No, Quentin Grimes didn’t go through an out-of-body experience behind the 3-point line or manhandle would-be defenders on his way to powerful slams inside the way two other Jayhawks did Monday night at Allen Fieldhouse. But the 6-foot-5 freshman guard proved to be the perfect catalyst for Kansas teammates Lagerald Vick and Udoka Azubuike in an 84-68 victory against Vermont. Grimes’ high-scoring college ...
A week after University of Kansas Athletic director Jeff Long officially began looking for David Beaty’s replacement, another potential competitor has entered the coaching search fray. News broke Sunday morning that Louisville’s administration decided to fire football coach Bobby Petrino, effective immediately. So any coach looking to move on from his current job or upgrade to a Power Five conference now ...
When Jeff Long spoke publicly for the first time about his decision to find a new head football coach for the University of Kansas, the athletic director could only provide some general goals he had in mind for the hire. “We are going to find a proven leader, a tenacious recruiter and a developer of young men on and off the field,” Long assured a downtrodden fan base. “As I have routinely said, we will ...
— Kansas (3-6 overall, 1-5 Big 12) at Kansas State (3-6, 1-5) • 11 a.m. kickoff, Bill Snyder Family Stadium, in Manhattan • Game-time forecast: 30 degrees, mostly sunny, 0% chance of rain • TV: FOX Sports Networks • Radio: KLWN, FM 101.7 / AM 1320 — Log on to KUsports.com for our live game blog and follow our coverage team on Twitter: @KUSports, @BentonASmith, @mctait and @SJacksonLJW Keys for ...
Manhattan — A victory in the first stage of David Beaty’s last stand as football coach at the University of Kansas remained in play as late as the final minute of an in-state rivalry game Saturday afternoon at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. Trailing Kansas State by four points just 32 yards from the end zone, senior KU quarterback Peyton Bender took the snap and dropped back to pass when any hope of a victory ...
Manhattan — Rumors of University of Kansas Athletic Director Jeff Long speaking with recently fired Maryland football coach D.J. Durkin were shot down quickly Saturday afternoon. Not long after news of the alleged conversation between Long, who is searching for KU football’s next head coach, and Durkin started circulating on social media, Long took to Twitter to squash any such notion. “KU fans,” Long ...