Editing Lawrence, Kansas (section)

==Sports==
[[File:OutsideOfKansasStadium.jpg|thumb|[[David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium]], the oldest stadium west of the Mississippi River, opened in 1921 and is the home of the Kansas Jayhawks football team.]]
[[File:KUstudentsafter2008UNCwin.jpg|thumb|Kansas fans celebrate the Jayhawks' victory in the [[2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|2008 Final Four]] on Massachusetts Street.]]

Lawrence is also the home of the [[University of Kansas]] (KU) athletic teams. The perennially highly ranked [[Kansas Jayhawks]] basketball team (1922 and 1923 Helms Foundation National Champions<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.kusports.com/basketball/history/finalfours/|title=Jayhawks in the Final Four|access-date=May 30, 2019|publisher=The University of Kansas |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001103200/http://www2.kusports.com/basketball/history/finalfours/|archive-date=October 1, 2018}}</ref> and 1952,<ref name="SN1952">{{cite journal |last=Gergen |first=Joe |title=Jayhawks give Allen his title – 1952 |journal=Sporting News |url=http://www.sportingnews.com/archives/ncaa/1952.html|access-date=May 27, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081004190428/http://www.sportingnews.com/archives/ncaa/1952.html |archive-date=October 4, 2008 }}</ref> 1988,<ref name="title">{{cite news|title=Ncaa Men's Basketball Championship: Kansas 83, Oklahoma 79: Notes; Title Brings Out a Big Celebration in Lawrence|work=Los Angeles Times|date=April 5, 1988|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-04-05-sp-606-story.html|access-date=July 21, 2010}}</ref> 2008,<ref>{{cite news|last=Thamel|first=Pete |author-link=Pete Thamel |title=Chalmers and Kansas Are Swinging on a Star|work=The New York Times|date=April 9, 2008 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/09/sports/ncaabasketball/09men.html |access-date=July 22, 2010 }}</ref> and 2022<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 4, 2022 |title=Jayhawks Win! KU Takes National Championship; Lawrence Celebrates |url=https://lawrencekstimes.com/2022/04/04/jayhawks-are-champs/ |newspaper=The Lawrence Times |access-date=July 20, 2023 }}</ref> NCAA Champions) is closely followed by most residents during the winter. Massachusetts Street, the primary street of downtown Lawrence, flooded with fans in 2002, 2003, 2008,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.kusports.com/photos/galleries/2008/apr/07/fans_watch_championship_downtown_lawrence/|title=Fans celebrate championship in downtown Lawrence|newspaper=Lawrence Journal-World|access-date=May 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110103105442/http://www2.kusports.com/photos/galleries/2008/apr/07/fans_watch_championship_downtown_lawrence/|archive-date=January 3, 2011}}</ref> 2012,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.ljworld.com/photos/galleries/2012/apr/01/ku-fans-celebrate-final-four-win/|title=KU fans celebrate Final Four win|date=April 1, 2012|newspaper=Lawrence Journal-World |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403170758/https://www2.ljworld.com/photos/galleries/2012/apr/01/ku-fans-celebrate-final-four-win/|archive-date=April 3, 2012}}</ref> and 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |title=70K Jayhawks on Mass Street, Lawrence Police Estimate |url=https://lawrencekstimes.com/2022/04/05/70k-jayhawks/ |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=The Lawrence Times |date=April 5, 2022 }}</ref> after both KU's victories and defeats in the final rounds of the NCAA tournaments those years. KU's football team had their best record in their school history in the 2007–2008 season going 12–1 and culminating with a victory in the [[Orange Bowl (game)|Orange Bowl]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Mangino Receives Coach of the Year Honor|url=http://www.cjonline.com/stories/120707/haw_223529744.shtml|newspaper=[[The Topeka Capital-Journal]]|date=December 7, 2007|access-date=September 6, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816021751/http://cjonline.com/stories/120707/haw_223529744.shtml#.WmJ9yainGUk|archive-date=August 16, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/04/sports/04iht-college.1.9021681.html|title=Kansas Beats Virginia Tech in Orange Bowl |date=January 4, 2008|access-date=May 30, 2019|newspaper=The New York Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530194939/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/04/sports/04iht-college.1.9021681.html|archive-date=May 30, 2019}}</ref> In 2008, the football and basketball programs achieved a 49-4 record, the most combined wins by the two NCAA sports in a single season.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rock Chalk Embarrassment, Scott McDowell, May 27, 2010 |website=[[Bleacher Report]] |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/397745-rock-chalk-embarrassment}}</ref>

Lawrence honored the University of Kansas's mascot, the Jayhawk, in 2003 when 30 statues of Jayhawks were commissioned by the Lawrence Convention and Visitors Bureau; these can be seen throughout the city as part of an art installation called "Jayhawks on Parade".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.ljworld.com/news/2012/aug/19/what-are-those-birds-everywhere-jayhawks-parade/|title=What are those birds everywhere? Jayhawks on Parade|first=Adam |last=Strunk|date=August 19, 2012|access-date=May 30, 2019|newspaper=Lawrence Journal-World |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530195921/https://www2.ljworld.com/news/2012/aug/19/what-are-those-birds-everywhere-jayhawks-parade/|archive-date=May 30, 2019}}</ref> The Jayhawks also field a soccer team, baseball and softball teams, track and field teams, cross country teams, and a men's club hockey team. KU also has a club rugby team, run by the KU Rugby Football club, with a clubhouse in North Johnny's Tavern.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.ljworld.com/news/2014/oct/11/lawhorns-lawrence-keeping-it-between-lines-rugby/|title=Keeping it between the lines with rugby|date=October 11, 2014|first=Chad |last=Lawhorn|access-date=May 30, 2019|newspaper=Lawrence Journal-World |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216075352/https://www2.ljworld.com/news/2014/oct/11/lawhorns-lawrence-keeping-it-between-lines-rugby/|archive-date=February 16, 2019}}</ref> They also run the high school and the club team.

In 1893, Lawrence briefly hosted a [[minor league baseball]] team, the [[Lawrence Jayhawks]]. The team played as members of the [[Class A (baseball)|Class A]] level [[Western League (1885–1899)|Western Association]] and hosted home minor league games at the South Massachusetts Street Ballpark.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=6eec73f8|title=1893 Western Association|website=Baseball-Reference.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.statscrew.com/venues/v-1420|title=Unknown in Lawrence, KS minor league baseball history and teams on StatsCrew.com|website=www.statscrew.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fhsu.edu/biology/faculty-and-staff/eberle/Historical-Baseball-Parks-and-Museums/Kansas-Baseball-Sites|title=Historical Baseball Sites in Kansas - Fort Hays State University|website=www.fhsu.edu}}</ref>