SALT LAKE CITY — The Kansas football team managed just 46 yards on a series of largely futile drives in the first half on Saturday night before the externally imposed urgency of a pair of last-minute charges helped the Jayhawks rack up 108 more and 10 points along the way. As they continued to play from behind in the second half at No. 12 Utah — having essentially spotted their opponents a 14-0 advantage to ...
The Kansas soccer team earned perhaps its biggest victory of the season thus far on Sunday afternoon when it took down No. 24 Colorado 1-0 at Prentup Field in Boulder, Colorado. Sophomore midfielder Marit McLaughlin won it for KU in dramatic fashion in the 84th minute when her outside-the-box strike deflected off CU defender Emma Thielbahr and past goalkeeper Brooke Goerish. CU attempted to challenge for a ...
SALT LAKE CITY — A pair of penalties on the Kansas offensive line in the third quarter of Saturday’s game at No. 12 Utah erased both an initial fourth-down conversion and then the possibility of even considering going for it on fourth down. That sequence, with the Jayhawks threatening to take their first lead of the night after a dire start, instead condemned them to playing from behind for the remainder of ...
SALT LAKE CITY — Saturday’s matchup between the Kansas football team and No. 12 Utah has been moved earlier in the day due to forecasted inclement weather. Kickoff for the Jayhawks and Utes at Rice-Eccles Stadium is now set for 7 p.m. Central time, or 6 p.m. local. It was previously going to take place two hours and 25 minutes later. The newly rescheduled game will start on ESPNews and will be broadcast on ...
Kansas coach Lance Leipold has felt strongly since long before the season began about the quality of his team’s depth this year, and the Jayhawks put much of that depth on display in last weekend’s 55-0 victory over Middle Tennessee, their first shutout since 2008. Through KU’s 2-2 start, Leipold’s enthusiasm for this year’s squad has only been reinforced, as he explained on Monday. “I love this ...
The Kansas women’s basketball team was picked to finish fifth in the Big 12 Conference in a poll of league coaches released on Thursday, and KU stars S’Mya Nichols and Jaliya Davis received preseason all-conference honors. Nichols, a 6-foot senior point guard, has been first-team all-conference in each of her first three seasons with the Jayhawks, and is a unanimous selection this preseason. The Shawnee ...