WRITER: Benton Smith

Report: David Beaty calls KU's claims he refused to cooperate with investigation 'verifiably false'

Former University of Kansas football coach David Beaty, who recently filed a lawsuit against KU, said Tuesday that the university's claim that he refused to cooperate with an investigation into possible NCAA violations is "verifiably false." In a statement through his lawyers to SB Nation, Beaty, who alleges that KU is wrongfully withholding the $3 million buyout payment he would be owed for losing his job ...

Les Miles reveals KU football planning to have Rick Ross perform at spring game

Following his team’s sixth spring practice Tuesday evening, University of Kansas football coach Les Miles didn’t reveal much about the status of any position battles, but he couldn’t hold back a detail regarding the program’s upcoming spring game. Fielding questions from reporters on the grass practice fields south of Anschutz Pavilion, Miles was asked if he was looking forward to having the April 13 ...

Topeka QB Da'Vonshai Harden Jr. commits to KU football

As head coach Les Miles and his Kansas football staff continue building for the program’s future, the Jayhawks’ 2020 recruiting class picked up another offensive addition on Monday. Da’Vonshai Harden Jr., a standout dual-threat quarterback at Topeka High, announced on Twitter his intentions to join KU, with a message thanking coaches and those close to him, accompanied by a photo of the native Kansan ...

Former Kansas LB Joe Dineen aiming to prove detractors wrong at pro day

College football’s FBS leader in solo tackles in each of his final two seasons at the University of Kansas, Joe Dineen was vexed. The NFL invited 337 prospects this year to attend its annual scouting combine in Indianapolis, and the Jayhawks’ first-team All-Big 12 linebacker didn’t make the cut. “Yeah, I was frustrated,” Dineen recalled. “More so, because you don’t really know why. But it is what ...

Once Jayhawks digest dismaying loss, they’ll use early March exit as motivation

As much as the Kansas basketball players who lived through Saturday’s second-round NCAA Tournament encounter with Auburn would like to wipe the night full of lowlight memories from their heads, that’s not the way season-ending defeats work. These types of losses frustrate, linger and fester. But eventually, the mental wounds begin to heal, and when that happens they can fuel players, too. For all the pain ...

1 win down and ... how many to go for the Jayhawks?

Salt Lake City — Thursday afternoon inside the Kansas locker room, shortly after the Jayhawks opened their path through the NCAA Tournament with a first-round victory over Northeastern, head coach Bill Self had a question for his players. “Good job. Hey, guys. One down and how many to go?” Self asked. A mixture of responses followed, with “five” being the overriding reply. “One,” Self quickly ...