Malachi Curvey found himself in a bit of an unusual position entering his second year at Kansas. On the one hand he was one of precious few returning players in the linebacker room, along with starting middle linebacker Trey Lathan; on the other, he was coming off a redshirt year. “Malachi was here before me, so he got a little bit more experience,” said Bam Crouch, a transfer linebacker from Boston ...
Kansas redshirt junior quarterback Cole Ballard doesn’t spend a lot of time on social media: “Nothing good can come from it,” he said. “I learned that a long time ago with my dad.” That is, of course, a reference to Indianapolis Colts general manager Chris Ballard, who like anyone else in any prominent (or even relatively insignificant) position for a sports team undoubtedly finds himself the target ...
The margin between unprecedented success and undistinguished stagnation has proven very thin for the Kansas football team. Not so long ago, the Jayhawks were riding high coming out of the 2023 season with consecutive bowl appearances for the first time in 15 years. What followed were consecutive near-misses. The disappointment of early 2024 gave way to a late-season surge with three straight victories over ...
In the wake of his five-year contract extension — a reward for a Big 12 tournament title and Sweet 16 berth in his first two seasons at the helm — Kansas coach Nate Lie met with the media back in April and expressed confidence about a number of facets of his team: its fitness, its maturity, its leadership and so on. But he also presented a couple of key questions. Can KU continue to play like an underdog, ...
Jim Zebrowski, like much of KU’s current staff, has seen firsthand how quickly and suddenly a third-string quarterback can get called into action — like when Cole Ballard had to enter midgame as a true freshman former walk-on back in 2023, then start in the Sunflower Showdown. “What happened the first couple years we were here?” Zebrowski said on Saturday. “Multi-quarterbacks.” The Jayhawks’ ...
More than nine years after he was selected in the MLB Draft by the Pittsburgh Pirates, former Kansas left-handed pitcher Blake Weiman made his big-league debut on Friday night. Weiman, now playing for the Los Angeles Angels, worked around a pair of singles to pitch a scoreless seventh inning in what became a 4-3 victory over the Miami Marlins. After a long road through the minor leagues, the 2026 season ...