Phi Kappa Tau at the University of Kansas

Two young pianists came out ahead of their fellow competitors at Kansas University’s International Institute for Young Musicians on Monday evening.

The Journal-World has learned that junior tackle Jeff Spikes injured his Achilles tendon during a recent non-contact, non-football accident, and on Monday KU officials confirmed that Spikes “has a lower leg injury and will miss the 2010 season.”

Cole Aldrich wore a gray suit and bright yellow tie to his introductory news conference at high noon Monday at Integris Health Training Center in Oklahoma City, practice court of the NBA’s OKC Thunder. The fashion statement didn’t end with Cole’s outfit.

Get ready for a First Four before the Final Four.

Kansas University sophomore soccer midfielder Sarah Robbins has been invited to participate in a second camp for the Under-20 Canadian National Team.

Four members of Kansas University’s swim team have been named Academic All-Americans by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America.

Former Kansas University guard Xavier Henry of the Memphis Grizzlies did not make his NBA summer league debut Monday night because of what appears to be a contract dispute with the team, the Memphis Commercial Appeal reports.

March Madness is about to get a little bit bigger.

Four women from the Kansas swimming and diving team were selected as Scholar All-Americans by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America for their performance in both the pool and classroom during the 2009-10 school year.

Kansas sophomore midfielder Sarah Robbins has been invited to participate in a second camp for the U-20 Canadian National Team in Alston, Ont.

The second and final University Theatre production of the summer will give audiences a little of everything — humor, action, emotion and drama.

Some entered just to beat him, others came from out of nowhere, and still more went after him with youthful exuberance. In the end, after two days of the Lawrence Amateur Golf Association’s annual city tournament, Conrad Roberts continued his reign, winning the LAGA city title in the championship flight for the fifth straight year.

Kansas University junior Rebeka Stowe won the 3,000-meter steeplechase title Sunday at the NACAC Track and Field Championships.

Former Kansas University golfer Gary Woodland fired a final-round 70 Sunday to finish at 11-under-par 273, good for a tie for 21st place in the John Deere Classic, played at TPC Deere Run.

Kansas rising junior Rebeka Stowe was crowned the 3000-meter steeplechase champ Sunday at the NACAC Track and Field Championships in Miramar, Fla.

The Kansas University track and field team had a strong showing on Friday in the NACAC Under-23 Track and Field Championships with sophomore thrower Mason Finley and senior Jordan Scott winning the discus and the pole vault events, respectively.

Buddy Wyatt knows that what he’s about to say is going to surprise a few people.

-- Kansas women's basketball, Hoops2Heels and the Willow Domestic Violence Center in Lawrence are joined forces to host the "WE SHARE" Drive Saturday in the south parking lot of Allen Fieldhouse. The team helped collect items that were in immediate and on-going need for the shelter.

For the second straight year, Katy Nugent, a Kansas University transfer, claimed a victory at the Kansas Women’s Golf Association Amateur Championship, while two other Jayhawks finished in the top eight on Thursday at the MacDonald Park Golf Course.

Kansas track and field had a strong showing Friday afternoon in the NACAC Under-23 Track and Field Championships with rising sophomore thrower Mason Finley and rising senior Jordan Scott taking the first place finishes in the discus and the pole vault.