====PAGE-LEVEL METADATA==== University Daily Kansan Page 0436 from reel: NP 6848 (1996-08-17 to 1996-10-31) https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/48843 Title: Player's Dream Comes True Summary: Freshman outside hitter Mary Beth Albrecht impresses Kansas volleyball coach Karen Schonewise during tryouts, fulfilling her dream of playing college volleyball. Category: sports Subjects: volleyball; college sports; athletics recruitment Named Entities: Albrecht, Mary Beth [volleyball player]; Schonewise, Karen [volleyball coach] Confidence: 0.9 Title: Pierce Spends Golden Summer in Puerto Rico Summary: Kansas sophomore basketball player Paul Pierce wins gold medal with USA men's 22-and-under national team at World Championship in Puerto Rico. Category: sports Subjects: basketball; Olympics; college athletics Named Entities: Pierce, Paul [basketball player] Confidence: 0.9 Title: Jayhawks Use Time Off to Trouble-Shoot Summary: Kansas football team uses practice time to correct past errors and prepare for upcoming game against TCU, with coach Glen Mason discussing team improvements. Category: sports Subjects: football; college sports; team preparation Named Entities: Mason, Glen [football coach]; Wegner, Zac [quarterback]; Hill, Mark [quarterback] Confidence: 0.85 Title: Rugby Update Summary: Kansas rugby team loses to Kansas City Rugby Football Club 29-15 in season opener at Wyandotte County. Category: sports Subjects: rugby; college sports; team performance Confidence: 0.8 Title: NFL Update Summary: Brett Favre named NFC Offensive Player of the Week; Tom Brady named AFC Offensive Player of the Week in NFL updates. Category: sports Subjects: football; professional sports; player performance Named Entities: Favre, Brett [NFL player]; Brady, Tom [NFL player] Confidence: 0.8 Title: Fast Breaks Summary: Kansas softball tryouts prove difficult for walk-ons and returning players as coach maintains squad size of 16 players. Category: sports Subjects: softball; college sports; tryouts Confidence: 0.75 Title: Baseball Council to Discuss State of Labor Negotiations Summary: Baseball's executive council to meet and discuss state of sport's labor talks and negotiations. Category: sports Subjects: baseball; professional sports; labor relations Confidence: 0.7 Title: Stewart May Continue Coaching Tigers Until 2001 Summary: University of Missouri basketball coach Norm Stewart may continue coaching through 2001 if agreement can be reached. Category: sports Subjects: basketball; college sports; coaching Named Entities: Stewart, Norm [basketball coach] Confidence: 0.75 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.