Barbara Caywood the Hall of Fame trailblazer
Barbara Caywood, longtime Hutchinson News sports writer, broke gender barriers in the 1960s by being barred from KU football press box, later becoming a Florida Today high school sports writer. She spent 24 years at Hutchinson News and, with her son Kurt, stands as a rare mother and son duo in the field. Now at 68 and after 44 years in the business, she retires from sports writing.
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Bob Hentzen
Hentzen
Kansas Sports Hall of Fame
Barbara Caywood
Caywood
Kansas University
Salt City
Florida
Florida Today
Atlantic Coast
Kurt
Topeka Capital-Journal
Caywoods
Hutch News
Young campers praise Jayhawk camp experience at KU
Seventeen year old Corey Bowen, a Wichita West High senior, hails Kansas University's coach Bill Self camp for its focused, individual attention. Former KU walk on Brett Ballard, now graduate assistant, oversees much of the camp and relates to the youngsters.
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Richard Gwin
Journal-World Photo
Kansas University
Bill Self
Self
Horejsi Center
Corey Bowen
Wichita
Bowen
Wichita West High
Lawrence
Wichita State
Brett Ballard
Ballard
Jackson coping after family tragedy fuels KU forward
KU sophomore Darnell Jackson leans on basketball amid grief after his mother Shawn and grandmother Evon were injured in a Las Vegas car crash. Evon died, Shawn injured. Jackson flew to Vegas and Oklahoma City for family events, and his mom heads toward rehab while he honors his grandmother with a tattoo and memories.
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Darnell Jackson
Jackson
Kansas University
Shawn
Evon
Las Vegas
Oklahoma City
Vegas
Lawrence
Nevada
City golfers absent from KGA Amateur
By Steve Schmidt Lawrence prepares for the Kansas Golf Assn Junior Amateur at Eagle Bend but no local players from Lawrence partake. Free State athletic director Steve Grant notes unfamiliar names while Eagle Bend staffer Levi Oxford, a Lawrence High senior, assists at the concession stand.
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Kansas Golf Assn
Lawrence
Eagle Bend
KGA
Clinton Parkway
Free State High
Steve Grant
Grant
Levi Oxford
Lawrence High
Mike Yoder
Journal-World Photo
Ted. Chang
Manhattan
White Sox slug past Royals on Pierzynski bloop single
Chicago overcame a four-run lead as A J Pierzynski delivered a two run bloop single in the sixth to beat Kansas City 11 to 8. Paul Konerko Jermaine Dye and Frank Thomas homered, extending the White Sox winning streak to five while the Royals rallied to tie at 8 on Buck and Goray back to back shots.
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Cuiiaco
Chicago White Sox
A.J. Pierzynski
Pierzynski
Kansas City Royals
Paul Konerko
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Chuck Woodling Cwoodling
Tworld
Kansas
Big Self
Jayhawk
By Jesse Newell
Journal-World Sports Writer
Ull Alegilde
Gary Bedore
Gbedare
Ljworld.com
Bill
Boomer
Steve Schmidt
Journal-World Sports
White Sox
Royals
Chicago
Kansas City
ChiSox Charge
U.S. Cellular
Sunflower Broadband
Zack Greinke
Don Garland
K.C
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