David Smale has been a sports journalist for more than 40 years, and he's grown tired of writing about losing streaks, slumps, and recaps to games we all watched. He'd much prefer to tell positive stories about Kansas City athletes and sports icons.
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Women's basketball at the University of Kansas has rich history. Now in the present a young star hopes to add her name to the greats. S'Mya Nichols, a local player who played at Shawnee Mission West, dreamed of playing at KU. David Smale tells the story of a player whose history is still being written as she continues her journey in Lawrence.
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