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KU's success is no tall tale

By Mark Wangrin
Special to ESPN.com

Tuesday, September 30, 2003

Toni Simmons gets paid to tell stories. Folk tales. Inspirational parables. Scary stories. Even the occasional tall tale. Last Saturday, she spun one that was particularly relevant. It was about a group of animals, starving because of a famine, who need to get advice from a wise lion on where they can find a tree that bears fruit. They send a gazelle that's fast but has no memory. INSIDER COVERAGE Team Report Sitelines Recruiting Team Report Sitelines Recruiting Team ...

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