For Jayhawks Fans Only! Wonderful Stories Celebrating the Incredible Fans of the Kansas Jayhawks - Hardcover

Matt Fulks; With Rich Wolfe

9780981716695: For Jayhawks Fans Only! Wonderful Stories Celebrating the Incredible Fans of the Kansas Jayhawks

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0981716695 ISBN 13: 9780981716695

Publisher: Ascend Books, 2009

You're a Kansas Jayhawks fan. So, you know the stories of the triumphs and disappointments in KU's sports history - the 1952 NCAA Championship, the '57 triple-overtime loss, the '69 Orange Bowl, "Danny and the Miracles" of '88, and, of course, the incredible football and basketball season of 2007-08. You know about the Hall of Famers including Clyde Lovellette, Wilt Chamberlain, Gale Sayers, JoJo White, John Riggins, Lynette Woodard, Don Fambrough, and, of course, Max Falkenstien.

You know about all of it because you're a Kansas Jayhawks fan. But, as wide as your fandom might be, you've never seen a book like For Kansas Jayhawks Fans Only before.

It's fellow Kansas Jayhawks fans sharing their funniest stories, saddest memories, happiest times and craziest moments about, well, being KU fans. You'll go through their close encounters with the KU athletic greats, the lengths fellow fans have gone through to see the Jayhawks play, as well as touching anecdotes of Chamberlain's return to Kansas and listening to Max on the radio.

The remembrances are all here in For Kansas Jayhawks Fans Only - the joy, the jokes, the pranks, the games - told by a Hall of Fame team of fans. It's like sitting on the hill on a Saturday afternoon, listening to your buddies reminisce about their experiences of being fans of the Kansas Jayhawks.

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About the Author:

Matt Fulks grew up in the Kansas City area with parents who pulled for the Jayhawks, and started his journalism career while attending Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee, after his baseball career was cut short by a lack of ability. He spends his time as a free-lance writer, editor and co-host of the radio show, "Behind the Stats." He is the author/co-author of 14 other books, including Echoes of Kansas Basketball, More Than the Score, and A Good Place to Stop, co-authored with Max Falkenstien and Doug Vance. Matt resides in the Kansas City area with his wife Libby, their three children, and a Boxer.

Rich Wolfe is the author of more than 25 books, which have sold well over a million copies in the United States. Wolfe has authored the best-selling books in the history of Notre Dame and the Chicago Cubs. The Iowa native is the only person to appear on both Jeopardy! And ESPN's Two-Minute Drill. In 2006, he was inducted as one of Leahy's Lads at Notre Dame.

Review:

One of the greatest things about being associated with the University of Kansas for more than 60 years is the people. The people at the university and, of course, the wonderful fans. There were so many times during my career-and since- when fans made me feel really special. Those kinds of things make an impression on you and make your realize that people appreciate the work I did for 60 years. That's a great feeling. --Max Falkenstien

A little over 40 years ago, I lost what I thought was the toughest battle in sports, in losing to the North Carolina Tar Heels by one point in triple overtime. It was a devastating thing for me because I felt as though I let the University of Kansas down and my teammates down. But now I realize that it was just a loss of a game by how many people have shown me so much appreciation and love and warmth from the University of Kansas. I'm a Jayhawk and I know why there's so much tradition here, and so many wonderful things have come from here, and I'm very much a part of it and very proud of it. Rock Chalk, Jayhawk! --Wilt Chamberlain

I can say, throughout my entire collegiate career, to even today, I can't walk inside Allen Fieldhouse without getting goosebumps. There's a tremendous awe and history every time I go in there. I have a feeling that as long as Bill Self is the basketball coach, those goosebumps will continue. --Steve Beaumont

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