Kansas shows some fight, but not enough, in loss to Texas

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:15 CST

AUSTIN, Texas | With the nation watching, Kansas coach Mark Mangino showed a softer side. He walked onto the field to check on his injured players, even trying to help freshman running back Toben Opurum off the ground. He told a referee that he was “a good man.” He gave sophomore Daymond Patterson a big ol’ hug after a long punt return. You could have called it a Bear hug.

KU-Texas game report

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:15 CST

Key play: Colt McCoy hit James Kirkendoll for a 41-yard touchdown pass that gave the Longhorns a 7-0 lead. Key stat: The Jayhawks held the ball for 9:42.

A Mangino ouster could cost KU

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:15 CST

AUSTIN, Texas | If the Kansas athletic department’s investigation into KU coach Mark Mangino’s treatment of players results in the school firing Mangino for cause, that decision could spark a battle for more than $6 million, according to Mangino’s contract. Mangino would be given a 21-day window after his firing to submit a written appeal of his termination to either KU chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little or athletic director Lew Perkins. The appeal would be reviewed by a three-person committee appointed by Gray-Little, comprised of faculty or professional staff employees, one selected by Gray-Little, one selected by Mangino and one agreed upon by both parties. Mangino would have the right to attend committee meetings and have legal counsel.

KU notebook: Former Jayhawk Reid gets honor from Tech's Leach

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:15 CST

Former Jayhawk honored by Leach Just when you thought Texas Tech coach Mike Leach couldn’t get any crazier, now this: On Saturday, Leach had Tech quarterback Taylor Potts wear a jersey with the name “Nick” on the back of his jersey.

Texas – Kansas summary

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:15 CST

No. 3 TEXAS 51, KANSAS 20

KU falls to Texas as Mangino shows softer side

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:46 CST

AUSTIN, Texas | With the nation watching, Kansas coach Mark Mangino showed a softer side.

Firing KU football coach Mark Mangino could cost $6 million

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:02 CST

AUSTIN, Texas | If the Kansas athletic department's investigation into KU coach Mark Mangino's treatment of players results in the school firing Mangino for cause, that decision could spark a battle between the two parties for more than $6 million, according to Mangino's contract.

Kansas QB Reesing's homecoming not as happy as he would have liked

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:15 CST

AUSTIN, Texas | Todd Reesing grew up about five minutes from Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium and used to attend Texas home games with his father, Steve, a Texas alum. With Reesing’s roots planted here and having sprouted all the way up to Lawrence during the last four years, tonight’s game between the Jayhawks and Longhorns was supposed to be the perfect celebration to cap the career of the most prolific quarterback in KU history.

KU chancellor says there's no review of AD Lew Perkins under way

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:08 CST

Following an online media report that the University of Kansas was reviewing the performance of Athletic Director Lew Perkins, Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little said today that no such review was underway.

Kansas has no trouble routing Central Arkansas

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:15 CST

LAWRENCE | C.J. Henry last played in a game four years ago. That was the Oklahoma Class 6A high school semifinals, and there’s been a professional baseball career and full season at Memphis in between. That gives a man time to think, and Henry did some just minutes before tipoff of a game he knew he would play — finally — when a video of Kansas basketball highlights played on the Allen Fieldhouse scoreboard.

Mangino had similar issues in first job nearly 20 years ago

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:15 CST

When Mark Mangino took his first head coaching job at Ellwood City (Pa.) Lincoln High in 1990, he was 33 years old, an up-and-coming former assistant at nearby Geneva College and considered a bright offensive mind. “He was the best candidate,” said Frank Aloi, then a Lincoln assistant principal.

Kansas linebacker Tharp overcomes the odds

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:15 CST

LAWRENCE | Kansas freshman linebacker Huldon Tharp didn’t think he would be starting for the Jayhawks in front of 100,000 fans at Texas during his first season. “I definitely dreamed it,” said Tharp, a native of Mulvane, Kan. “But I didn’t know if it was necessarily possible.”

Mangino attacks critics on radio show

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:15 CST

Kansas coach Mark Mangino went on a lengthy rant Thursday night during his weekly radio show “Hawk Talk” on KCSP 610 AM, calling out some of the parents of his players and the former players who have spoken out against him. “Let’s take a look at this,” Mangino said. “We’ve improved graduation rates here for football. We have set semester records for team GPA. We’re graduating kids, we’re putting kids out into the world that are prepared. But I can’t do the work of some parents, what they should have done before they got to me. There’s some things for 18 years that happened in their lives that I can’t change in four years of college. Can’t change their behaviors, can’t change their attitudes.

KU-Texas football preview

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:15 CST

7 p.m. Saturday at Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas; TV/radio: Chs. 2, 9; KCSP (610 AM)

KU enters coaching merry-go-round discussions

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:15 CST

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.

Kansas men's basketball box score

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:15 CST

No. 1 KU 94, CENTRAL ARKANSAS 44

KU notebook

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:15 CST

First half •Key play: C.J. Henry made his season debut, entering with 2:28 left in the half. In the big picture, it was the most important development.

Red-clad KU overpowers Central Arkansas

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:55 CST

LAWRENCE | The top-ranked Jayhawks got back to dominating, blowing out overmatched Central Arkansas 94-44 at Allen Fieldhouse on Thursday.

