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  • April 2008

    • 100,000 at Parade for KU

      Associated Press  |  Apr 13, 08 9:37 PM CDT

      100,000 at Parade for KU

      (Newser) - In possibly the biggest celebration in the city's history, a crowd estimated at more than 100,000 lined Lawrence's streets Sunday to honor the national basketball champion Kansas Jayhawks. Fans from as far away as Colorado and Minnesota, some in trees and on rooftops, came to get a glimpse of the team that beat Memphis to win the NCAA championship. More »

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      NCAA basketball  • NCAA  • 2008 NCAA Tournament  • college basketball  • Mario Chalmers  • Bill Self  • Kansas Jayhawks

    • Why Won't Self Nix OSU Offer?

      Kansas City Star  |  Apr 9, 08 1:18 PM CDT

      Why Won't Self Nix OSU Offer?

      (Newser) - Kansas Jayhawks coach Bill Self has a lot of leverage now that he's taken his team to the national championship, but he's being uncharacteristically vague in answering rumors of an obscenely generous job offer from his alma mater Oklahoma State. Joe Posnanski speculates in the Kansas City Star as to why the usually direct Self isn't simply saying "no" to OSU. More »

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      NCAA basketball  • 2008 NCAA Tournament  • Oklahoma State Cowboys  • Bill Self  • Kansas Jayhawks

    • The Blues Ring Out in Memphis

      Commercial Appeal (Memphis)  |  Apr 8, 08 12:36 PM CDT

      The Blues Ring Out in Memphis

      (Newser) - Memphis coach John Calipari had told his team's fans to "Expect good things to happen," and they did. Chris Douglas-Roberts and Derrick Rose knew their Tigers had the chance to snatch the NCAA crown away from Kansas, and for a while it looked like they would. Instead, the Commercial Appeal finds itself writing an elegy to a team that could have. More »

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      NCAA basketball  • 2008 NCAA Tournament  • Memphis Tigers  • college basketball  • Derrick Rose  • John Calipari  • Mario Chalmers  • Chris Douglas-Roberts  • Kansas Jayhawks

    • Rock, Chalk Jayhawks Are Champs

      Associated Press  |  Apr 8, 08 12:00 AM CDT

      Rock, Chalk Jayhawks Are Champs

      (Newser) - Mario Chalmers hit a 3-pointer with 2.1 seconds left in regulation to push the game into overtime and the Jayhawk defense shut down Memphis throughout the extra period to clinch the NCAA men's basketball championship, 75-68. "We got the ball in our most clutch player's hands, and he delivered," Kansas coach Bill Self said. It was KU's third national title, reports AP. More »

    • The Man Behind the Moment

      Fayetteville Observer (NC)  |  Apr 7, 08 9:59 PM CDT

      The Man Behind the Moment

      (Newser) - Luther Vandross's performance of "One Shining Moment" is played at the end of the NCAA finals to make viewers teary-eyed, and the world has songwriter David Barrett to thank, reports the Fayetteville Observer. Barrett wrote the song after attempting to win over a waitress by discussing the greatness of Larry Bird. She was not impressed. More »

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      NCAA  • 2008 NCAA Tournament  • college basketball

  • March 2008