KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby said at the conference’s media day Wednesday morning that he spoke with KU coach Bill Self Tuesday evening but did not ask him about allegations that families of University of Kansas players received cash payments to attend KU. In recent testimony at a federal trial on corruption in college basketball, both the prosecution and the defense said families of ...
Updated story: 8:33 p.m. Wednesday - In wake of basketball corruption trial's verdict, Self says his staff has done nothing wrong Update: 3:04 p.m. Wednesday KANSAS CITY, MO. — During a breakout session with reporters Wednesday at Big 12 Media Day, KU coach Bill Self again declined to comment on a trial aiming to tackle corruption in college basketball even though the verdict of the case was released at ...
After declining to comment on the happenings in the federal trial on basketball corruption most of the day Wednesday, University of Kansas basketball coach Bill Self that evening denied that his staff had done anything wrong when recruiting players. “When recruiting prospective student-athletes, my staff and I have not and do not offer improper inducements to them or their families to influence their college ...
Forty-six years ago, three Lawrence women came together and began a lifelong friendship. A year later, the newly formed Friends of the Lawrence Public Library, a nonprofit aiming to raise funds for the library, held its first book sale, said Mary Burchill, one of the three founders. They didn't know what they were getting themselves into at first, Burchill said, but they found a way to turn a simple idea into ...
When she decided to research how witches are portrayed on stage and screen, KU associate professor Jane Barnette said she thought she would find they all look old and ugly. “What I found that is kind of intriguing is that there is whole other archetype of witches where the notion of being a witch is bewitching men,” she said. “So she’s so beautiful that it can’t possibly be without some sort of ...
To serve the visitors of Lawrence, Explore Lawrence needs to move its visitor information center to where they are, said Michael Davidson, executive director of the organization. The organization is in the final stages of working out an agreement to move its visitor center to 812 Massachusetts St., which formerly housed Juice Stop, early next year. The move is only a few blocks, but it will put the organization ...