During a scene from the first day of the filming of Jayhawkers, outside the School of Architecture, Kansas forward Justin Wesley, playing the part of Wilt Chamberlain, is greeted by various students ...

Wilt Chamberlain (Justin Wesley), center, and his date (Sara Kennedy) are told they must move to the balcony by a movie theater usher (Aubry Peters) in a scene from “Jayhawkers.” Chancellor Franklin ...

At the outset and in the spirit of full disclosure, let me just say that I am a graduate of the University of Kansas and a huge fan of Wilt Chamberlain, aka “Wilt the Stilt," and “The Big Dipper.” He ...

Making a good historical drama has a built-in element of difficulty: the need for apt and well-crafted settings and costumes. But what’s far more important to successful examples of the genre is the ...

Thursday is the last day for the upcoming feature film “Jayhawkers” to receive much-needed funding from the community whose story it tells. If it doesn’t receive $50,000 in contributions by Thursday, ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A feature film starring KU basketball senior Justin Wesley premieres Friday night. “Jayhawkers” is the story of Wilt Chamberlain’s arrival at the University of Kansas and the ...

In 1955, Wilt Chamberlain enrolled at the University of Kansas, lured to Lawrence by legendary coach Forrest "Phog" Allen, who entertained national championship dreams with the 7-foot-1 “Big Dipper” ...

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Broad, sweeping biographical films that try to sum up a person's entire life in two hours rarely ever get it right. That's why the best thing that happened to Kevin Willmott's ...

Former University of Kansas basketball player Scot Pollard sat quietly in an old telephone booth Wednesday morning at the Jayhawk Tower in downtown Topeka. “Action,” someone said loudly. Dressed in a ...