By Tom Keegan Twitter: TomKeeganLJW St. Louis — Two thousand miles west of Bellerive Country Club, where Gary Woodland finished his round on top of the leaderboard for the second day in a row Friday, another former University of Kansas golfer kept his hot streak alive. Touring Web.com pro and two-time KU All-American Chris Thompson shot a 65 for a two-day total of 9 under in the Ellie Mae Classic at TPC ...
Miles Kendrick spent one semester at San Mateo Community College before transferring to Kansas. He hasn’t had nearly as much experience running an Air Raid offense as either Peyton Bender, who started eight games for Kansas season, or Carter Stanely, who started four. Kendrick studies more than his playbook. “I really just try to take advantage of those mental reps I get watching those guys,” Kendrick ...
This is a busy week for several University of Kansas golfers, past and present. Sera Tadokoro, a sophomore on KU’s women’s golf team, and 2012 graduate Katy (Nugent) Winters are competing in the U.S. Women’s Amateur, which started Monday and extends through Sunday at Golf Club of Tennessee in Kingston Springs, Tenn. Tadokora shot a 3-over 74 on the first day of stroke play, leaving her tied for 96th. ...
First-year offensive line coach A.J. Ricker faces as daunting a challenge as anyone in the Kanas football program. He has so much reworking of the offensive line to do and so little time to do it before the Jayhawks open the season for a 6 p.m. kickoff Sept. 1 vs. Nicholls State. Ricker is in the process of identifying which blockers are best suited for which positions. At the same time, Ricker is trying to ...
Every college football program has its different behind-the-scenes rituals, and first-year Kansas offensive line coach A.J. Ricker pointed to one he found particularly interesting. It symbolized the moment summer conditioning gave way to fall camp and it involved head strength and conditioning coach Zac Woodfin and head football coach David Beaty. “It was kind of cool to see the tradition in our first team ...
University of Kansas punter Kyle Thompson called what led him to become a punter “actually a pretty funny story,” but nothing about his expression hinted at humor when he told it. Neither Thompson’s eyes nor lips smiled. “When I was in eighth grade as a soccer player I actually got bullied,” Thompson said. “I got bullied a lot in middle school. They were actually football players who were bullying ...