In their infinite wisdom, the doubters got to thinking that the title was the fluke. That the 2008 championship was great, sure -- beating John Calipari and Derrick Rose, and all that -- but that it was just one exception in a half-dozen years of Bill Self's Jayhawks being the NCAA tournament's most obedient Goliath. Who could forget the loss to 14th-seeded Bucknell in the first round in 2005? And then 13th-seeded Bradley in the first round again in 2006? And ninth-seeded Northern Iowa in the second round in 2010? And 11th-seeded Virginia Commonwealth in the Elite Eight in '11?
NEW ORLEANS. -- Jordan Juenemann remembers the last time Bill Self and John Calipari met with the national title at stake. Now a Kansas senior, Juenemann was just another Jayhawk fan in 2008, proud owner of a basketball signed by the whole team. He was in his Hays, Kan., house with his family, nerve-wracked as Kansas trailed by nine late in the contest, a championship seeming to have slipped away.
He is the son of a canoe-carver, a mild-mannered academic who wears a fedora but eschews the flowing robes and bombastic brashness that often characterize Africa's "Big Man" leaders.
Five thoughts from No. 14 Kansas' 67-49 victory over No. 23 Kansas State on Wednesday night ...
Being happy doesn't just improve the quality of your life. According to a new study, it may increase the quantity of your life as well.
"Mama thinks you're gay," Tempest Cartwright's younger sister told her as they walked to Wendy's one day.
The storm system that plowed through the South left scenes of destruction described as "surreal" and "sickening" by those who saw them. Authorities were working to reach those trapped; some states are facing a long and arduous recovery. Here's a look at the latest confirmed death toll as provided by state authorities as well as reports from some of the worst-hit areas.
CNN's Anderson Cooper talks to a man who videotaped a tornado in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Colin Firth and Helena Bonham Carter help carry King's Speech to 12 nods; 10 for True Grit
Severe thunderstorms moved through southern Wisconsin and northern Illinois Monday, bringing reports of tornado touchdowns and significant damage.
All of a sudden it seems, America has discovered that our football is a very dangerous game. The talk of concussions and the reports of how the sport permanently damages its gladiators has mostly centered around professionals. But what has happened recently at two high schools suggests, perhaps, that the risks of football will now be more seriously evaluated with regard to ordinary schoolboys.
Lawrence Anthony is an all-action conservationist. The 60-year-old South African grew up in small towns in Malawi, Zimbabwe and Zambia and developed an affinity with nature from an early age.
In this week's Sports Illustrated, I wrote a little something about the Kansas Jayhawks and the challenge of being the tournament favorite. Along the way, I spent quite a bit of time with Bill Self. I find him fascinating. And so, I wrote the following insanely long piece about him, in addition to the magazine story.
I'm still planning on putting Kansas No. 1 in my preseason rankings. The Jayhawks are too experienced, too talented, too deep to be ranked anywhere else. I know what I saw last season, when point guard Sherron Collins emerged as one of the country's best leaders; and in the NCAA tournament, when center Cole Aldrich established himself as a premier defensive stopper. I know what I saw in New York in April, when wing recruit Xavier Henry looked like a future pro in workouts for the Jordan Brand All-Star Classic; and in in Colorado in June, when two-guard Tyshawn Taylor was gearing up to star on USA Basketball's gold-medal-winning Under-19 team.
History has shown not all productive players in the draft come from BCS schools. Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco (Delaware) and Cardinals cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie (Tennessee State) are just two small school players who made big impacts last year. So who are the top small school sleepers in this year's draft? Here are a dozen names to remember.
Mississippi's governor declared a state of emergency Thursday for 12 counties after a severe weather system moved across the southern half of the state overnight Wednesday and Thursday.
Women at two Kansas colleges are on edge after warnings that the same man may have raped 13 women at the schools in the last eight years.
Key events for the week of October 24 - 30 2008
TeRon Lawrence, 37, sees opportunity in the recent stock and real estate market turmoil. In fact, he sees a lot of opportunities.
Viewpoint: Whichever candidate would have had the courage to reject outright this bailout proposal would have the better claim to be President
Five years after America's high court undid sodomy laws with Lawrence v. Texas, the landmark ruling has dramatically impacted the legal landscape for homosexuals
One shot can change everything. Especially in the case of Kansas. By all indications, title-game hero Mario Chalmers is on the verge of officially leaving the Jayhawks behind next week. The junior guard said after a workout with the Phoenix Suns this week, "I've been hearing a lot of good things" -- specifically from teams picking late in the first round of this year's NBA draft -- "so I'll probably stay in."
Severe storms that rolled across Arkansas early Friday killed at
least seven people, including a teenager crushed by a tree while she
slept in her bed
SAN ANTONIO -- Bill Self has confirmed that Kansas reserve guard Rodrick Stewart fractured his kneecap after slipping on a wet spot during the Jayhawks' open practice Friday at the Alamodome.
It's an old crime with a new twist. Never missing an opportunity, fraudsters are hitting the phones and the Internet looking for victims.
