====PAGE-LEVEL METADATA==== University Daily Kansan Page 0047 from reel: NP 14839 (2009-01-15 to 2009-07-29) https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/124962 Title: Mr. Optimism Is All Smiles Summary: Guard Mario Little returns from injury, bringing optimism and toughness to the Kansas basketball team after missing 12 games with a stress fracture. Category: sports Subjects: basketball; player profiles; injury recovery Named Entities: Little, Mario [guard]; Aldrich, Cole [center]; Collins, Sheron [guard] Confidence: 0.9 Title: Lackadaisical Second Half Frustrates Jayhawks Summary: Kansas women's basketball team struggles with turnovers in the second half, thwarting Danielle McCray's career-high performance in a conference loss. Category: sports Subjects: women's basketball; turnovers; conference play Named Entities: McCray, Danielle [forward]; Henrickson, Bonnie [coach]; Boogaard, Krysten [guard] Confidence: 0.85 Title: Kansas Falls to 1-3 in Conference Play Summary: Kansas men's basketball team falls to 1-3 in Big 12 conference play, continuing to struggle with road games. Category: sports Subjects: men's basketball; conference standings; Big 12 Confidence: 0.8 Title: Book Out on Rising Fight Club Summary: Columnist Stephen Montemayor discusses the rise of mixed martial arts and UFC, comparing its growth to traditional sports and examining sports literature on the topic. Category: opinion Subjects: mixed martial arts; UFC; sports literature Named Entities: Montemayor, Stephen [writer] Confidence: 0.8 Title: Photo: Junior Guard Mario Little Summary: Portrait photo of Kansas junior guard Mario Little with a KU basketball, accompanying the 'Mr. Optimism' feature article. Category: photos/graphics Subjects: basketball players; player portraits Confidence: 0.9 Title: Photo: Junior Forward Guards Summary: Action photo of Kansas junior forward guards during a women's basketball game, accompanying the article about their second-half performance. Category: photos/graphics Subjects: women's basketball; game action Confidence: 0.85 Title: [advertisements] Category: advertisements Confidence: 0.7 Note: Descriptive metadata for this item has been generated in part using AI (artificial intelligence) technologies and may be incomplete, misleading, or inaccurate. Please contact the Kenneth Spencer Research Library with specific questions or concerns.