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Tom Keegan (Sports editor)

Tom Keegan, sports editor/columnist/Spodcaster/panelist for "The Drive" television show for the World Company, has a diverse media background as a baseball writer, author, and sports talk radio host.

A 1981 graduate of Marquette University, Keegan has written for the Orange County Register, National Sports Daily, Daily Southtown, Baltimore Sun and New York Post. Keegan also was co-host of an afternoon drive-time radio show on 1050 ESPN Radio in New York.

Keegan, 51, has written three baseball books: He co-authored "Sleeper Cars and Flannel Uniforms," the autobiography of late K-State great Elden Auker; authored "Ernie Harwell: My 60 Years in Baseball," an authorized biography of the Detroit Tigers Hall of Fame broadcaster; authored "The First Baseman," a look at the nuances of the position through interviews with several major league first basemen, past and present. During his career, Keegan has interviewed, among others, Hank Aaron, Barry Bonds, Jim Brown, John Hadl, Michael Jordan, Sandy Koufax, Tommy Lasorda, Willie Mays, Liza Minelli, Denny McLain (in prison), Terrell Owens, Cal Ripken, Jim Ryun, Wes Santee, Gale Sayers, Mike Tyson and Dwyane Wade. Keegan was named Marquette University 2005 Communicator of the Year at the Alumni Association Awards. He earned a second-place finish in the Associated Press Sports Editors contest, breaking news category, in 2006.

Recent stories

Opinion: Wiggins may share something with Wilt, Danny: By Tom Keegan; May 15, 2013; Monte Johnson, who played with Kansas University legend Wilt Chamberlain and was athletic director during the Danny Manning era, is looking forward to watching the next great Jayhawk, Andrew Wiggins. Column by Tom Keegan
Opinion: K-State’s Snyder coaches life, then football: By Tom Keegan; May 12, 2013; In giving the keynote address Wednesday at the 20th Annual Sunflower Chapter of the National Football Foundation’s Scholar-Athlete Banquet, Kansas State football coach Bill Snyder revealed a glimpse into what has enabled him to execute two amazing resurrections of a football team. Column by Tom Keegan
Long driver in town today: By Tom Keegan; May 11, 2013; Reigning Remax Long Drive world champion Ryan Winther will send golf balls into orbit this morning on the Eagle Bend driving range. He is the decided favorite in a field of 24 in the Time Warner Long Drive Championship. By Tom Keegan
Opinion: Coach, catcher keys for KU baseball in 1993: By Tom Keegan; May 11, 2013; It took a catcher with skin thicker than his coach’s nose was hard for the Kansas University baseball team to go to a place where it never had been and hasn’t gone since. By Tom Keegan
Opinion: Fantastic fielding keeps KU baseball in Big 12 hunt: By Tom Keegan; May 10, 2013; The toughest players to impress with good glove work are slick fielders themselves. The Kansas University baseball team has an abundance of those, and even they drop a jaw at some of the web gems created by teammates. Column by Tom Keegan
LHS player’s global trips provide rare perspective: By Tom Keegan; May 8, 2013; For parts of the past three summers, Lawrence High School baseball play C.J. Stuever, his two older sisters and his parents have been on trips helping organizations that deliver desperately needed medical relief to remote locations. By Tom Keegan
Lions, Firebirds outline plan of attack for LHS golf tourney at Alvamar: By Tom Keegan; May 8, 2013; For the third and final year, Kyle and Renee Green welcomed golfers from both Lawrence High and Free State into their backyard for a cookout Monday night. At the end of the night, some of the golfers discussed how they plan to attack Alvamar’s long public golf course, home of today’s third and final leg of the Sunflower League tournament. By Tom Keegan
KU track basks in title: By Tom Keegan; May 7, 2013; Paris Daniels earned 23 points, Diamond Dixon 20, Andrea Geubelle 18 and Francine Simpson 15 in helping the Kansas University women’s track and field team to its first outdoor Big 12 title in school history in a three-day meet that concluded Sunday. By Tom Keegan
Opinion: McLemore case exposes the seedy underworld of college basketball: By Tom Keegan; May 6, 2013; Think of the college basketball we watch on television as the most beautiful stretch of landscape you ever have seen. But under that beautiful slice of earth lies the foul underworld of college basketball that involves the pursuit of top NBA prospects by disreputable agents who pay recruiters. Think of that underworld as the tunnel that carries away raw sewage. Thanks to a USA Today report over the weekend that detailed accusations made by Kansas star Ben McLemore’s AAU coach, Darius Cobb, we all have had a window to the underworld opened for us. By Tom Keegan
Opinion: Picking an agent can be perilous for NBA prospects: By Tom Keegan; May 5, 2013; Earth to NBA prospects: Read Eric Prisbell’s outstanding reporting job for USA Today on the shoving match to get to the front of the line to start milking cash cow Ben McLemore, projected to be among the first few picks in the NBA Draft. Column by Tom Keegan

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Mike Grosdidier, left, sizes up partner Gary Lucas’ putt on the fringe of the 15th hole at Alvamar Public during the Masters Division of the Kansas Four-Ball Championship. The two advanced Thursday to today’s finals.

Jim Cummins tees off on the 14th tee Friday at Alvamar Golf Course.

Alvamar head pro Randy Towner, who considers himself a good putter, qualified for this week's U.S. Senior open thanks in no small part to his prowess on the greens. But he struggled putting over the first two rounds and didn't make the cut.

Alvamar head pro Randy Towner waits on the 16th tee as play backs up Friday. Towner didn't make the cut through two rounds of play at the U.S. Senior Open.

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