Kansas football marketing chief aims to boost season tickets
Kansas University named alumnus Lee Johnson as director of marketing for KU football. Johnson, 28, returns from Charles Schwab to apply corporate sponsorship experience to college athletics, with ticket sales critical to underwrite 14 varsity programs. Mangino faces pressure to lift fan interest after a 3-8 season and 19,418 season tickets sold in 2001.
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KU Season Ticket Options and Packages
Season ticket options list Reserved at 157 dollars per ticket. Family Zone offers a 100 dollar package with two adult and two youth tickets for the first 1 000 orders. Recent graduate price is 99 dollars for KU alumni who graduated 1998 to 2002. North bowl reserved is 99 dollars and Jayhawk Business Partners price is 350 dollars.
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Russell wins javelin at Big 12 Outdoor meet in Columbia
Kansas State University star Scott Russell captured his sixth Big 12 outdoor title by throwing the javelin 249 feet 3 inches amid a strong headwind at Missouri's track. Teammates Benaud Shirley Leo Bookman and Brooklyn Hann added their first outdoor conference titles as KU men placed fourth and women eighth. Shirley and Hann swept the men's and women's triple jumps, Bookman ran the 200 in 20.97 seconds, and Russell also won the hammer on Friday while sharing the meet high scorer honors with Nebraska's Carl Myerscough.
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Wildcats sweep Jayhawks in finale at Frank Myers Field
Kansas finished its season 22-29 overall and 5-21 in the Big 12 after a doubleheader loss to Kansas State 7-4 and 9-0 under rainy skies. KU coach Bobby Randall, managing his 1,000th game, called the day difficult as final results ended a postseason absence.
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Indy 500 field finalized after rain-shortened final day
Arie Luyendyk led a pace-filled session at Indianapolis Motor Speedway that produced a record field for the Indianapolis 500 before rain ended qualifying early. Luyendyk posted the fastest four lap average at 228.848 mph to secure the 24th starting position in the 33-car field as 11 cars completed 10 mile runs.
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Royals 5 Indians 4 in series finale at Edison Field
Kansas City beat Cleveland 5-4 as the Indians slump continued. Roberto Hernandez closed for KC, while Jim Thome misplayed Carlos Beltran’s two-out grounder allowing two runs. The Royals won three of four in the set and are 6-1 against Cleveland since May.
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