Kansas City, Mo. — College basketball coaches don’t come much more hard-nosed than Bill Self and Bob Huggins. Both made their reputation in the business with their no-nonsense styles and the correspondingly uncompromising standards to which they hold their players. They love toughness and defense and rebounding and effort and determination — and did I mention toughness? Neither coach has one of his ...
**Kansas City, Mo.** — The four freshmen members of the Kansas basketball team’s starting lineup have experienced plenty over the last four-plus months. Flourishing and regressing. Achievements and failures. Getting tastes of what it’s like to battle national powerhouses such as Michigan State and Kentucky. Discovering pedigree alone doesn’t assure your team of a victory during conference play. And ...
Kansas City, Mo. — After spending a little more than 10 minutes clapping, cheering and enjoying the scene inside the Power & Light District’s KC Live! block Thursday evening, a throng of mostly crimson and blue-clad fans crescendoed when a man they immediately recognized rambled onto the stage. Though the University of Kansas supporters at the Miller Lite Fan Fest were braving some chilly, windy ...
Kansas City, Mo. — Some coaches like to say that freshmen aren’t really freshmen anymore this time of year. The theory goes that they’ve played so many games by this point of a college basketball season, experienced so much in the previous four months that to label them as unqualified or inexperienced isn’t accurate. That adage was put to the test Thursday night at Sprint Center, where, per usual, ...
The David Beaty era at the University of Kansas may have ended on the field in November of 2018, but the athletic department that fired him hasn’t heard the last from its former embattled head football coach. Beaty filed a lawsuit against his former employer, Kansas Athletics Inc., on Tuesday, alleging a breach of contract and unpaid wages of $3 million owed to him. KU Athletic Director Jeff Long fired Beaty ...
Growing up in New Orleans, it’s true that Corione Harris dreamt of one day playing football for Les Miles. He just never figured that would happen for him at Kansas. While many KU fans felt exhilarated this past November when Miles was hired to take over the football program, Harris was right there with them. “Back when Coach Miles was at LSU, that’s why I really wanted to go there,” Harris shared this ...