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LHS, Free State see good things, room for improvement at swim, dive meet

Free State and Lawrence girls swim and dive teams competed in their second meet of the season on Tuesday with an invitational at Lawrence High. Free State coach Janna Skinner and Lawrence coach Elle Weber saw good things from their teams in Tuesday’s meet, as well as a few key areas for ...

Free State softball bats go cold in season-opening loss to Olathe Northwest

After a three-run first inning, Free State softball was silenced at the plate for the remainder of Tuesday’s contest, resulting in a 4-3 season-opening loss at home to Olathe Northwest. “We saw some good things,” head coach Charley Bowen said. “We came out in the first inning, scored ...

In Year 39, Illinois coach finally in Final Four

Illinois' Brad Underwood coached for 26 years before landing his first Division I head coaching job. Now in Year 39, the well-traveled 62-year-old is finally heading to the Final Four, where the Fighting Illini meet UConn on Saturday. He's doing it in what he's long referred to as his dream ...

Royals rule the weekend for ABS challenges

Salvador Perez and the Kansas City Royals have been baseball's best at utilizing their robot challenges through the first weekend of the Automated Ball-Strike System. Perez topped all catchers by going 4-0 on challenges, while San Francisco's Heliot Ramos and Cincinnati's Eugenio Suárez were ...

How KU’s new Australian punter Gill became an American football player

Last July, Matt Gill moved from Sydney to Melbourne to train in a sport he had never previously played at a newly established punting academy that had not yet produced a player. By the end of October, Gill was receiving interest from American colleges, and by January he was signed to play at ...