A true pitchers duel headlined the softball City Showdown through nine full innings, as Free State escaped Lawrence High 3-1 on Friday at LHS. The Firebirds (15-6) and Chesty Lions (8-13) renewed their annual rivalry on Tuesday, but a severe storm forced the contest into the weekend – ...
Kansas basketball players Johnny Furphy and Kevin McCullar Jr. have officially been invited to participate in the NBA Draft Combine, the NBA announced Friday afternoon. The event, which provides an opportunity for NBA hopefuls to work out for and get evaluated by from professional teams, will ...
Former Lawrence High standout running back Tyrell Reed Jr. announced his commitment to Arkansas on Friday, following an official visit in Fayetteville on Thursday. Reed, after rushing for 833 yards and 13 touchdowns during his lone season at Hutchinson Community College this past fall, watched ...
The Kansas men’s basketball team is involved in recruiting yet another high-scoring transfer. Jordan Ivy-Curry, a 6-foot-3, 175-pound guard from La Marque, Texas, who most recently played UTSA, was slated to have a Zoom call with KU on Friday, The Portal Report and Shay Wildeboor of ...
Sean McDermott remembers a piece of advice that Joe Marciano, his special teams coach with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, gave him and his fellow undrafted free agents back in 2001. The battle for an NFL roster, he recalled Marciano saying, is like a boxing match. A tie, in terms of on-field ...
Taylor Woods simply wouldn’t be denied. The Firebirds rode their junior forward’s hat trick – as Woods found the net three times in the first half – to a 4-0 romp over Lawrence High at home in Thursday’s City Showdown. Besides earning simple bragging rights, the Firebirds (3-10-0) ...
