Staff
Tom Witherspoon (Lawrence Journal-World Sports Copy Editor)
Recent stories
- Opinion: Spread-out state tourney not hoops heaven
- March 6, 2013
- The format of Kansas high school basketball’s postseason keeps fans from enjoying the best the state tournament has to offer. Column by Tom Witherspoon
- Southeast Missouri uses fast start in second half to hang with KU
- November 9, 2012
- Southeast Missouri State neutralized Kansas University center Jeff Withey in the second half and made a game of it with Jayhawks in a 74-55 loss on opening night Friday at Allen Fieldhouse.
- Free State football advances to quarterfinals with rout of Olathe North
- November 3, 2012
- Don’t treat the final score as an indicator of what happened Friday night at Free State Stadium — the Firebirds dismantled Olathe North, 38-22. Story by Tom Witherspoon
- Opinion: Coaching legends Wier, Diener await city teams in playoffs
- November 2, 2012
- Free State and Lawrence High kick off the state high school football playoffs tonight against two coaching legends. By Tom Witherspoon
- LHS pummels Wyandotte
- October 20, 2012
- Lawrence High gained 277 first-half yards and cruised to a 57-16 Class 6A district football rout at Kansas City (Kan.) Wyandotte on Friday night.
- Firebirds floor Wyandotte, 49-6, in district opener
- October 13, 2012
- After a 49-6 district-opening victory over Kansas City (Kan.) Wyandotte Friday night at Free State Stadium, in which Free State led 42-0 at halftime, the Firebirds sang the alma mater with the few remaining fans who stuck out the halftime drizzle and formality of the second half, then took a knee in front of coach Bob Lisher, who delivered a message directly on point.
- FSHS holds off O-North, 34-28
- September 22, 2012
- Free State High might have gotten away with one Friday night against Kansas’ own old football coach Gene Wier in his first game back in Lawrence in over a decade.
- Memory of Charlie Weis: No ‘D’
- December 19, 2011
- The pressure of Charlie Weis’ new job certainly will be a relief. I witnessed his first season at Notre Dame from the bleachers. I attended nine games that season, but one sticks out.
- KU makes sudden change in Statehouse presence May 20, 2013 · 2 comments
- Blog: As planners debate Menards project, new study finds retail vacancy rate at 7.2 percent citywide May 20, 2013 · 10 comments
- Sound Off: Truck dogs May 19, 2013 · 14 comments
- Opinion: Benghazi triggers a major credibility crisis May 18, 2013 · 62 comments
- Lawhorn's Lawrence: A night of partying in Oread May 19, 2013 · 46 comments
- Gas prices approach record highs May 18, 2013 · 39 comments
- Editorial: Police needs May 20, 2013 · 7 comments
- Opinion: Scandals undermine trust in Obama May 19, 2013 · 41 comments
- Missouri man dies of injuries after Saturday motorcycle accident May 18, 2013 · 24 comments
- Blog: U.S. Ag Secretary Vilsack would like to see congressional approval of farm bill, immigration reform May 20, 2013 · 1 comment
- For Kansas basketball, recruiting never ceases May 20, 2013
- Kansas baseball routed by Utes May 20, 2013
- Free State softball draws Derby first May 20, 2013
- Masterful gardens May 20, 2013
- Two Topeka men shot in Lawrence early Sunday morning; police seeking persons of interest May 19, 2013
- KU makes sudden change in Statehouse presence May 20, 2013
- Trio of Lawrence road projects to begin on Monday May 19, 2013
- KU student killed in crash on U.S. Highway 59 May 17, 2013
- Summer job outlook good, not great May 20, 2013
- Grads big part of KU football May 20, 2013
