This preview is the first of a 12-part series breaking down the upcoming KU football schedule. If you haven’t already been scratching the days off your calendar, Kansas football’s home opener against Missouri State on Aug. 31 sits just 12 weeks away. The Week 1 matchup, slated for a 7 p.m. kickoff, is the start of head coach Lance Leipold’s third year at the helm of the program after leading the Jayhawks ...
A familiar face has turned up as the Lawrence High football’s summer practices warm up. Third-year LHS coach Clint Bowen added Lawrence native Taylor Stuart as an offensive assistant and passing game coach for the Chesty Lions heading into the fall. Stuart, who coached safeties and tight ends at his alma mater Free State (class of ’09) from 2015 to 2021, spent the previous two seasons as an assistant to ...
Nearly a week since returning his team to campus for summer workouts, Kansas head football coach Lance Leipold chaired the thirteenth annual Audio-Reader Golf Classic on Monday at Eagle Bend Golf Course. The fundraiser, returning Leipold for his second year as chairman after raising over $30,000 last year, provides reading services for newspapers, magazines, theater performances and more via the internet and ...
Notching the top seed in any state high school championship is tough. Real tough. However, the Baldwin girls soccer team, with the help of a local yoga studio, did just that last month, ascending into the Class 4A state playoff in DeSoto as the state’s top-seeded program after besting Olathe-Heritage Christian Academy 3-0 in the regional championship. The Bulldogs, finishing the season 14-7-0, went through ...
After 14 seasons at the helm of Lawrence High’s boys basketball team, Mike Lewis resigned from his post as head coach of the program on Thursday afternoon. Lewis, in an email to students and families, said the decision was made with the help of his family and cited “distractions away from the game” as primary reasons for the move. Lewis will continue working within the school district, serving as a ...
Thursday’s Game 1 of the NBA Finals between the Miami Heat and the Denver Nuggets could be the first step toward a major feat for former Kansas guard Christian Braun. If Denver were to win the series, it would put Braun in a special circle with four other players — Bill Russell, Henry Bibby, Magic Johnson and Billy Thompson — who have won an NCAA title and an NBA championship in consecutive years. Braun, ...