http://www.kansascity.com/177/index.xml News, sports and entertainment from Kansas City Star en-us Copyright 2008 Kansas City Star Big 12 Conference 60 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:40:15 CDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys feedback@kansascity.com http://www.kansascity.com/177/story/697524.html http://www.kansascity.com/177/story/697524.html Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:51 CDT Kansas incoming freshman Travis Releford told his high school coach over the weekend that he could make the USA Basketball men's U18 National Team. http://www.kansascity.com/467/story/696610.html http://www.kansascity.com/467/story/696610.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:41 CDT Florida State offensive lineman Evan Bellamy confirmed that he was recently hospitalized for a blood clot in his lower left leg. http://www.kansascity.com/467/story/688828.html http://www.kansascity.com/467/story/688828.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:16 CDT Tennessee signed football coach Phillip Fulmer and basketball coach Bruce Pearl to new deals Wednesday that will keep them with the Volunteers through 2014. http://www.kansascity.com/467/story/689055.html http://www.kansascity.com/467/story/689055.html Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:46 CDT The University of Tennessee has announced new contracts for football coach Phillip Fulmer and men's basketball coach Bruce Pearl. http://www.kansascity.com/467/story/687323.html http://www.kansascity.com/467/story/687323.html Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:35 CDT John Pont, who guided Indiana to its only Rose Bowl appearance 40 years ago and also coached at Northwestern, Yale and Miami of Ohio, died Tuesday. He was 80. http://www.kansascity.com/467/story/677166.html http://www.kansascity.com/467/story/677166.html Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:47 CDT University of Alabama linebacker Jimmy Johns has been arrested and charged with multiple counts of selling cocaine. http://www.kansascity.com/177/story/691594.html http://www.kansascity.com/177/story/691594.html Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:42 CDT LAWRENCE | Scout-team players have their own meeting room. Oh, that’s not a main attraction of the 80,000-square-foot Anderson Family Football Complex on the southwest side of Kansas’ Memorial Stadium. http://www.kansascity.com/177/story/686230.html http://www.kansascity.com/177/story/686230.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:31 CDT The coach behind perhaps the greatest turnaround in college football history and the president who hired him will walk together into the Kansas State Athletics Hall of Fame this fall. http://www.kansascity.com/177/story/682796.html http://www.kansascity.com/177/story/682796.html Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:43 CDT Keon Lawrence wants out of the Missouri basketball program, and this time coach Mike Anderson isn't going to try to stop him. http://www.kansascity.com/177/story/682785.html http://www.kansascity.com/177/story/682785.html Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:09 CDT Next time a careless slip costs you a $25 overdraft charge, just think of the mistake that cost Kansas forward Darrell Arthur more than a million dollars. http://www.kansascity.com/177/story/681626.html http://www.kansascity.com/177/story/681626.html Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:55 CDT And you thought the Boston Celtics’ only connection to the Sunflower State was Paul Pierce, MVP of the recent NBA finals. http://www.kansascity.com/177/story/681550.html http://www.kansascity.com/177/story/681550.html Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:25 CDT NEW YORK | Brandon Rush walked around the TV interview room, feeling a bit lost with a Portland Trail Blazers cap on his head. http://www.kansascity.com/177/story/679687.html http://www.kansascity.com/177/story/679687.html Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:42 CDT One of Missouri's departed football stars from last season sees better days in 2008 for the Tigers. http://www.kansascity.com/177/story/677698.html http://www.kansascity.com/177/story/677698.html Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:03 CDT A Russian merchant offers Mizzou football players as nesting dolls. http://www.kansascity.com/177/story/661982.html http://www.kansascity.com/177/story/661982.html Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:25 CDT The Kansas State women’s basketball team will travel to the Czech Republic and Austria from June 23 to July 3, when they will play games against national teams from two Eastern European countries. http://www.kansascity.com/177/story/658536.html http://www.kansascity.com/177/story/658536.html Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:36 CDT Kansas State high jumper Scott Sellers will open defense of his 2007 NCAA championship today when the NCAA Track and Field Champions begin today in Des Moines, Iowa. http://www.kansascity.com/177/story/656695.html http://www.kansascity.com/177/story/656695.html Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:29 CDT Kansas coach Bill Self isn't holding his breath that Mario Chalmers will return to school next season, and neither should KU fans. http://www.kansascity.com/177/story/656693.html http://www.kansascity.com/177/story/656693.html Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:29 