Mangino rants about parents, former players

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:28 CST

LAWRENCE | Kansas coach Mark Mangino went on a lengthy rant Thursday night during his weekly radio show “Hawk Talk” on KCSP 610 AM, calling out some of the parents of his players and the former players who have spoken out against him.

Mangino says he did nothing inappropriate

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:15 CST

LAWRENCE | Kansas coach Mark Mangino responded Wednesday night to the accusation that he poked senior linebacker Arist Wright in the chest at a recent practice by saying that he has not done anything that’s inappropriate. “I run this program with a lot of integrity,” Mangino said. “I have been in this conference for nearly 20 years, and what I can tell you is that our coaching intensity is not largely different from the rest of the Big Eight and Big 12 teams I’ve observed.”

Mangino is an abusive bully

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:15 CST

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.

KU's Taylor knows he has plenty to improve on

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:15 CST

LAWRENCE | Kansas coach Bill Self expected sophomore guard Tyshawn Taylor to be a more mature player coming off a summer during which he helped Team USA win the gold medal in the FIBA Under-19 World Championship in Auckland, New Zealand. “If anything, I think the USA trip gave him great confidence that he’s one of the better players out there,” Self said.

KU athletic department investigating Mangino

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:15 CST

LAWRENCE | Kansas football coach Mark Mangino poked senior linebacker Arist Wright in the chest during a Friday walkthrough practice the day before the game at Colorado, sources told The Star on Tuesday evening, triggering an athletic department investigation of Mangino. On Monday night, KU athletic director Lew Perkins met with the entire football team to discuss concerns relating to Mangino’s treatment of student-athletes. One of those concerns came from Wright, a starting player who sources say told Perkins of his incident with Mangino. At the meeting, where Mangino was not present, KU players were invited to bring information in front of a formal panel that, according to quarterback Todd Reesing, would be unbiased and from outside of the athletic department.

Weight issues are root of Mangino's problems

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:15 CST

If this is the end for Mark Mangino’s head-coaching career at Kansas — and it should be — his inability to deal with his weight problem is the cause.

Jayhawks fight off Memphis 57-55

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:15 CST

ST. LOUIS | Another Kansas-Memphis game came down to a last-second shot, and once again, the Jayhawks prevailed. The circumstances were much different this time. Eighteen months ago, Kansas won the national championship in an overtime thriller.

KU-Memphis notebook

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:15 CST

First half •Key play: In a final flurry before halftime, Tyshawn Taylor came up with a steal and long pass to Sherron Collins, whose layup beat the buzzer and gave Kansas a six-point lead at the break.

KANSAS MEN'S BASKETBALL BOX SCORE

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:15 CST

NO. 1 KANSAS 57, MEMPHIS 55

No. 1 KU survives upset bid from Memphis, 57-55

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:56 CST

In a rematch of the 2008 national championship game, top-ranked Kansas survived an Elliot Williams three-point attempt in the final seconds to beat the Memphis Tigers 57-55.

Confrontation with player prompted KU's investigation of Mangino

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:56 CST

Kansas football coach Mark Mangino poked senior linebacker Arist Wright in the chest during a practice before a game at Colorado, triggering an athletic department investigation of Mangino, sources told The Kansas City Star on Tuesday evening.

Memphis' losses turn out to be KU's gain

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:15 CST

LAWRENCE | If you’ve ever doubted that elite college basketball players are more likely to choose a coach they like over a school they like, check out tonight’s Kansas-Memphis game. Four current Jayhawks — sophomores Marcus and Markieff Morris and freshmen Xavier and C.J. Henry — were one-time oral commitments of the Tigers. Their choices between KU coach Bill Self and former Memphis coach John Calipari were based on their feelings toward the coaches, not the name on the jersey. With each set of brothers, it worked out for Kansas — but for very different reasons.

Kansas City Star: University Of Kansas

Kansas shows some fight, but not enough, in loss to Texas

KU-Texas game report

A Mangino ouster could cost KU

KU notebook: Former Jayhawk Reid gets honor from Tech's Leach

Texas – Kansas summary

KU falls to Texas as Mangino shows softer side

Firing KU football coach Mark Mangino could cost $6 million

Kansas QB Reesing's homecoming not as happy as he would have liked

KU chancellor says there's no review of AD Lew Perkins under way

Kansas has no trouble routing Central Arkansas

Mangino had similar issues in first job nearly 20 years ago

Kansas linebacker Tharp overcomes the odds

Mangino attacks critics on radio show

KU-Texas football preview

KU enters coaching merry-go-round discussions

Kansas men's basketball box score

KU notebook

Red-clad KU overpowers Central Arkansas

Mangino rants about parents, former players

Mangino says he did nothing inappropriate

Mangino is an abusive bully

KU's Taylor knows he has plenty to improve on

KU athletic department investigating Mangino

Weight issues are root of Mangino's problems

Jayhawks fight off Memphis 57-55

KU-Memphis notebook

KANSAS MEN'S BASKETBALL BOX SCORE

No. 1 KU survives upset bid from Memphis, 57-55

Confrontation with player prompted KU's investigation of Mangino

Memphis' losses turn out to be KU's gain