- If you think Mark Martin is looking weathered, you're right--the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver celebrated his 800th Cup Series start at the Martinsville, VA race this past April.
- The 2011 class of the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame includes the posthumous honor to former University of Kansas athletics director Bob Frederick.
- Missouri is in the running for a stud wide receiver out of Springfield, MO. Dorial Green-Beckham, at Hillcrest High School, is being courted by Alabama, Auburn, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma, USC and MU. The 6'6", 220 pounder is a "track star playing in a basketball player's body," according to The Sporting News.
- In case you missed it, Kansas' Thomas Robinson is wowing scouts at this summer's Amare Stoudemire Big Man Camp.
- Now that we've had some chance to digest Rory McIlroy's extraordinary U.S. Open performance, consider the following--a poll was taken of 100 teaching pros by Golf Magazine and 82% considered Tiger Woods' 2000 win at Pebble Beach more impressive than McIlroy's win at Congressional Country Club.
- Which NBA Draft pick is likely to be most scrutinized when the season starts in the fall? It has to be Jimmer Fredette. Fredette was picked 10th by the Milwaukee Bucks and then traded to the Sacramento Kings on draft night. His stock exploded in the pre-draft camps such that he went higher than most expected. It's obvious that Fredette has an individual offensive game which was the best in college the past two years--whether that translates to the NBA remains to be seen. He wasn't required to play defense at BYU but will have to display those skills in "the league."
- Speaking of the NBA, the collective bargaining agreement expires tonight at 10:59 p.m. CDT. The owners and players union are meeting today to try to come to agreement before the deadline. The two sides are far apart on all major issues--salary cap, revenue sharing, etc.
- Uh, what the heck has happened to U.S. tennis? It's Wimbledon season and, once again, there are no Americans still in contention--Rafael Nadal dispensed with Mardy Fish yesterday.
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