Although he said as recently as a week ago that he planned to join the Kansas football program this summer, that will not be the case for Class of 2019 signee Jayden Russell. Sources familiar with Russell’s status told the Journal-World the in-state defensive back from St. Thomas Aquinas isn’t currently on campus at KU with other freshman members of the football team. No one ruled out Russell potentially ...
http://www2.kusports.com/photos/2019/feb/09/328692/ Topeka — Between Udoka Azubuike, Silvio De Sousa, David McCormack and Mitch Lightfoot, manning the paint should be a non-issue for next season’s Kansas basketball team. There’s no doubt the Jayhawks’ bulky frontline of 6-foot-8 to 7-footers will be one of the team’s substantial strengths. But who among their KU teammates are capable of providing ...
Habitually victorious on the track, particularly in his signature event, the 800-meter dash, University of Kansas junior runner Bryce Hoppel hasn’t finished a prelim or final in any place but first in each of his previous 17 tries. And though Hoppel already owns one NCAA championship, in the indoor 800 this past March, adding another this week at the NCAA outdoor championships in Austin, Texas, would feel ...
Topeka — On what seemed at the time like an uneventful Friday afternoon in late May, a two-word text message sent University of Kansas guard Ochai Agbaji into a frenzy. “He’s free,” read the incoming note on Agbaji’s phone, sent from Fred Quartlebaum, the team’s director of student-athlete development. Quartlebaum’s text, which included a picture of a smiling Silvio De Sousa with his lawyer, ...
Although much of his focus for the past few months turned Mason Fairchild’s attention toward his track and field exploits, culminating with his top 3 finishes in Class 4A in both the shot put and javelin at the state meet, Fairchild never went long without thinking about what was to come in June. “I’m really excited to get this next chapter in my life going,” Fairchild said during a recent interview ...
Before Jayden Russell arrived in Lawrence on Sunday to move into his apartment with fellow Kansas football freshmen Gavin Potter, Valerian Agbaw and Kenny Logan, Russell didn’t know all of the details of what awaited him and the numerous other newcomers officially joining the program this weekend. Even so, Russell was sure of one thing. “I just know we’ve got to get to work,” Russell said during a ...