Year 1 of the Les Miles era is officially here. It is no secret that there has been more excitement regarding the Kansas football team with Miles at the helm. What has been a secret, though, is how this team will look on the football field. The coaching staff has been understandably reluctant to give specifics regarding the Jayhawks. A starting quarterback hasn’t even been announced yet. None of this means ...
For Free State’s fall sports programs, the 2019-20 season will get underway next week. A number of new coaches are ready for their debut season with the Firebirds. Free State’s boys soccer squad, which has a first-year head coach, will get the sports season started when it travels to Olathe South at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Many of the other fall sports teams will follow suit later that week. Here is a peek at all ...
Much like any other preseason, the starting quarterback competition has been well-documented ahead of Les Miles’ first year with the Kansas football team. Yet the battle to be the player snapping him the ball has flown under-the-radar. Part of that is because the offensive line doesn’t typically get as much attention. A bigger reason is because the Jayhawks don’t need to settle on a starter, as they plan ...
Lawrence High’s fall sports teams will officially kick off the 2019-20 season this week. The LHS girls tennis team will start things off with a quadrangular at 3 p.m. today at the College Boulevard Activity Center. LHS boys soccer, meanwhile, will travel to Manhattan at 6:15 p.m. Friday. The rest of the fall sports squads will begin play next week. Here is a peek at all of the Lions’ fall sports programs ...
Even though the season opener is three days away, Kansas senior safety Jeremiah McCullough can tell this year is going to be different. McCullough has all the confidence in the world right now, and for good reason. The game has seemingly slowed down for him. With the help of a new coaching staff, McCullough even has a new level of energy about the game he loves. It all played a part in McCullough being listed ...
For the first time in his collegiate career, Jay Dineen doesn’t have his brother around the Kansas football facility. As the only Dineen left with the Jayhawks, the redshirt sophomore linebacker knows better than anyone that it will be no easy task replacing his older brother this year. Joe Dineen Jr., who is now with the Denver Broncos, is KU’s all-time leader in career tackles for loss (45.5) and ranks ...