WRITER: Benton Smith

Silvio De Sousa speaks about losing season to NCAA suspension

With his appeal now formally filed, the path forward is finally clear for Kansas sophomore Silvio De Sousa. If the appeal is granted, De Sousa will return to Kansas for the 2019-20 season. If it is denied, he will leave. That much was learned Friday afternoon during an interview requested by the Journal-World, where De Sousa and his attorney, Scott Tompsett, sat down to discuss the forward’s future and the ...

Final KU football practice of spring used to set Jayhawks up for summer success

Though it may have seemed from the outside that the Kansas football program’s spring schedule culminated with this past Saturday night’s scrimmage, what with approximately 70 recruits in attendance and a Rick Ross performance capping the evening, Les Miles’ team wasn’t done with spring football quite yet. The Jayhawks’ calendar officially concluded on Monday, with their 15th and final practice of the ...

Les Miles and Bill Self become 'Step Brothers'

http://www2.kusports.com/photos/2019/feb/06/328652/ The Kansas football fans who showed up Saturday for the Jayhawks’ spring game at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium got a bit of a surprise during one of the breaks in the action. And for that matter, so did the man responsible for drawing so many of them there. Les Miles admitted Monday he was caught a bit off guard when a skit he and KU basketball coach ...

3-star Texas prep WR Keith Miller III commits to KU football

The first aftershock from the Kansas football program’s massive spring game weekend rumbled in on Tuesday afternoon, in the form of another addition to the Jayhawks’ 2020 recruiting class. Keith Miller III, a 6-foot-5 receiver from The Colony, Texas, who made an official visit to KU’s campus this past weekend for the team’s scrimmage and postgame Rick Ross performance, announced on Twitter his decision ...

92nd Kansas Relays to feature Jayhawks of present and past

As professional, college and high school athletes flock to Lawrence for the 92nd Kansas Relays, Jayhawks past and present figure to stand out throughout the four-day meet at Rock Chalk Park. Some of the KU track program’s most recently successful runners, jumpers and throwers will be back, complementing the current rosters. Riding a 10-race winning streak in the 800-meter run into KU’s signature home ...

Evolving early entry rules even make it hard for Bill Self to manage a roster

http://www2.kusports.com/photos/2019/mar/23/329080/ Since the day he accepted the position 16 years ago, Bill Self’s job title at the University of Kansas has been head men’s basketball coach. But it might as well be general manager, CEO, president of basketball operations and czar of roster engineering, too. Sure, his assistants help Self a great deal in both discovering and zeroing in on talented ...