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KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
LAWRENCE | Basketball coach Bill Self today signed a contract with Kansas that will pay him $30 million over the next 10 years. Self, who coached the Jayhawks to their first NCAA crown in 20 years last April, nearly doubled his previous compensation of $1.61 million.
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KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
At the recent U.S. Olympic trials in Oregon, Kansas State track and field coach Cliff Rovelto knew something that those around him didn’t. It was just before the start of the men’s 800-meter final, and former Wildcat runner Christian Smith was ready to race.
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KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
LAWRENCE | Kansas Athletic Director Lew Perkins has been named to TIME Magazine's list of best sports executives, and you can vote for him as the best among the best.
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KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
The spread offense has been a boon to the Big 12, helping teams like Missouri and Kansas transition from also-rans to national title contenders.
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KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Wildcat quarterback Josh Freeman knows his Big 12 counterparts are good but he rates himself as "the best guy." The Ray-Pec product returns as K-State's signalcaller this fall.
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KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
The 110-meter hurdle race is about to begin at the Olathe District Activity Center, and Julius Jiles stares straight ahead, completely focused on the task at hand.
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KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
The next time Larry Sinks comes up with a quirky new saying for a T-shirt, he'll send it to his attorney for approval.
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KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
NOTES: *Contract will roll over every year after 2012; **A $1.5 million payment will be made at the end of the contract if Mangino serves all five years; ***By Sept. 1; with student tickets
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KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Kansas fans, rest assured, you can buy all the “Our Coach Beat Anorexia” shirts you want. Same goes for a T-shirt claiming “Kansas Drinking Team.”
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KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
One legal cloud hanging over Kansas guard Sherron Collins was lifted Friday when Douglas County District Attorney Charles Branson decided not to file criminal charges for an alleged incident at Jayhawker Towers on the KU campus.
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KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Kansas incoming freshman Travis Releford told his high school coach over the weekend that he could make the USA Basketball men’s U18 National Team.
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KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
EUGENE, Ore. | The Nike slogan that this city was “Home of the Hardest Team to Make” got the perfect visual when Kansas State graduate Christian Smith dived at the finish line of the men’s 800 meters.
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KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
The line of people stretched through the Bishop Miege auditorium, connecting Travis Releford’s present and future.