WRITER: Henry Greenstein

Peterson's high school season concludes with semifinal loss in Chipotle Nationals

Incoming Kansas guard Darryn Peterson’s final high school season came to an end on Friday. Peterson and his team, sixth-seeded Prolific Prep of Napa, California, lost to Texas-based No. 10 seed Dynamic Prep by a score of 83-64 at Hamilton Southeastern High School in Fishers, Indiana. The defeat knocked Prolific Prep out in the semifinals of Chipotle Nationals, an annual competition that brings together some ...

KU football earns commitment from Moody

After a flurry of commitments in January and February propelled the Kansas football team’s 2026 recruiting class to one of the top rankings in the country, the KU staff has continued to add to its group. Kaden Moody, a three-star offensive tackle from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, announced his commitment on Saturday evening to join the Jayhawks next season. Moody had received his scholarship offer from KU just a ...

Leipold assesses KU's progress on occasion of Fan Appreciation Day

It wasn’t quite a Spring Showcase, nor did it follow the original longer outdoor model for Saturday’s event due to fears of inclement weather, but the Kansas football team still welcomed a throng of eager fans to campus for its Fan Appreciation Day. With four and a half months to go before the Jayhawks take the field at the revamped David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium for their season opener against Fresno ...

Buzz building around transfer Henderson: 'Fastest receiver I've ever been around'

When Kansas took to the transfer portal looking for experienced receivers for the 2025 season, it tried to find players who fit similar archetypes to the Jayhawks who had just graduated. As wide receivers coach Terrence Samuel put it, they got a Lawrence Arnold-type body in securing the services of Levi Wentz, a 6-foot-2, 205-pound Albany transfer. Cam Pickett, formerly of Ball State, works kind of like Luke ...

KU's first transfer addition is guard Jayden Dawson

After starting fresh following a slew of departures, the Kansas men's basketball team has begun the process of building a new roster. The Jayhawks' first transfer addition of the offseason is former Loyola-Chicago guard Jayden Dawson, who committed to KU on Friday evening, according to multiple reports. Dawson announced the news via an Instagram post by On3's Joe Tipton. He will join the Jayhawks for his ...

What to make of KU's slower start to portal season

Assuming all six of the Kansas men’s basketball team’s rapid-fire offseason departures — in the span of a week, Zach Clemence, Flory Bidunga, Rakease Passmore, David Coit, Rylan Griffen and AJ Storr — stay in the transfer portal and go elsewhere, KU will return zero scholarship players who played during the 2024-25 season. That’s an unprecedented situation for Bill Self and his coaching staff. Sure, ...