As Zsofia Telegdy watched the Kansas women's basketball team's pair of NCAA Tournament games from her host family's home outside Atlanta, she cheered along with every made basket and, ultimately, felt the heartbreak of the second-round loss. "I felt like I was with the team even though I was a thousand miles away," Telegdy said. It won't be very long before Telegdy is with the team in person. One of two high ...
As Kansas football coach Lance Leipold and his family continue to take root in the community just over a year after they moved to Lawrence, they understand the weight their voices can provide to initiatives that are important to people close to them. And so on Monday, Leipold found himself at Eagle Bend Golf Course as the honorary chairman of the Audio-Reader Golf Classic, a fundraiser for a service that reads ...
In late 2009, a large banner was hung on the east side of Memorial Stadium that promised a new future for Kansas' football program. "Coming Fall 2010: Gridiron Club, Join The Legacy," read the banner, the words printed under images of Gale Sayers, John Hadl, Todd Reesing and Darrell Stuckey. That September, the Kansas Board of Regents formally approved the creation of the KU Gridiron Club, a membership-based ...
Kansas baseball coach Ritch Price has decided to retire after 20 seasons. Price formalized his decision Sunday, a day after the Jayhawks finished the season with an 11-6 loss at No. 17 Texas. They finished the season 20-35, including 4-20 in the conference, and missed out on the eight-team Big 12 tournament, which begins Wednesday at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. "For the past 20 years, I have been ...
Marvin Grant, a highly regarded safety in the Class of 2019 who was a starter at Purdue last season, became the latest player to commit to transfer to Kansas when he did so on Thursday. Grant, who is 6-foot-2 and 210 pounds, was the No. 138 prospect in his high school class, according to Rivals.com. He started all 13 games for the Boilermakers last season and finished second on the team with 52 tackles. A ...
When Zion Bowlin was considering whether to return to the Washburn baseball team for a fifth and final season, his father, Craig Bowlin, reminded him that the money from an athletic scholarship would prevent him from going further into debt as he finished his business management degree. Had either known that the Ichabods would end up making their first appearance in the NCAA Tournament, it may not have been as ...