Facing the Giants inspires faith driven gridiron drama
A reader rates Facing the Giants a surprisingly uplifting 2006 film about Shiloh Christian Eagles a Georgia high school football team and their coach Kendrick who rebuilds faith and unity to reach the state championship. Mark Richt makes a cameo and the story centers on perseverance over adversity with a strong religious message praising never giving up.
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Alex Kendrick
Kendrick
Shiloh Christian Eagles
Eagles
Giants
Hollywood
Jayhawks rout Kansas State as Huggins facemakes noise
No. 9 Kansas rolled past Kansas State 97 to 70 at Allen Fieldhouse. Brandon Rush led with 18 points as Kansas improved to 7-2 in the Big 12 while KU's dominance was aided by strong shooting and a 46-24 rebounding edge. Huggins faced taunts from 16,300 fans and dismissed the crowd as irrelevant.
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Jayhawks
Huggins
Kansas State
Lawrence
Bob Huggins
Kansas
Allen
Wildcats
Bill Self
Texas A&m
K-State
Brandon Rush
Cincinnati
Garden City Busters Top Butler To Stand Clear In West
Garden City Community College beat Butler 63 47 to move atop the Western Division of the Jayhawk Conference. Julian Allen sat out the trip for an undisclosed suspension, Yima Chia Kur sat early due to foul trouble, and Tyrone Flemming sparked a 23 0 run with an alley oop dunk and 3 pointer.
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EL Dorado
Garden City Community College
Butler
Broacbusters
Julian Allen
Yima Chia-Kur
Allen
Chia-Kur
Busters
Jayhawk
Garden City
Kris Baumann
March
Grizzlies
Sammie Fisher
Tyrone Flemming
Fisher
Flemming
Tony Durant
University of Texas
Kevin Durant
Durant
Jeremy Baker
Nic White
Kansas picks strong freshman class highlights including top back
Kansas coach Mark Mangino touts a standout 18 player freshman class from Texas and elsewhere. The group features a top running back Carmen Boyd Anderson of Jacksonville and two 300-pound linemen plus twins. He says the class is athletic, versatile, and among the best he has signed, with players recruited for immediate impact and multi sport athleticism.
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Lawrence
Texas
Kansas
Mark Mangino
Jayhawks
Mangino
Carmen Boyd-Anderson
Jacksonville
Kansas State targets offense in 2007 recruiting class
K State focuses on offense as coach Ron Prince adds 32 players to the 2007 class with six receivers and six tackles aimed at supporting QB Josh Freeman and backs Leon Patton and James Johnson. Eight are junior transfers, addressing depth after a 7 6 season and first bowl since 2003.
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Manhattan
Kansas State
Josh Freeman
Freeman
Leon Patton
James Johnson
Patton
Johnson
Ron Prince
Wildcats
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Garden City Telegram
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Randy Smith
Mike Garrison
Jarrett Tyler
Reggie Davis
Yamon Figurs
Jermaine Moreira
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