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Say something nice about Kansas football: Carter Stanley makes it interesting

Finally, a little intrigue spices the stagnant-so-long air hovering over another dismal Kansas football season. Thank redshirt freshman quarterback Carter Stanley for supplying it by running the offense more sharply than any KU quarterback has in quite some time Saturday in a 48-21 loss ...

Cubs curse dies the night K-State hex marches on

One old sports curse finally perished Wednesday night, a few hours after a newer one mushroomed. First, a word on the curse that died a stormy death in Cleveland. William "Billy Goat" Sianis, owner of the Billy Goat Tavern in Chicago, purchased two tickets to the 1945 World Series. His ...

Stronger Frank Mason gives credit to Andrea Hudy

Frank Mason looked thicker, stronger during the Bill Self Basketball Camp games. In Tuesday night's exhibition opener against Washburn, Mason looked as if he might even have increased his already jaw-dropping vertical leap. “I’m not sure, but I’ve been working hard with (strength ...

Washburn coach lauds former player Gary Woodland, current Jayhawks

Gary Woodland and wife, Gabby, had a front-row seat across the court from the Washburn bench upon which the PGA tour player once sat. Woodland scored three points in his freshman season in the exhibition against Kansas, before transferring to KU to play golf for Ross Randall. "I made ...

Linebacker Joe Dineen out for season

Kansas linebacker Joe Dineen, out with a hamstring injury, will miss the remainder of the season, head coach David Beaty announced at his weekly Tuesday press conference. Dineen suffered the injury in the Memphis game the third week of the season, which means that he is eligible for a ...

Kansas open to recruiting another quarterback in this class

Kansas football coach David Beaty seems to remember everything he ever has heard from head coaches who have engineered successful rebuilding projects. He shared one of those pointers Tuesday. "He talked a lot about how he wants to make each room a little bit better each year," Beaty ...