Mowbashers derby debuts with crowd at Douglas County Fair
At the Douglas County Fair a new Mowbashers derby drew 18 competitors and about 300 fans. Riders 10 and older crashed on riding lawn mowers while medics stood by as organizers removed mower blades and added protections for safety. Phil Gordon, 37, compared the sport to rugby for its tactics and brutality.
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KU Student Develops Interactive Playbook App
KU student Giles Bruce leads development of an interactive playbook app for campus sports clubs. The project aims to streamline practice plans, play diagrams, and real time updates for coaches and players.
KU football kicker creates Just Play app for team playbooks
Lawrence native Austin Barone, KU student and football kicker, spun a Google internship toward software. He co founded Just Play Sports Solutions with Andy Wachter to offer a digital playbook app for football teams, aiming to save coaches time and boost player development. Barone earned a Young Entrepreneur Scholarship from Tortoise Capital Advisors.
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Lawrence Living features section revamps readers’ focus
Lawrence Journal-World unveils Lawrence Living a redesigned Thursday features section edited by Jon Ralston aimed at heads of households. The broadsheet format hosts localized takes on shopping fashion cooking family activities gardening and DIY with new pet home decorating and an events calendar for families and kids.
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