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Jason Whitlock

Mangino is an abusive bully

Mark Mangino is an abusive bully. He’s been one from the moment he stepped on campus at Kansas. He used bully tactics to build a winning football team in 2007 and intimidate anyone on campus who dared to stand in his way.

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Candace Buckner

Rockhurst is team no one wants to play

The most dangerous team in the state began this season with new faces in glamour positions while its best player — a pint-sized tough guy — walked around the practice field in street clothes.

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Daily Download | Royals success may hinge in Aviles’ ability

04/03/2009 12:51 AM

People are talking a lot about the importance of Billy Butler and Alex Gordon emerging for the Royals to do some things, and also about the starting pitching, and that’s all fine and true and important.

Joe Posnanski

Zack Greinke's masterpiece salvages something from yet another lost season

The one thing you get used to in Kansas City is learning how to appreciate athletes who perform valiantly when there isn’t much at stake. Still, we should take special joy from Royals pitcher Zack Greinke, winner of the 2009 American League Cy Young Award.

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Blair Kerkhoff

KU enters coaching merry-go-round discussions

Even as losses piled up, Kansas wasn’t part of the late autumn coaching-carousel discussion. Mark Mangino, the thinking went, banked enough equity in the program’s successive bowl seasons, to withstand even a last-place finish in the division. But this week’s revelations have altered the outlook, and Mangino is no sure bet to reach a ninth season in Lawrence, or even finish this season.

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