Photo Gallery: Lawrence’s boys and girls basketball teams win by double digits in home opener
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Lawrence girls basketball starts season with win over Topeka West; boys move to 2-0 after beating KC East
Basketball returned to the Lawrence High School gymnasium on Tuesday with a girls game against Topeka West and a boys game against Kansas City East. Both Lawrence teams came away with big wins in the home opener, as the girls won 77-46 and the boys won 66-51. The Lawrence girls were first to ...
Kevin Stefanski and Andy Reid both make head-scratching fourth-quarter decisions that lead to losses
Kevin Stefanski has seen enough of Shedeur Sanders to make the fifth-round rookie the Cleveland Browns' starting quarterback over the final month of another lost season. The question is whether Sanders will be under center for the biggest moments down the stretch? He was on the sideline ...
Phillies sign manager Rob Thomson to 1-year extension after 4 straight trips to playoffs
PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Phillies signed manager Rob Thomson to a one-year contract extension through the 2027 season after he led the team to four straight trips to the playoffs. The 62-year-old Thomson guided the Phillies to the 2022 World Series and the 2023 National League ...
Self crowns KU’s ‘MVP so far, hands down’
The Kansas faithful, at Allen Fieldhouse, T-Mobile Center and wherever else, have begun to bark their approval at Melvin Council Jr. whenever the fifth-year guard does just about anything on the basketball court. It’s a reference to the “If you’re not a dog, you’re dog food” ...
Free State girls wrestling program shows promise early into first season in split from Lawrence
For the first time since girls wrestling became a KSHSAA sanctioned sport, the Free State and Lawrence girls wrestling teams faced off in a tournament, rather than in practice. Girls wrestling has been growing in popularity at Lawrence and Free State, but for the first few years of the sport, ...