http://www.kansascity.com/166/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from Kansas City Star en-us Copyright 2013 Kansas City Star University of Kansas 60 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:22:42 CDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys/TmplSys 1.2.f feedback@kansascity.com (Feedback) http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4249450/where-will-ben-mclemore-land-in.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/22/4249450/where-will-ben-mclemore-land-in.html#storylink=rss Wed, 22 May 2013 10:24 CDT It's been decades since a true shooting guard went No. 1 overall in the NBA Draft. And Ben McLemore is trying to become the first Jayhawk to go first overall since Danny Manning in 1988. But does McLemore have a chance? http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4246248/tarik-black-says-he-hasnt-decided.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4246248/tarik-black-says-he-hasnt-decided.html#storylink=rss Mon, 20 May 2013 18:32 CDT Kansas' basketball team has added another big body to a burgeoning roster overhaul. Former Memphis forward Tarik Black has signed a grant-in-aid agreement to play basketball at Kansas, the school announced Tuesday. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4246778/kus-self-thinks-of-home-state.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/20/4246778/kus-self-thinks-of-home-state.html#storylink=rss Mon, 20 May 2013 23:31 CDT Kansas coach Bill Self grew up just north of Oklahoma City, attending high school in the suburban enclave of Edmond, Okla. So on Monday afternoon, as a mile-wide tornado ripped through the area and flattened parts of Moore, a southern suburb, Self's mind turned toward his home state. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4241541/former-jayhawk-opurum-signs-with.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4241541/former-jayhawk-opurum-signs-with.html#storylink=rss Fri, 17 May 2013 13:36 CDT Former Kansas player Toben Opurum signed a contract with the Chiefs on Friday as an undrafted rookie. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4241489/ben-mclemore-breaks-silence-about.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/17/4241489/ben-mclemore-breaks-silence-about.html#storylink=rss Fri, 17 May 2013 12:53 CDT Former KU guard Ben McLemore spoke Thursday to Sports Illustrated and Campusinsiders.com at the NBA Combine in Chicago about AAU coach Darius Cobb's revelation that he accepted $10,000 in cash payments to steer McLemore toward Rodney Blackstock, a middleman with connections to agents and financial advisers in Los Angeles. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/16/4240190/weis-wants-to-give-ku-fans-reason.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/16/4240190/weis-wants-to-give-ku-fans-reason.html#storylink=rss Thu, 16 May 2013 17:27 CDT Close to 150 Jayhawks supporters filled the Wichita Marriott banquet hall for Thursday's luncheon in conjunction with the 2013 Kansas Football Preview Party. But while KU football coach Charlie Weis said it was exciting to see fans energized about the future, he added the team must do its part by delivering results. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/14/4234835/andrew-wiggins-consensus-no-1.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/14/4234835/andrew-wiggins-consensus-no-1.html#storylink=rss Tue, 14 May 2013 22:13 CDT Andrew Wiggins, the consensus No. 1 college basketball recruit in the country, announced Tuesday morning he will attend Kansas, picking the Jayhawks over three other finalists, Kentucky, Florida State and North Carolina. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/14/4235299/kus-bill-self-gets-exactly-what.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/14/4235299/kus-bill-self-gets-exactly-what.html#storylink=rss Tue, 14 May 2013 14:51 CDT Think about what KU basketball coach Bill Self pulled off Tuesday in landing consensus No. 1 recruit Andrew Wiggins. The 6-foot-7 Canadian star had long been linked with Florida State (where his parents played basketball) and Kentucky (where John Calipari collects five-star recruits like garden gnomes). Those schools have been in on him for years, building relationships and dreams long before Wiggins became the presumed No. 1 pick in the 2014 NBA Draft. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/14/4235520/andrew-wiggins-among-biggest-recruiting.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/14/4235520/andrew-wiggins-among-biggest-recruiting.html#storylink=rss Tue, 14 May 2013 16:01 CDT When word came that Kansas was the college choice of Andrew Wiggins, the 6-foot-7 forward from Huntington Prep in West Virginia who is considered the nation's top college basketball prospect, Jayhawks coach Bill Self had scored the biggest recruiting victory of his decade-long KU tenure. But Wiggins also ranks among some of the biggest gets in KU history. