention
February 13, 2012
The Wooden Award. The Naismith Trophy. The Associated Press College Basketball Player of the Year award. The Oscar Robertson Trophy. The Adolph Rupp Trophy.
Spradling ready to step up, lead Wildcats
February 13, 2012
Kansas State’s signing of Shawnee Mission South guard Will Spradling to a national letter of intent in November of 2009 did not create a lot of buzz in the college basketball world.
Report: Speedy running back commits to KU
February 13, 2012
It appears Kansas University’s football recruiting class for 2012 grew by one over the weekend.
KU’s Pille strikes out 13 in shutout softball victory
February 13, 2012
Kansas University pitcher Alicia Pille struck out 13, and the Jayhawks shut out Northern Colorado, 1-0, on Sunday morning at the Southeastern Lion Classic.
KU tennis wins Illinois State dual
February 13, 2012
Kansas University’s tennis team defeated Illinois State, 5-2, Sunday at the Jayhawk Tennis Center.
KU women’s golf sits at 16th place
February 13, 2012
The Kansas women’s golf team sits in 16th place after the first round of the 18-team UCF Challenge on Sunday.
Jayhawks in the NBA (Feb. 13)
February 12, 2012
How ex-Jayhawks in the NBA fared in games Feb. 12.
‘Lin-sanity’ a little over top
February 12, 2012
Jeremy Lin, 23, unselected in the 2010 NBA Draft, now stands astride the Big Apple, which of course crowns him as king of our world.
KU women lose Davis to injury, fall to K-State, 47-43
02:08 p.m., February 12, 2012 Updated 12:00 a.m.
Playing without leading scorer Carolyn Davis, the Kansas University women’s basketball team took Kansas State to the wire in a 47-43 loss on Sunday at Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan.
How former Jayhawks fared (Feb. 12)
February 12, 2012
Here’s a look at how former Kansas University players fared in NBA games of Feb. 11.
Woods trails Wi by four at Pebble Beach
February 12, 2012
Charlie Wi played bogey-free at Spyglass Hill for a 3-under 69 to build a three-shot lead Saturday in the Pebble Beach National Pro-Am. Now it’s time for him to face his demons of self-doubt — along with a familiar force in golf.
NFL said no to Nixon blackout proposal
February 12, 2012
The NFL, which is trying to maintain its TV blackout of home games that don’t sell out, missed an opportunity 40 years ago to preserve an even more restrictive policy when it rebuffed an effort by President Richard Nixon to lift the hometown blackout just for playoff games.
Whole lotta love: Clyde Lovellette gushes over Jayhawks
February 12, 2012
Former Kansas University basketball great Clyde Lovellette waved to the fans while walking through the northwest tunnel of Allen Fieldhouse after receiving a standing ovation at halftime of Saturday’s KU-Oklahoma State game. The 82-year-old Hall of Famer from Petersburg, Ind., stopped not to talk about KU’s 1952 NCAA title team, which had just been recognized, but about the 2011-12 Jayhawk squad that exploded for 51 points in the first half of an 81-66 victory over the Cowboys.
Track athletes break KU records
February 12, 2012
The Kansas University women’s 4x400-meter relay team qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships with a 3:33.65 time on Saturday at the Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark. It was the fastest 4x400 relay in KU history.
KU big man gets votes of confidence
February 12, 2012
It’s inaccurate to say that nothing can boost the confidence of a college basketball player coming off a scoreless game in a tough loss more than a 25-point road outburst against the nation’s sixth-ranked team.

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