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McDowell commits to Wake Forest

Former Kansas wing Jamari McDowell announced in an Instagram post on Wednesday night that he has committed to Wake Forest. McDowell, a Houston native, will join the Demon Deacons as a redshirt junior after spending three years with the Jayhawks. During the 2025-26 season, the 6-foot-5 ...

Late home run dooms KU softball in 4-2 loss to Missouri

Just as soon as the Kansas softball team built some momentum amid a dull offensive performance against Missouri on Wednesday, the Tigers snatched it back. Anna Soles’ two-out, two-RBI triple tied the Border War at 2-2 in the bottom of the sixth inning. But just a few moments later, Missouri ...

KU women’s basketball signs Xavier transfer Noel

The Kansas women’s basketball team has locked in its first commitment out of the transfer portal. Mariyah Noel, a 5-foot-11 guard who most recently played at Xavier, signed with the Jayhawks on Wednesday, the team announced. She is coming off a highly productive season with the Musketeers ...

Two volleyball matches could be played at Allen Fieldhouse this fall

In his first season with the Kansas volleyball team, Matt Ulmer coached the first KU match at Allen Fieldhouse in 12 years. Ulmer said at the time that the goal was to get a sense of the actual extent of the volleyball fan base in the region, in numbers beyond what Horejsi Family Volleyball ...

Amachree impressing, could garner playing time as true freshman

It certainly helped Kansas’ cause in Kory Amachree's recruitment that Amachree grew up around wide receivers coach Terrence Samuel’s family when Samuel was at Michigan State, and that his older sister Kaema was friends with Samuel’s daughter Brooklyn, and that he himself was friends with ...