Baseball

Former KU pitcher Brett Bochy to play with Class A Giants team

Augusta, Ga. ? Former Kansas University pitcher Brett Bochy has completed his extended spring training assignment with the San Francisco Giants organization and has been added to the Augusta GreenJackets’ roster.Bochy, who was drafted by the Giants in the 20th round of the 2010 MLB Amateur ...

Anderson leaving MU for Arkansas after all

Mike Anderson is returning to Arkansas to become the Razorbacks’ basketball coach.The school confirmed the move Wednesday night.Anderson leaves Missouri after five seasons to return to the school where he was an assistant to Nolan Richardson for 17 seasons. He replaces John Pelphrey, who was ...

Ailing dad gets to see son play

New York ? Sitting next to his father in the Citi Field visitors’ dugout Wednesday, Logan Morrison retold the story, how they were together on April 17 when Tom Morrison learned he had stage IV lung cancer.His father’s lips quivering and eyes watering, Logan Morrison finished speaking and ...

Yankees high on Jayhawk

Kansas City, Mo. ? Former Kansas University baseball player Rob Thomson, working in the New York Yankees organization since 1990, has had a close look for most of that time at the career of future Hall of Fame shortstop Derek Jeter.The difference, in terms of mental approach to the game, ...

Pro potential: Ex-Jayhawk Price having solid season for Renegades

Wappingers Falls, N.Y. ? Dutchess Stadium, constructed in 73 days in 1994, sits on the other side of I-84 from Fishkill Correctional Facility, a charming-looking structure from the outside built 98 years earlier and visible from the ballpark parking lot.It is here, on the right side of I-84, ...

KU’s Bochy signs with dad’s team

Relief pitcher Brett Bochy announced Monday that he has signed a professional contract with the San Francisco Giants organization and will forego his senior campaign at Kansas University.Bochy — the son of Giants’ manager Bruce Bochy — was selected by his father’s organization in the ...

CU’s Bzdelik to meet with Wake Forest

Boulder, Colo. — Colorado University basketball coach Jeff Bzdelik met with his team and told it he had neither accepted nor been offered the coaching position at Wake Forest.Bzdelik said in a statement released Sunday he informed his squad that he will meet with Wake Forest officials today ...

Baseball debate relived

Do you remember where you were Sept. 14, 1994, the night the World Series was canceled?New York-based Rob Manfred, a lead negotiator for the owners, does.“I was actually in Pittsburgh, I think for a wedding,” Manfred said. “I learned on a conference call it was going to be ...