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Kansas Football 2015 NFL Draft Recap and UDFA Signings
Updated 5.5.15 - Victor Simmons gets camp invite with Seahawks
(Yeah that's right I just linked my own article. What's up now?)
Ex-Kansas TE Jordan Shelley-Smith gaining weight, reps on OL | KUsports.com
“I didn’t know him before 290,” O-line coach Zach Yenser said. “But when you see what he’s done with his body, to see the buy-in, that tells you everything about the kid and how his work ethic is and how he views the game. You’d take kids like that. He cares, and that’s half the battle.”
Serious student: Cheick Diallo learns from watching the pros | KUsports.com
Diallo, who is known as a good shot blocker and offensive rebounder — “he treats missed shots of others as a pass to himself,” ESPN analyst Fran Fraschilla says — thinks he’ll fit right in playing for coach Bill Self at KU. “I chose Kansas because I like coach (Self). I see a lot of players go to the NBA. Coach helps a lot of players, a lot of big men,” he said.
Big 12 and SEC Announce 2016 and 2017 Women’s Hoops Challenge
The Big 12 and Southeastern conferences have announced an extension of their women's basketball challenge that will expand to 10 games in 2016 and 2017. Kansas is scheduled to play at Alabama in 2016 and host Arkansas in 2017.
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How a conference title game could affect Big 12 national title hopes - CBSSports.com
One person close to the discussions told CBSSports.com, "Willing to bet the conference title game hurts the Big 12 more often than it helps." A case can be made.
UNC moves to No. 1 in Ridiculously Early Preseason Top 25 (and one) - CBSSports.com
The Tar Heels are followed by Maryland, Iowa State, Kentucky and Kansas. (Mr. Ed says: OU #9, WSU #11. No other Big 12 teams. After their big recruiting wins, California jumped in at #14.)
North Dakota's search for new team name corrupted by snarky public - CBSSports.com
The general public was going to be allowed to send in submissions that had to be 25 characters or less including spaces. The committee asked that submissions “be unique, recognizable, inspiring and distinctly UND's; promote a sense of pride, strength, fierceness and passion; be representative of the state and region in a way that honors the traditions and heritage of the past, but also looks to the future and be a unifying and rallying symbol.”
The internet being what it is, by and large, did not listen.
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Buccaneers' contract with Jameis Winston includes no-baseball clause - CBSSports.com
Growing up in Alabama where Bo Jackson starred at Auburn as a two-sport star before playing baseball and football professionally, Winston said in February he always had a dream of doing the same.
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LOOK: Ole Miss beating Alabama will result in one more human being - CBSSports.com
Ole Miss fan Heather Callihan announced her pregnancy to friends and family in an interesting way. She posted a photo of herself while holding two signs. One said "23-17" while the other said, "This is what happens when Ole Miss beats Bama."
WATCH: Game in Japan ends on walk-off dropped infield fly rule - CBSSports.com
On Monday night, the Hiroshima Carp in Japan earned a 3-2 walk-off win over the Tokyo Giants. It was hardly an ordinary walk-off win, though. No home run, no base hit, not even a bases loaded walk. It was a dropped popup with the infield fly rule in effect.