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Flyover country is volleyball country now

OMAHA — USC headed to the NCAA women’s volleyball tournament West regional in San Diego last week on a quest to win a seventh national championship. It’s more difficult than ever to win one, isn’t it? “No question that that’s true,” Trojans coach Mick Haley answered, two ...

Flyover country is volleyball country now

OMAHA — USC headed to the NCAA women’s volleyball tournament West regional in San Diego last week on a quest to win a seventh national championship. It’s more difficult than ever to win one, isn’t it? “No question that that’s true,” Trojans coach Mick Haley answered, two ...

Where the KU volleyball comeback ranks

OMAHA — In the moments after such a devastating volleyball setback to Kansas last weekend in San Diego, USC coach Mick Haley was asked where the loss ranked. “Yeah, I think the worst,” Haley said. “But you know, the next win will be the best. That’s the way it goes. You start ...

Kansas volleyball squad too good to fit underdog role

SAN DIEGO — They aren’t the new kids brashly crashing the establishment party anymore. The underdog label no longer fits and the Kansas University volleyball players are just fine with that. Two Sweet 16 appearances in three years. Host school for first-and-second-round matches in ...

Kansas football tries, tries again to get off road to perdition

Cliff Churchill and Dean Mathews hit the road for Austin, Texas, later this week and will take turns driving the Kansas football team’s equipment truck, same as always. And unless Kansas pulls off an upset in a game in which oddsmakers made the Jayhawks 31.5-point underdogs, Churchill ...

Baylor posting mind-blowing numbers

A paint-by-numbers look at Baylor football, a study in offensive efficiency via blending a fast, powerful running game with a passing game that features fleet receivers and a terrific passer who also happens to be big and athletic and is protected by massive, experienced offensive ...