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Chuck Woodling (Sports reporter)
Chuck was born and raised in Kansas City, Mo., so long ago his high school (Southwest) is defunct. He attended Kansas City, Mo., Junior College (also defunct) for two years, earning an associate of arts degree. Then he transferred to Missouri University where he added a bachelor of journalism degree to his resume.
"I have lived in Lawrence for 40 years," Chuck said, "and no one ever lets me forget I went to MU, even though I spent just two years of my life there."
After leaving Mizzou, Chuck spent six months in the U.S. Army before becoming a general assignment reporter for the Hutchinson News. After less than a year, he switched to sports writing. Later Chuck moved to the Lincoln (Neb.) Journal before becoming sports editor of the Journal-World in the fall of 1968, a job he held for nearly 37 years.
Chuck, who is officially semi-retired, pens a weekly column, covers various events and performs a variety of office tasks. He and his wife Carolyn, a retired kindergarten teacher, have two daughters and two grandchildren.
In his spare time, Chuck works crossword puzzles, travels and volunteers.
Recent stories
- Woodling: Topeka a copycat capital?
- July 5, 2008
- If the head of every Lawrence resident swiveled in compass-like fashion, then magnetic north would be east. Folks in these parts have always been Kansas City Metro-minded even though a big city — and the state capital at that — lies in closer proximity to the west.
- Baker set to receive $500,000 in 5 years
- July 4, 2008
- Mike McCarthy’s success as a pro football coach has become a boon for Baker University football.
- Woodling: Happy new year!
- July 1, 2008
- You know what today is, don’t you? OK, it’s the first day of the rest of your life. But it’s also a new year for Kansas Athletics Inc. KAI, the corporate behemoth that operates on the Kansas University campus, functions on a fiscal year basis that begins on July 1. The arrival of New Fiscal Year’s Day means that just about all the KAI employees will be receiving their hefty raises based on the bountiful booty created by the football team’s appearance in the Orange Bowl and the men’s basketball team’s … well, you know what it did.
- Woodling: NBA Draft a joke
- June 29, 2008
- So I’m watching the NBA Draft the other night, and Darrell Arthur looks like his dog was just run over, and I’m thinking: What about Mario Chalmers? Here it is late in the first round, and Chalmers, the man who nailed the magical three-pointer in the NCAA championship game, is still waiting for his name to be called. ESPN analyst Jay Bilas keeps saying Chalmers is the best player available, but he might as well be talking to The Love Guru. No NBA general manager is listening.
- Woodling: Boozer, Manning, Beasley?
- June 24, 2008
- Whether Kansas State offensive machine Michael Beasley goes first or second in Thursday’s NBA Draft seems meaningless on the surface. Either way, Beasley will become an instant millionaire. Nevertheless, don’t discount the prestige of being No. 1.
- Some consolation
- Lawrence runs way to run-rule rout
- June 23, 2008
- Those weren’t track spikes the Raiders were wearing Sunday afternoon. Lawrence’s Legion baseball team was shod in its customary cleats. But, boy, did the Raiders look like sprinters in the first inning of a 9-1 victory against Dodge City that gave them the consolation championship of the Al Ice Woodbat Classic.
- Woodling: Tickets increase with title
- June 21, 2008
- Well, you knew it was coming, didn’t you? When Kansas University captured the NCAA men’s basketball championship last April in San Antonio, you knew a boost in next season’s ticket prices was as inevitable as death, taxes and asphalt.
- Going down swinging
- Raiders slip to 0-2 at Al Ice Wood Bat Classic
- June 21, 2008
- Oh, those frustrating LOBs. Eleven runners left on base doomed the Raiders in Friday night’s 4-3 loss to Liberty, Mo., in the Al Ice Wood Bat Classic at Hoglund Ballpark.
- Woodling: Mario goes out on top
- June 18, 2008
- Something unique appears about to happen … something that hasn’t occurred in the storied history of Kansas University’s men’s basketball program. Now that Mario Chalmers has pulled the ripcord and confirmed he won’t be returning for his senior year, KU appears likely to produce its first hat trick. Never before have three Jayhawks been selected in the first round of the NBA Draft.
- Raiders hurler delightful in debut
- June 17, 2008
- Lance Lamborn sure seemed an unlikely candidate to plug the dike. Yet Lamborn, making his Legion baseball debut, pitched the Raiders to an 8-4 victory over Lawton, Okla., in the second game of a doubleheader Monday night at Ice Field.
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