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Lawrence boys swim and dive wins home meet on senior night

The Lawrence swim and dive team celebrated senior night with a home meet win over Hayden, Olathe North, Topeka and Topeka West. Lawrence led all teams with 401 points, beating Olathe North by 75 points. Lawrence coach Elle Weber said the team showed depth in the meet, which helped the team get ...

See latest renderings of KU’s Gateway project

The University of Kansas athletic department on Thursday afternoon released a suite of new renderings related to the second phase of its ongoing Gateway project, as well as additional details about upcoming construction. With the west end of David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium and the ...

Lawyer for fired Michigan football coach seeks to have charges dismissed

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A lawyer for fired University of Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore declared his innocence Thursday and said she's seeking to have home invasion and other charges against him dismissed. Authorities say Moore entered a woman's apartment on Dec. 10 and blamed her for ...

Rick Pitino’s 900th win could come against his son

NEW YORK — Rick Pitino is on the cusp of another coaching milestone. And get this — his first shot at 900 wins comes against his own son. In a family circle twist of fate, Pitino has 899 career victories on the college basketball court as he leads St. John's into Saturday's game at ...

Journal-World Athletes of the Week: Miley Ellis and Jadin Harrell

The winter sports season is reaching its last month, and local teams are having senior nights for some teams' final home events of the season. In those events, local athletes showed out with big performances on memorable nights. Here are this week's selections for Journal-World Athletes of the ...