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/14/4235875/east-st-louis-linebacker-kyron.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/14/4235875/east-st-louis-linebacker-kyron.html#storylink=rss Tue, 14 May 2013 20:43 CDT It's not often that a highly recruited high school football player cancels a campus visit to Michigan and then commits to Kansas. But that's what Kyron Watson, a 6-foot, 226-pound linebacker, did on Tuesday. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/12/4232055/former-ku-forward-zach-peters.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/12/4232055/former-ku-forward-zach-peters.html#storylink=rss Sun, 12 May 2013 21:56 CDT Former Kansas basketball player Zach Peters will get a fresh start at Arizona. Peters, 6-foot-9 forward, made his transfer public on Sunday after leaving Kansas last fall while dealing with health issues during his freshman season. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/13/4232823/wildcats-near-another-big-12-baseball.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/13/4232823/wildcats-near-another-big-12-baseball.html#storylink=rss Mon, 13 May 2013 09:55 CDT K-State sophomore Mitch Meyer had a career-high three RBIs as the Wildcats topped rival Kansas 7-3 and completed a three-game sweep on Sunday in the Sunflower Showdown. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/11/4230934/k-state-tops-ku-stays-atop-the.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/11/4230934/k-state-tops-ku-stays-atop-the.html#storylink=rss Sat, 11 May 2013 20:55 CDT K-State won the second game in a three-game series against Kansas on Saturday and is in first place in the Big 12. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/09/4227785/ku-and-k-state-baseball-square.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/09/4227785/ku-and-k-state-baseball-square.html#storylink=rss Thu, 09 May 2013 17:07 CDT This weekend's three-game series in Lawrence, which begins on Friday, is one of the most intriguing in the recent history of the Sunflower Showdown: Baseball Edition. K-State, 34-15 overall and 11-7 in the Big 12, is tied atop the conference standings with Oklahoma and West Virginia, while the Jayhawks, 31-18 overall and 12-9 in the Big 12, have won six straight games and sit just a half-game out of first. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/06/4222244/ku-raises-basketball-ticket-prices.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/06/4222244/ku-raises-basketball-ticket-prices.html#storylink=rss Mon, 06 May 2013 23:04 CDT Sitting on an unprecedented nine straight Big 12 league titles, Kansas will now do something it hasn't done in five years: Increase season-ticket prices. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/06/4221895/ku-womens-track-team-wins-big.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/06/4221895/ku-womens-track-team-wins-big.html#storylink=rss Mon, 06 May 2013 17:54 CDT Kansas sprinter Diamond Dixon owns a gold medal from the London Olympics for her participation on a relay team. But Sunday, when Dixon helped the Jayhawks women win their first Big 12 championship for outdoor track, the feeling of satisfaction was just as strong. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/04/4219050/ku-reviewing-report-that-mclemores.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/04/4219050/ku-reviewing-report-that-mclemores.html#storylink=rss Sat, 04 May 2013 20:49 CDT Kansas officials confirmed Saturday that they were reviewing a report that Ben McLemore's former AAU coach accepted cash payments from a middleman who was attempting to attract the KU freshman on behalf of sports agents and financial advisers in Los Angeles. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/03/4216877/college-hoops-teams-can-now-start.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/03/4216877/college-hoops-teams-can-now-start.html#storylink=rss Fri, 03 May 2013 16:37 CDT The college basketball offseason is getting shorter. The NCAA on Friday passed a proposal that will allow men's teams to begin practice two weeks earlier than in the past. Programs will now be able to conduct 30 practices in the six weeks before the first regular-season game, while in the past, those practices were folded into a four-week period before the first game. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/03/4215611/breaking-down-kansas-non-conference.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/03/4215611/breaking-down-kansas-non-conference.html#storylink=rss Fri, 03 May 2013 00:43 CDT It may be the most daunting non-conference schedule that KU coach Bill Self has ever maneuvered. Duke. Florida. Georgetown. And a month-long span without a game at Allen Fieldhouse in November and December. Here's a breakdown of the Jayhawks' non-conference slate. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/02/4215596/ku-basketball-team-faces-tough.