Kansas Jayhawks News
Jeff Borzello updates his Way Too Early Top 25
and has the Jayhawks at #23 for the upcoming basketball season:He’s strong, he’s physical, he’s a menace in transition, he has great positional size — and he creates matchup problems because of his point-forward and playmaking ability. Coach Bill Self will give him every chance to carry the Kansas offense.
“He is a typical Kansas forward that we would
take, and we would say, ‘watch, by the end of his Sophomore year, he’s a heck of a player,’ and he’s a junior and he’s a really good player. That’s what he’s going to be because he’s got great upside.”
Oh, the joys of modern college basketball. The piece does go on to remind us of the real challenge with a guy like Adkins:
However, none of this is necessarily a bad thing; not every player is bound for the one-and-done route. The biggest task for the Jayhawks is to now entice Adkins to remain with the program past this season and become what Roberts believes he can. In the at-times transactional NCAA, that may be easier said than done.
Apparently Eli Drinkwitz had some “funny” things to say about the state of Kansas. THIS RIVALRY IS HEATING BACK UP!
Remember, this was a once-amazing rivalry that went dormant for 14 years and is now finally back. A lot has changed in those 14 years and it might not be quite as easy as you think for fans on either side to just rev things back up. So, take all the extra encouragement you can get to get riled up.
Joe Coles at Deseret News has a preview up on the football team and concludes with this:
While Leipold is far from the hot seat, his sixth year represents a vital turning point for his tenure. Kansas must get at least back to bowl eligibility, and while pundits don’t have the Jayhawks anywhere close to the top of the conference, even a six- or seven-win season would get Kansas back on the right track.
I guess that shouldn’t disappoint me like it did when I first read it. We are Kansas football and it wasn’t that long ago that all we really wanted was to care enough to get mad at particular decisions or situations. We just wanted something to matter. I’m hoping to pleasantly surprised but I’m preparing for nothing to matter after a few weeks. Rock Chalk!
Then the superintendent asked:
“Hey, we’re in a bind with our high school volleyball situation. Would you help us out?”
Bechard’s answer came quickly.
“And I said, that’d be a big mistake for everybody involved.”
A few days later, the superintendent asked again.
“Would you reconsider?”
This time, Bechard gave volleyball a chance.
Other Links!
This was paywalled for me but some of the tricks out seemed to work. 101 things I learned by driving 7,835 miles across Trump’s America for the World Cup.
Somewhat related to what has been discussed on the development of soccer in the US, Stateline Newsroom goes in depth on the cost of youth sports.
Youth sports is now a $40 billion industry. It’s a sprawling, commercialized ecosystem where parents pay hundreds or even thousands of dollars each year for club teams, elite camps, out-of-state tournaments, private coaching sessions, professional-level uniforms and equipment, recruiting events, and even streaming subscription services to watch their kids play.
Have you seen the fan that was sitting during the National Anthem at Wrigley Field get slapped in the back of the head? The saddest part about it is the Cubs didn’t even remove him from the stadium. That shouldn’t be a decision that’s left up to the fan!
“The National Anthem is an important tradition at Chicago Cubs games,” a Cubs spokesperson said. “While we respect the rights of individuals to decide for themselves, we encourage every fan to stand, if they are able, and to remove their caps while the anthem is being played. At the same time, the safety and security of our fans is our top priority. We expect all guests to treat one another with respect and to follow our Fan Code of Conduct, which prohibits physical confrontations and threatening behavior. Our security team spoke with the fan who had been struck. He indicated that the matter had been resolved, he did not want to have anyone ejected from the ballpark or any further action taken, and we respected his wishes.”
Last link is from Defector reminding everyone that all that fun during the World Cup certainly had a cost:
Everybody wanted to be there, but nobody wanted to admit that they had paid the price of entry. Not even the pleasant guy whose tickets had been free—he and his wife had been given them by a sponsor, Hisense—and who said he otherwise wouldn’t have gone was willing to give his name.
QOTD: Lets stick with the movie theme, what’s the best sports movie that has been released since 2010?
