As much of an emphasis as Les Miles puts on recruiting, maybe he should have seen the wave coming. But eight months after he became the University of Kansas head football coach, Miles admitted earlier this week that the Jayhawks might be off to an even better start on the recruiting front than ...
It won’t be easy for the Kansas football team to replicate last year’s turnover numbers in 2019. Yet it is of the utmost importance. Earlier this week, KU senior safety Mike Lee said as such during the Big 12 Media Days in Arlington, Texas. Last year, the Jayhawks forced a league-best 27 ...
Three of the biggest names in recent Kansas basketball history are coming back to the area this weekend, and they’re bringing a new brand of basketball with them. Former Jayhawks Mario Chalmers, Drew Gooden and Julian Wright are all slated to play with separate teams in the BIG3 event at ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Danny Duffy pitched strong six innings and ended a nine-start winless skid, and Jorge Soler and Nicky Lopez hit back-to-back RBI singles twice as the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago White Sox 7-5 on Wednesday night. Duffy (4-5) who took a liner off his throwing hand ...
The last time he played in one of the PGA Tour’s four major golf tournaments, former Kansas golfer Gary Woodland had to hold off major monster Brooks Koepka to win the U.S. Open. This time, he’ll have to deal with the tournament favorite for the first two rounds. Teeing it up in a major ...
With the count of recent MOKAN players at Kansas now up to four, head coach Chris Neff needed just three words to explain his feelings about Chris Teahan, Ochai Agbaji, Christian Braun and Dajuan Harris all joining the Jayhawks. “It’s very special,” Neff told the Journal-World late ...
Selling beer at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium won’t automatically fill the place with 50,000 rabid KU football fans. But it’s a start. And, frankly, I’m not sure what took this long. Wednesday morning, KU officials announced that beer and wine would be sold inside KU ...
If anyone is searching for a breakout performer on the Kansas football team this season, Mike Lee just might have your playmaker in waiting. Lee, a senior safety from New Orleans, is a talker. So any subject matter thrown his direction is generally met with a welcoming response. Ask him about ...
New is always better. At least that is the mindset during the honeymoon phase, which both members of the Sunflower Showdown are currently in. Kansas head coach Les Miles and Kansas State head coach Chris Klieman are both entering their first season with their respective program. It marks the ...
Head coach Les Miles won’t be the only new attraction coming to David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium this fall. University of Kansas Athletic Director Jeff Long announced Wednesday that fans attending KU home games now will be able to buy beer and wine, beginning with the Jayhawks’ Aug. 31 ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Glenn Sparkman pitched a five-hitter for his first career complete game, Whit Merrifield and Hunter Dozier both had three hits including a home run, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago White sox 11-0 Tuesday night. Sparkman (3-5) walked one and had a career-high ...
The Kansas men’s basketball program has found a taker for its 13th and final scholarship for the 2019-20 roster. Dajuan Harris, a fast-rising 3-star point guard who is destined to crack the top 100 and earn a 4-star rating from Rivals.com when the updated ratings are released, announced his ...
ARLINGTON, Texas — While spending the past several weeks counting down the days to their first preseason practice, Kansas football players have done all they can to head into August in prime shape. Just as importantly, the Jayhawks spent June and will continue spending July going through ...
ARLINGTON, Texas — Five league coaches wrapped up the second and final day of Big 12 Media Days at AT&T Stadium on Tuesday. Neal Brown of West Virginia and Chris Klieman of Kansas State were newcomers to the event, as they both enter their first year at their respective programs. It was ...
Nine days shy of opening play in The Basketball Tournament event in Wichita with nine fellow KU alums, former Kansas forward Perry Ellis solidified his future on Tuesday. Ellis, who spent the early portion of his pro career playing in the NBA’s G League as well as overseas in Australia, ...
Arlington, Texas — Senior running back Khalil Herbert has always been enthralled with the superhero universe. Herbert is a fan of both Marvel and DC, which has been the case for as long as he can remember. He has a collection of comic books and his walls are draped with posters in his room. ...
ARLINGTON, Texas — With the help of a camera crew that has followed Les Miles since this past November and will continue documenting the head football coach and his staff throughout his debut season at the University of Kansas, fans soon will get to go behind the scenes for glimpses of ...
Three members of the Kansas tennis team dropped finals matches in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's Summer Circuit event at the Jayhawk Tennis Center in Lawrence on Monday. Sophomore Sonia Smagina, who played a huge role in the Jayhawks' run to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament last ...
Still humming along with equal amounts of pride in his home state of Oklahoma and the basketball program at Kansas, former KU head coach Ted Owens turns 90 today. One of nine head coaches in the 121-year history of Kansas basketball, Owens led the Jayhawks from 1964-83 and guided his teams to ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jakob Junis struck out a career-high 10 and Nicky Lopez drove in a pair of runs and scored twice as the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago White Sox 5-2 on Monday night. The Royals beat Lucas Giolito for the first time and thwarted his bid for a 12th victory. The ...
