WRITER: Henry Greenstein

Goff has 'incredible confidence' in timeline for second phase of Gateway project after KU's big week

Kansas athletic director Travis Goff said on Thursday that KU’s “confidence has increased dramatically” in beginning construction on the second phase of its Gateway project following the 2025 football season, after a pair of key developments that took place over a pivotal two-day span for the athletic department. On Tuesday, Lawrence city commissioners approved a package of financial incentives worth ...

Leipold explains where KU's coordinators will be located this season

When it comes to Jim Zebrowski calling plays from the coaching booth, Kansas football team already has proof of concept. “It worked pretty well in the bowl game,” Zebrowski said on Thursday. Indeed, when Zebrowski — then KU’s co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach — served as the interim offensive coordinator in the 2023 Guaranteed Rate Bowl, the Jayhawks put together one of their best ...

Big 12 adopts player availability reports for football and basketball

The Big 12 Conference announced on Wednesday afternoon that its schools will soon be required to publish information about player availability. Big 12 teams will provide availability reports, to be published on the conference's website, ahead of league games for football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball, beginning during the 2025-26 season. For football, schools will be required to put out reports ...

KU announces $300 million donation from David Booth, including $75 million for second phase of Gateway project

Touting it as one of the biggest single donations in the history of college sports, the University of Kansas athletic department announced on Wednesday morning that it had received a gift of $300 million from donor David Booth. The donation, which is also the largest ever to the university, includes $75 million to help jump-start the upcoming second phase of KU’s Gateway project. Plans for that phase include ...

Another step forward for Gregorski could make KU more 'dangerous' in 2025

Kansas midfielder Jillian Gregorski knows consistency is important because she learned it “kind of the hard way” in 2024. As a freshman, Gregorski ranked second on KU’s roster with eight goals, beginning with the very first of the Jayhawks’ season and concluding with three across the first two games of their late-season eight-match winning streak. The goal-scoring earned her a significant place on an ...

Finkley lauded for leadership by coaches, fellow players

Ever since Lance Leipold took over as Kansas football coach in 2021, the KU football players have exclusively selected team captains who have been with the Jayhawks for the entirety of Leipold’s tenure. Yes, as recently as 2024, KU had two captains who came to Lawrence in 2020 in Jalon Daniels and Luke Grimm and two who arrived in 2021 in Devin Neal and Cornell Wheeler. This season, it is quite possible that ...