On the same day Kansas lost a player from its 2020 class, Les Miles gained another verbal commit. Krishawn Brown, who is the second-rated linebacker in Oklahoma, announced his verbal commitment via his personal Twitter account Saturday night. Brown has six scholarship offers, though the Jayhawks were the first to offer him. “Kansas has everything I want to do academically,” Brown told Jon Kirby of Jayhawk ...
Not long after Emmett Jones was named the new receivers coach for the Kansas football team, he sat down to watch some film on Evan Fairs. Jones didn’t turn on film from his KU career, even though Fairs has recorded 27 total catches in three seasons. Jones popped in highlights from Fairs’ high school days, when he played for Foster High in Fulshear, Texas. When the two sat down for their one-on-one ...
Evy Harrell recorded a block, but head coach Nick Wood stopped the drill anyway during the Free State girls basketball summer team camp. Wood asked the three players on defense, including Harrell, what they did wrong. The players answered immediately, admitting the lack of communication during that particular sequence. And that was the theme of the team’s first camp with Wood at the helm. During a camp in ...
After a sluggish opening nine minutes, Kaw Valley FC was ready to strike. In the 10th minute, the Cranes took advantage of a turnover near midfield. Kaw Valley FC didn’t wait for St. Louis to get ready on the free kick, as Kevin Komodi launched the ball up the field. Mason Visconti raced to the ball, getting to it first and booting the ball in the back of the net with his left foot. The Cranes never looked ...
This time next year, former Free State head football coach Bob Lisher could be coaching on the other sideline. For the second time in his career, Lisher will be the head coach of the Kansas team in the Greater Kansas City Football Coaches Association All-Star Game. The Kansas All-Stars will take on the Missouri All-Stars at 7 p.m. Thursday at College Boulevard Activity Center. Yet it won’t be Lisher’s ...
Another local product is slated to join the Kansas football team. Running back Jaylin Richardson verbally committed to KU via his personal Twitter account with a post Tuesday night. Richardson plays for Schlagle High School in Kansas City, Kan., becoming the third Kansas high school player of the 2020 Class along with DaVonshai Harden Jr. and Will Huggins. Currently unrated as a prospect by Rivals, Richardson ...