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University Daily Kansan
Page 0749 from reel: NP 7853 (1998-08-17 to 1999-01-22)
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/47479

Title: Former Jayhawks Receive Long Overdue Recognition
Summary: The Kansas Athletics Department awards K letters to 38 former female athletes during the Reunion Brunch at the Adams Alumni Center, recognizing their achievements in various sports from the 1960s-1980s.
Category: sports
Subjects: university athletics; female athletes; sports recognition; KU history
Named Entities: Mollinger, Sam [sportswriter]; Bebee, Dianna [former field hockey coach]; Perko, Amy [associate athletics director]; Benjamin, Genell [field hockey]; Foster Browne, Nancy [swimming]; Wolf Carney, Paige [field hockey]; Cochran Stallard, Carla [softball]; Gruender Coxe, Robin [tennis]; Dobbins, Phillips [golf]; Fankhauser, Nancy [basketball]; Frank, Paula [gymnastics]; Glynn, Peggy [softball]; Groom, Carey [tennis]; Madden Grzenda, Pat [swimming]; Hammersmith, Veronica [field hockey]; Hammersmith, Virginia [softball]; Jacobi, Penny Paulsen [field hockey]; Baker Miller, Janice [gymnastics]; Kapfer, Kerry [swimming]; Kelley, Cynthia [softball]; Lehman, Barbara [volleyball]; Mayhew, Weltmer [track and field]; McBride, Sara [field hockey]; McCaulley, Shirley [softball]; Metzler, Brenda [basketball]; Snodgrass Miller, Julie [field hockey]; Nevin, Cagle [basketball]; Norris, Stephanie [softball]
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Jayhawks' Sanford Aims to Boost Scoring
Summary: Nakia Sanford, senior center for the Kansas women's basketball team, is working to improve her scoring as the team prepares for the upcoming season, with coach Marian Washington noting her potential to make a significant impact.
Category: sports
Subjects: women's basketball; KU athletics; scoring improvement; college basketball
Named Entities: Sanford, Nakia [senior center]; Mollinger, Sam [sportswriter]; Pride, Lynn [All-American candidate]; Washington, Coach Marian [women's basketball coach]
Confidence: 0.85

Title: Pride Becomes Award Candidate
Summary: Lynn Pride, a junior on the Kansas women's basketball team, has been named one of 10 preseason candidates for the Naismith College Basketball Player of the Year award.
Category: sports
Subjects: women's basketball; KU athletics; award recognition; college basketball
Named Entities: Pride, Lynn [KU women's basketball player]; Washington, Coach Marian [women's basketball coach]; Bradford, Jackie [executive director, Atlanta Tipoff Club]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Basketball Lockout Hurts NBA Players
Summary: Commentary on how the NBA lockout is negatively impacting players, with discussion of financial losses and the impact on careers, written by Tony Pacheco.
Category: sports
Subjects: NBA lockout; professional basketball; player welfare; labor disputes
Named Entities: Pacheco, Tony [columnist]
Confidence: 0.85

Title: Pick 'Em Games: Week 8, October 24
Summary: A weekly feature where readers can pick winners of upcoming college football games, with a list of matchups including Colorado at Kansas, Iowa State at Kansas State, and others.
Category: sports
Subjects: college football; sports predictions; KU athletics
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Kansas Basketball
Summary: Report on injuries affecting the Kansas men's basketball team as they prepare for the upcoming season.
Category: sports
Subjects: KU men's basketball; injuries; team updates
Confidence: 0.75

Title: Professional Basketball
Summary: Update on the NBA lockout situation, noting that owners won a battle when an arbitrator ruled they did not have to pay players during the work stoppage.
Category: sports
Subjects: NBA lockout; player contracts; labor disputes
Confidence: 0.75

Title: Photo: Center Nakia Sanford Goes Up for a Shot. Sanford Is 10th on the All-Time Rebounding List for the Kansas Women's B...
Category: photos/graphics
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Photo: Janice Baker Miller Receives Her K Letter for Her Work in Gymnastics From 1970 to 1973. Miller Has Gone on to Bec...
Category: photos/graphics
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Photo: Tony Pacheco
Category: photos/graphics
Confidence: 0.9

Title: Photo: Lynn Pride
Category: photos/graphics
Confidence: 0.9

Title: [advertisements]
Advertisers include: The Kansan
Category: advertisements
Confidence: 0.9

Title: [classifieds]
Category: classifieds
Confidence: 0.9

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