Joel and Anne welcome baby.  Blog King, Mass Appeal PHILADELPHIA — “Now, I ain’t sayin’ she a gold digger…” NBA All-Star Joel Embiid is a new papa! The Cameroonian giant and supermodel fiancée Anne de Paula just welcomed their first crumbsnatcher together and, if everything goes as planned, they’ll undergo enough parturition to field a soccer team. The baby’s name ...

Alexander busted with weed & gun. Blog King, Mass Appeal CHICAGO — Former Kansas Jayhawk Cliff Alexander, who flamed out in the NBA after one regrettable season, was thrown behind bars after police found a loaded “Glock 21” and marijuana inside his truck. The Mary Jane ordeal transpired during a routine traffic stop around 9:30 p.m. on May 6th in ...

March Madness is cancelled in 2020. Blog King, Mass Appeal INDIANAPOLIS — With 6/1 odds, the top-ranked Kansas Jayhawks are the betting favorite to win the national title. But it won’t happen. That’s because, on Thursday, the NCAA cancelled all of its winter and spring championships (including the men’s basketball tournament) amid heightened concerns over the coronavirus pandemic. The unprecedented ...

KU and K-State spice up rivalry.  Blog King, Mass Appeal LAWRENCE — The Sunflower Showdown became the Sunflower Throw-down on Tuesday. That’s when a massive brawl broke out on ESPN between the Kansas Jayhawks and the Kansas State Wildcats towards the end of KU’s 81-60 victory at Allen Fieldhouse. All hell broke loose when Kansas forward Silvio De Sousa got ...

Snoop Dogg has embarrassed KU.  Blog King, Mass Appeal LAWRENCE, Kan. — “Ain’t Nuthin But a G Thang Baby.” Snoop Dogg performed at Allen Fieldhouse on Friday for “Late Night in the Phog,” an annual hoops jamboree that serves as a recruiting tool for men’s basketball at Kansas University. Not sure what they expected, but head coach Bill Self and ...

Pooka arrested for domestic violence.  Blog King, Mass Appeal LAWRENCE, Kan. — It’s been an illicit week for Kansas City area runningbacks linked to assault on women. First, NFL star Kareem Hunt loses his job with the Kansas City Chiefs. Then we learned Anthony “Pooka” Williams — elusive halfback for the Kansas Jayhawks — was arrested Thursday and charged Friday ...

KU, MU rivalry is renewed, sort of. Blog King, Mass Appeal INDEPENDENCE — After spending 10 years in the league, former Kansas Jayhawk Brandon Rush is a despairing free agent void of an NBA home. This weekend, he played as if his career depends upon it. Brandon scored 46 points and Mario Chalmers contributed 21 in KU’s 109-101 victory over ...

Ayton goes No. 1, Embiid disagrees. Blog King, Mass Appeal BROOKLYN — For the first time in franchise history, the Phoenix Suns selected at the top of the NBA Draft and, if everything goes as planned, they won’t have to do it again. That’s because the moribund Suns snatched Deandre Ayton with the No. 1 overall pick in Thursday’s draft ...

LaVar Ball claims whites are slow. Mass Appeal Wire Reports LOS ANGELES — Perhaps still ticked off at UCLA’s 85-76 loss to Kentucky in the Sweet 16, LaVar Ball — the brusque father of former UCLA guard Lonzo Ball — spouted two reasons for why his son’s team was catapulted from the NCAA tournament: 1) Lonzo was bothered by a pulled ...

Jayhawks claim thirteenth straight. Mass Appeal Wire Reports LAWRENCE, Kan. — Winning league championships is starting to get old for the third ranked Kansas Jayhawks who claimed their NCAA record-tying 13th consecutive Big 12 title on Wednesday with an 87-68 dismantling of Texas Christian University inside historic Allen Fieldhouse. Next season, the Jayhawks will have a chance to shatter UCLA’s ...