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/02/4215596/ku-basketball-team-faces-tough.html#storylink=rss Thu, 02 May 2013 23:48 CDT Let's get this straight: Kansas coach Bill Self says he didn't intentionally schedule what he calls maybe the toughest nonconference slate of his KU tenure. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/01/4212139/kus-mclemore-leads-crowded-list.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/01/4212139/kus-mclemore-leads-crowded-list.html#storylink=rss Wed, 01 May 2013 11:25 CDT When Kansas freshman Ben McLemore declared for the NBA Draft on April 9, he became just the third Jayhawk to leave school after just one season in Lawrence. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/01/4211537/three-years-after-leaving-ku-cole.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/05/01/4211537/three-years-after-leaving-ku-cole.html#storylink=rss Wed, 01 May 2013 01:31 CDT Three years after he left school early for the NBA Draft, Aldrich will dress up in a cap and gown later this month and take the traditional walk down the hill with the KU student body and pick up his degree in communications. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/04/27/4206041/bengals-pick-up-kus-tanner-hawkinson.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/04/27/4206041/bengals-pick-up-kus-tanner-hawkinson.html#storylink=rss Sat, 27 Apr 2013 22:45 CDT The Cincinnati Bengals were impressed enough with former KU player Tanner Hawkinson's character and intangibles -- in addition to his potential on the offensive line -- to select him with the 23rd pick in the fifth round of the NFL Draft on Saturday. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/04/26/4204288/ku-coach-bill-self-introduces.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/04/26/4204288/ku-coach-bill-self-introduces.html#storylink=rss Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:58 CDT In addition to landing Arkansas transfer Hunter Mickelson, who'll have to sit out a year, Kansas is slated to add a five-man freshman class in 2013-14, including four players ranked in the top 40 of Rivals' top 150 rankings. And there are a few big fishes remaining, namely top overall recruit Andrew Wiggins, who is still considering Kansas, Kentucky, Florida State and North Carolina. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/04/25/4202330/report-ku-picks-up-6-10-transfer.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/04/25/4202330/report-ku-picks-up-6-10-transfer.html#storylink=rss Thu, 25 Apr 2013 21:08 CDT The Kansas basketball program has landed Arkansas transfer Hunter Mickelson on Thursday. Mickelson, a 6-foot-10 sophomore forward, will sit out a year before being eligible to play his final two seasons at KU, beginning with the 2014-15 season. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/04/25/4202757/ku-adds-game-against-new-mexico.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/04/25/4202757/ku-adds-game-against-new-mexico.html#storylink=rss Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:48 CDT Despite the roster reconstruction taking shape at Kansas, there's one thing that hasn't changed: The Jayhawks are still scheduling like a blue-blood program. The latest matchup came out on Thursday, when KU officials confirmed that the Jayhawks will play New Mexico at the Sprint Center on Dec. 14. It's a one-off game with no return trip, and part of the Jayhawks' season-ticket package. It's also added to the list of marquee games for next season. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/04/22/4197018/top-recruit-wiggins-cancels-in.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/04/22/4197018/top-recruit-wiggins-cancels-in.html#storylink=rss Mon, 22 Apr 2013 22:45 CDT Andrew Wiggins, a Kansas target and the most highly sought-after prize in the class of 2013, has given little public indication about where he'll be playing basketball next season. But on Monday, Wiggins, a 6-foot-7 swingman at Huntington Prep (W.Va.), reportedly decided to cancel remaining in-home visits with Kansas, North Carolina and Florida State. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/04/20/4193953/ku-relays-blade-runner-has-olympic.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/04/20/4193953/ku-relays-blade-runner-has-olympic.html#storylink=rss Sat, 20 Apr 2013 21:44 CDT Tennessean who ranks among the world's fastest Paralympic competitors has bigger dreams. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/04/20/4193900/ku-women-sprint-into-national.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/04/20/4193900/ku-women-sprint-into-national.html#storylink=rss Sat, 20 Apr 2013 21:33 CDT The top-ranked team has nine athletes and a relay team that are viewed among the top 10 in U.S. http://www.kansascity.com/2013/04/20/4193836/kansas-relays-notebook.html http://www.kansascity.com/2013/04/20/4193836/kansas-relays-notebook.html#storylink=rss Sat, 20 Apr 2013 21:17 CDT Muna Lee's comeback is in the early stages. She hopes it builds to a peak in 2016.