Kansas Fans Are Still Slightly Excited About Winning the Championship

Deadspin found this 4/14/2008 on www.stormingthefloor.com [flag]

I learned first hand while in San Antonio last week how passionate Kansas fans really are (seriously, Rock Chalk Jayhawk is still stuck in my head), but man, that is some turnout for the championship parade yesterday. An estimated 100,000 fans showed up in Lawrence yesterday to congratulate the Jayhawks on their championship. In all honestly, I was unaware that 100,000 people even lived in ... [link]

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Hey, Big Papi, Wake Up [Blogdome]
Published 4/14/2008 by Leitch at Deadspin
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