CDT COLUMBIA | On the same day junior wide receiver Danario Alexander underwent knee surgery, Missouri quarterback Chase Daniel said he expected to see him back on the field next season. http://www.kansascity.com/177/story/655678.html http://www.kansascity.com/177/story/655678.html Mon, 09 Jun 2008 17:40 CDT COLUMBIA - On a Monday when Danario Alexander underwent a successful second off-season surgery to repair a torn ACL in his left knee, Missouri quarterback Chase Daniel said he anticipated the junior-to-be wide out to pass on a possible redshirt season. http://www.kansascity.com/472/story/697576.html http://www.kansascity.com/472/story/697576.html Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:16 CDT The nation's top high school basketball point guard and fourth-ranked overall prospect, Brandon Jennings, will play in Europe in 2008-2009 instead of attending the University of Arizona, where he originally committed to play, according to the Arizona Republic. http://www.kansascity.com/472/story/696531.html http://www.kansascity.com/472/story/696531.html Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:31 CDT North Carolina point guard Ty Lawson's traffic case has been continued for another month. http://www.kansascity.com/472/story/695034.html http://www.kansascity.com/472/story/695034.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:01 CDT Notre Dame's Mike Brey, the Big East basketball coach of the year the past two seasons, has agreed to a two-year contract extension to remain with the Irish through the 2014-15 season. http://www.kansascity.com/472/story/695195.html http://www.kansascity.com/472/story/695195.html Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:41 CDT The University of Notre Dame and men's head basketball coach Mike Brey have agreed to a two-year extension that will keep him under contract with the Fighting Irish through the 2014-15 season. http://www.kansascity.com/472/story/688907.html http://www.kansascity.com/472/story/688907.html Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:40 CDT The University of Kentucky Basketball Museum has shut its doors due to falling attendance and financial problems. http://www.kansascity.com/472/story/687191.html http://www.kansascity.com/472/story/687191.html Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:10 CDT UCLA coach Ben Howland, who has guided the Bruins to the Final Four each of the past three years, agreed to a new seven-year contract with the university Tuesday. http://www.kansascity.com/472/story/685799.html http://www.kansascity.com/472/story/685799.html Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:16 CDT Indiana University's president told the NCAA infractions committee that the hiring of ousted basketball coach Kelvin Sampson was "a risk that should not have been taken." http://www.kansascity.com/472/story/687138.html http://www.kansascity.com/472/story/687138.html Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:29 CDT UCLA and men's basketball coach Ben Howland have agreed to terms of a new seven-year contract that will run through the 2014-15 season. http://www.kansascity.com/472/story/683325.html http://www.kansascity.com/472/story/683325.html Sat, 28 Jun 2008 14:03 CDT Davidson men's basketball coach Bob McKillop has signed a contract extension through the 2015-16 season. http://www.kansascity.com/472/story/682269.html http://www.kansascity.com/472/story/682269.html Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:35 CDT Ohio University has hired Ohio State assistant John Groce as its men's basketball coach. http://www.kansascity.com/472/story/680490.html http://www.kansascity.com/472/story/680490.html Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:15 CDT Indiana athletic director Rick Greenspan will resign at the end of December amid new NCAA allegations that the school failed to monitor the men's basketball team. http://www.kansascity.com/472/story/682543.html http://www.kansascity.com/472/story/682543.html Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:33 CDT The University of Georgia dismissed guard Billy Humphrey on Friday, following an arrest Tuesday for DUI, among other charges. http://www.kansascity.com/472/story/682558.html http://www.kansascity.com/472/story/682558.html Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:13 CDT University of Missouri junior guard Keon Lawrence was released from his scholarship Friday, head coach Mike Anderson announced. http://www.kansascity.com/472/story/680666.html http://www.kansascity.com/472/story/680666.html Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:25 CDT Indiana athletic director Rick Greenspan announced Thursday that he will resign at the end of the year as the men's basketball program comes under continued criticism for recruiting violations. http://www.kansascity.com/477/story/679193.html http://www.kansascity.com/477/story/679193.html Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:34 CDT Geno Auriemma signed a deal that will keep the Hall of Fame coach on Connecticut's sideline through 2013. http://www.kansascity.com/477/story/679328.html http://www.kansascity.com/477/story/679328.html Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:34 CDT Longtime Connecticut assistant Tonya Cardoza will replace Dawn Staley as women's basketball coach at Temple, a person with knowledge of the hiring said Wednesday.