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My Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot

My baseball Hall of Fame ballot: Two of my nine choices, Ken Griffey, Jr. and Mike Piazza, received the required 75 percent of votes to gain enshrinement in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. The players for whom I voted, listed in the order of how easy it was to put an ...

Traylor carries big load in triple-overtime thriller

Crowded out of prominence by the drama that unfolded over and over and over again later in a Big Monday night, Jamari Traylor’s terrific stretch at the opening of the second half of a 109-106, triple overtime victory over Oklahoma was not lost on his coach. “I thought Mari was ...

Two feel-good KU sports moments in 2015

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toasMKQ5ivc Sometimes the best moments at sporting events take place before the main attractions start. The worst moment of the Kansas spring football game happened when Michael Cummings suffered a career-ending knee injury. The best came on the last play of ...

KU volleyball, Royals ride to rescue for last-minute shoppers

Last-minute Christmas shoppers seeking ideas to put a smile on the faces of sports fans on their lists ought to think Kansas volleyball and Kansas City Royals because everybody loves a winner. **1 - Two season tickets for Kansas volleyball, 2016:** After becoming the first in the ...

Jayhawks appreciate men who drove them on road to Omaha

OMAHA — The road to the Final Four can’t be traveled without bus drivers behind the wheel. The Kansas volleyball team has a way of making fans out of those transporting them. “My favorite team,” said John Bialek, bus driver for KU’s basketball teams, baseball, softball, soccer, ...

KU volleyball getting red-carpet treatment

The Kansas volleyball team fueled itself for tonight's 8:30 tipoff in a national semifinal vs. Nebraska with a 4:30 meal at the Embassy Suites, the team hotel. The athletes filled their plates by choosing from: salad, roasted-potato wedges, small sirloin strips, small chicken breasts, mixed ...