On the heels of the government's plan to stimulate the economy by sending out special tax rebates, authorities say crooks are posing as officials from the Internal Revenue Service or Social Security Administration.
With all the NBA defections that have proliferated college basketball over the last decade, fans have unfortunately gotten the impression that if a player makes it to his senior year, he is somehow a failure. Everyone seems in such a rush to get to the proverbial next level that it's become a little too easy to forget that college athletes, even famous ones, are really just kids. As kids, they live, they learn, they grow -- and it usually takes a lot of time. Isn't that what college used to be about?
Question 1: You say that bad credit will be forgiven after 7 years. But what happens after 7 years? Are creditors not able to see your past history or will they not use it against you? - Lawrence, Penn.
Former Kansas coach Don Fambrough has been around far too long to worry about being politically correct, especially when the topic is the athletic rivalry between Kansas and Missouri. Coach Fam has been playing, coaching and talking Kansas football since the 1940s. He walks like a coach, talks like a coach, swears like a coach, and he bleeds crimson and blue for his beloved Jayhawks.
Theoretically, you come to the Mailbag each week seeking my "expertise" on college football matters. This week, however, the biggest story in the country involves a subject I feel somewhat unqualified to speak about.
The call comes early in the week of the Missouri game. Some years Kansas coach Mark Mangino invites Don Fambrough to say a few words to the Jayhawks players to help get them in the proper frame of mind to face the Tigers. To stoke their outrage, in other words.
The snake wrangling bit was supposed to be a joke. Kansas' sports information folks had given quarterback Todd Reesing a super-long personal history form and by the end of it, he was kind of tired and kind of unimpressed with the person he'd described. So next to "hobbies," Reesing figured: why not?
St. Patrick's (Elizabeth, N.J.) power forward Quintrell Thomas has given a verbal commitment to Kansas.
The meltdown in the mortgage market in August dried up the supply of homeowners looking to sell, as an industry group reported the lowest recorded level of homes under contract.
To dye or not to dye. That is the question in the latest feminist debate over aging and authenticy
Fortune: Macau nowupdated: Mon Jul 02 2007 02:50:00
Hunter S. Thompson would have found much to fear and loathe in Macau, the former Portuguese colony rebranding itself as a gambling paradise. The good doctor (rest his soul) would have been vexed to discover that Macau, surrounded by water and crowded immigration checkpoints, is best entered by ferry, not gas-guzzling Caddy. No doubt he'd have been dismayed to learn that since Macau's 1999 return to Chinese rule, hallucinogenic substances aren't easily procured. But then again, when you can gaze at the Grand Lisboa casino, the newly built neon orb that throbs and pulses at the edge of the Macau peninsula like the Technicolor egg of some gargantuan radioactive monster, who really needs peyote?
British and American business travelers will soon have a new low-cost airline to choose from for flights between London and New York.
Swarms of tornadoes killed at least 10 people across the Midwest, shut down the University of Kansas and damaged so much of Springfield, Illinois, on Monday that the mayor said "every square inch" of town suffered some effects.
My daughter Julia and her friend Chelsea were eating pancakes at the kitchen counter one recent morning when the doorbell rang. It was the man from Peapod, an online grocery store, with my food for the week.
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Last week, four-star Army General Kevin Byrnes, a 36-year veteran on the brink of retirement, was relieved of his command of Fort Monroe. According to press accounts, Byrnes lost his command as punishment for committing adultery. Yet Byrnes contends that the adultery occurred after he was formally separated from his wife, was committed with a civilian, and did not affect his official duties.
Judith Weber Tea Set, $180; tray $96 When not designing dinnerware for Dansk or presiding over the studio space she rents to other artists in New Rochelle, N.Y., Judith Weber, 64, creates functiona...
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean on Thursday began a two-day visit to the GOP stronghold of Kansas, hoping to erase the notion that his party has surrendered so-called "red states" to Republicans.
In June 2003, in Lawrence v. Texas, the United States Supreme Court struck down Texas' ban on same-sex sodomy, holding that such a law is an unconstitutional infringement upon an individual's right to privacy.
Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. John Edwards will return to Lawrence, Kansas, on Sunday for a rally to make amends to hundreds of disappointed supporters.
Several prosecutions and lawsuits against polygamists, now pending in Utah, are notable for the constitutional defenses that have been -- or could be -- raised.
Dingy gas station bathrooms be gone! Messy restrooms known to cause mental unrest no more!
The death toll from Tuesday evening's tornadoes rose to eight Wednesday afternoon, LaSalle County Coroner Jody Bernard said.
Every family has its resident experts--Grandma Ruth, who has the recipe for every dish; Cousin Patti, who can resolve any question of etiquette; or Uncle Ken, who can rewire an outlet or fix any ap...
Far more fun than collecting stamps in the present period are noting and cataloguing the succession of dopey ideas that suddenly get to be rated politically correct. For example, the idea that the ...
LAWRENCE, MASS. -- A former police officer who says riding in a cruiser makes him sick is suing the city in an effort to be classified as ''injured in the line of duty'' . . . The suit, filed in Es...
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