Kansas, Missouri Hold Grudges 150 Years Later
(NEWSER) - Kansas and Missouri play a huge football game today, one that could decide the national champion, and fans on both sides will be fighting a battle that goes back to the Civil War. Look no further than Kansas' nickname, the Jayhawks, which comes from abolitionist guerrillas who killed and raped their way across Missouri in the 1850s. "We hate each other for a reason," a former Missouri player tells the Wall Street Journal. More»
