The Allure of TV Cameras in Sports Fandom
The essay explores the magnetic pull of televised sports, noting how players and students seek national exposure on ESPN. It recalls newsroom camera habits, campus pride for the Golden Eagles, and the seductive lure of air time that shapes performance and fan culture.
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Newsroom
Andrew Baker
Channel 6
Sugar
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Jayhawks praise Brown in rematch with Southern Miss
Kansas players describe Southern Miss wide receiver DeAndre Brown with terms like freak specimen and big-play guy. Through two games this season Brown has 9 catches for 165 yards and 2 touchdowns. Kansas plans to challenge him more in Friday's nationally televised rematch at Hattiesburg on ESPN.
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Steve Coleman
Southern Miss
Deandre Brown
Prairie View
Lester Butler
Hattiesburg
Miss
Brown
Kansas University
Jayhawks
Golden Eagles
Chris Harris
Harris
USM
McLemore Visit Plans as KU Late Night Looms
St. Louis teen Ben McLemore, a 6 foot 5 Rivals No 17 recruit from Oak Hill Academy, will visit Kansas on Oct 15 for Late Night in the Phog after adjusting to prep school life. He weighed about 190 pounds after adding seven pounds and said he is thriving academically and athletically under Oak Hill’s program.
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Ben McLemore
St. Louis
Oak Hill Academy
Wilson
Eskridge High
Rivals.com
Oak Hill
Jeff McCaw
North County Tech
McCaw
McLemore
Bill Self
Phog
Jayhawks In The NBA Ex Jayhawk Henry Signs With Grizzlies
Memphis Grizzlies end contract standoff with ex Kansas guard Xavier Henry and former Maryland player Greivis Vasquez. Owner Michael Heisley says both will receive 120 percent of rookie salaries without performance bonuses after league scale ruled the deal. Stalemate since June draft ends as players can sign today per Commercial Appeal report.
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Memphis
Xavier Henry
NBA
Memphis Grizzlies
Grizzlies
Kansas University
Henry
Maryland
Greivis Vasquez
Michael Heisley
Vasquez
Heisley
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