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Jackson inks three-year deal with Cavaliers
By Gary Bedore
September 6, 2008
Darnell Jackson wanted to share his good fortune with members of his extended Kansas University basketball “family.” So the 6-foot-8, 250-pound former KU power forward cell-phoned the Journal-World from the lobby of the Doral Arrowwood Resort Friday afternoon in Rye Brook, N.Y., as he prepared to sign a three-year guaranteed contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Morris twins declared eligible
By Gary Bedore
September 4, 2008
Kansas University’s basketball team grew in both size and stature at 4 p.m., Thursday. That’s when KU athletic director Lew Perkins received word from the NCAA Clearinghouse that 6-foot-9, 232-pound Markieff Morris, and 6-8, 225-pound Marcus Morris, two featured players in KU’s recruiting class of 2008, had been deemed academically eligible to compete at KU as freshmen.
Report: Chalmers, Arthur caught with marijuana at NBA camp
By Gary Bedore
02:21 p.m., September 3, 2008 Updated 12:00 a.m.
The NBA careers of former Kansas University basketball standouts Darrell Arthur and Mario Chalmers are off to stormy starts, to say the least. Memphis Grizzlies power forward Arthur and Miami Heat point guard Chalmers were dismissed from the NBA’s rookie transition program Wednesday for violating unidentified league rules.
Self: Canada good for KU
By Gary Bedore
September 3, 2008
Kansas University basketball coach Bill Self returned to work Tuesday with pleasant thoughts of his team’s Labor Day-weekend trip to Canada. “As long as NCAA legislation stays the same, absolutely we’ll do it again. I don’t know if it’d be Ottawa (again), but it’s certainly something that’s been good for us. It’s so easy,” Self said of making the short trip north of the border.
Future forecast
Gary Bedore’s observations after exhibitions
By Gary Bedore
September 2, 2008
Here are some of my first impressions of the 2008-09 Kansas Jayhawks, based on the squad’s Labor Day weekend trip to Canada. KU defeated McGill, 72-67, and Carleton, 84-83, on Saturday before pounding Ottawa, 95-60, on Sunday.
Jayhawks ‘better’ after Canada trip
By Gary Bedore
September 2, 2008
Bill Self’s Labor Day weekend trip to Canada was short, but oh so sweet. “It was great. The only thing that could have been better is if we had the twins with us,” Self, Kansas University’s sixth-year basketball coach, said, referring to freshmen Marcus and Markieff Morris, who are still awaiting word from the NCAA Clearinghouse on their eligibility.
Gee-Gees’ three threes not enough
By Gary Bedore
September 1, 2008
The law of averages finally caught up with Kansas University’s Canadian exhibition opponents. Ottawa’s Gee-Gees misfired on 14 of 17 three-point tries in a 95-60 blowout loss to Kansas at Montpetit Hall, just a day after Carleton and McGill swished 15 and 10 treys apiece in one- and five-point losses to the Jayhawks.
Ex-Jayhawk roots for KU up north
Former three-sport athlete Roberts honored by Jayhawks
By Gary Bedore
September 1, 2008
Mario Chalmers’ three-pointer that sent the 2008 NCAA men’s basketball title game into overtime truly was a shot heard ’round the world. Proof is Jay Roberts’ reaction north of the border. “I drove everybody nuts. I went off the deep end,” former Kansas University football/basketball/track athlete Roberts said. He jumped for joy while watching KU’s 75-68 victory over Memphis on TV in his Ottawa, Ontario, home.
Gary Bedore’s KU in Canada postcard: Day 2
By Gary Bedore
September 1, 2008
I’m thinking about what I’m going to write today while reclining in a downtown Ottawa Starbucks on a beautiful Sunday morning, 65 degrees, just a few clouds in the sky. I’m reading the print edition of the Ottawa Citizen newspaper, sipping a Grande-sized coffee and also gazing at tourists ambling past a Sears Department Store with a giant red Canadian Maple Leaf emblazoned above the entry-way.
Little plays big
Newcomer keys KU’s exhibition rout of Ottawa
By Gary Bedore
September 1, 2008
Kansas University newcomer Mario Little fell just short of a triple-double in the Jayhawks’ 95-60 men’s basketball exhibition rout of the University of Ottawa on Sunday night at Montpetit Hall. For the record, the undersized, 6-foot-5, 210-pound power forward scored 21 points off 9-of-11 shooting, dished eight assists and grabbed seven rebounds in 28 minutes.

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