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Kansas Sports Hall’s summer lecture series begins with look at state’s top sports venues

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Workers prepare Kansas State’s Ahearn Field House for a Landon Lecture Series address by President Reagan in September 1982. K-State basketball played in Ahearn before moving to Bramlage Coliseum in 1988.
Workers prepare Kansas State’s Ahearn Field House for a Landon Lecture Series address by President Reagan in September 1982. K-State basketball played in Ahearn before moving to Bramlage Coliseum in 1988. Bill Youmans The Wichita Eagle

The Kansas Sports Hall of Fame’s summer lecture series begins Wednesday with a look at “Athletic Cathedrals of Kansas.”

The series is free to the public. Three more lectures are planned: June 10, Title IX and Kansas female athletes; July 28, Kansas City Monarchs; and Aug. 5, forgotten Jayhawk John McLendon, coach and civil rights pioneer.

Wednesday’s program begins at 4 p.m. at the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame, located in the Wichita Boathouse at 515 S. Wichita Street. Call 316-262-2038 for information.

This story was originally published May 12, 2015 at 10:54 AM with the headline "Kansas Sports Hall’s summer lecture series begins with look at state’s top sports venues."

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