Prep coach defends Giddens amid bar stabbing probe
Oklahoma City John Marshall High coach John Martin backs former player J R Giddens as a good kid and says he doubts he instigated the fight that left the Kansas guard with a knife wound. Lawrence Police have not given a timeline for completing the Moon Bar investigation.
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Niang's KU career ends due to back problem
Kansas University senior Moulaye Niang has a recurring back injury ending his basketball career. The 6-foot-10 Senegalese forward will stay on scholarship under NCAA medical redshirt rules but will not play again. He will become a student assistant on the coaching staff while remaining with KU. Niang averaged 0.6 points and 1.1 rebounds in 16 games as a junior.
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KU Chancellor tapped for NCAA presidential task force
Kansas University Chancellor Robert Hemenway was named to an NCAA presidential task force to study the future of intercollegiate athletics. He will serve on the Fiscal Responsibility subcommittee, joining other university leaders including Peter Likins and James Moeser. The panel will meet in Tucson to outline pressing problems facing college sports.
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Firebirds dominate all state baseball honors bale
Free State High pitchers Jake Hoover and Max Ellenbecker earn Class 6A first team along with Firebirds shortstop Bobby Price. Junior Lorenzo Ricketts makes 6A second team. Coaches Mike Hill and Tom Campa named 6A coaches of the year. In 4A, Drew Tucker, Kyle Speichinger, and Josh Ishmael claim first team, with Brian Shively listed on 4A second team.
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Price
Ricketts
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Tom Campa
Goodard
Perry-Lecompton
Drew Tucker
Baselior-Linwood
Kyle Speichinger
Josh Ishmael
Santa Fe Trail
Brian Shively
Steinbrenner fumes after Yankees swept by Royals
Yankees owner George Steinbrenner held a conference call with his manager and GM to vent after a sweep by Kansas City. New York lost 6-3 to Minnesota in the latest setback as coverage appears on pages 4C and 5C.
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Kansas University Athletics trims media guides under new NCAA rule
Kansas University Athletics will cut media guide pages to 208 per sport starting 2005-06, reducing from 284 pages for football and 236 for men's basketball. Theisen notes printing costs made up 44 percent of the department budget and says essential information will remain. other programs like Missouri and Colorado previously produced oversized guides.
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Kansas football camp canceled by rain at KU
The annual seven on seven KU football camp was wiped out by Friday rain with about 570 players expected. A satellite camp in Wichita drew 125, while a one day lineman camp proceeds with 150 participants. Two 2006 KU recruits Xavier Rambo and Anthony Webb are tied to Wilmer Hutchins financial woes.
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Anthony Webb
Royals extend win streak as Bell rides wave to victory
Kansas City Royals beat Texas 2-1 for their four game run, with Runelvys Hernandez pitching six solid innings and Matt Stairs hitting a homer. Buddy Bell, new manager, downplays credit while guiding a club on a 21 month first four game streak, following a sweep of the Yankees. John Buck driving in the go ahead run in the seventh.
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Buddy
Royals vs Rangers at Kauffman Stadium today
Kansas City hosts Texas as Jose Lima faces Chan Ho Park at 1 10 p m. Park boosted to 5-1 while Lima stays 0-4 with the Royals sitting 17-37. Broadcast unavailable.
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