WRITER: Henry Greenstein

KU staff expects MLB opportunities for many seniors, some players with remaining eligibility

Whatever Kansas baseball coach Dan Fitzgerald and his staff did last season to plan for KU’s potential losses to the MLB Draft clearly worked. Despite losing a significant chunk of its projected 2025 roster as six players who had remaining eligibility signed professional deals, KU went on to engineer the best season in its recent history just a few short months later. Even with that past experience under ...

Moore enters portal but could be drafted anyway

One of the Kansas baseball team’s top young players entered the transfer portal right before it could close, but he might not make it to another school at all. Sophomore right-handed pitcher Cooper Moore decided to transfer, as was first reported by Baseball America on Tuesday night. But Moore, 21, is eligible for the 2025 MLB Draft, and KU coach Dan Fitzgerald said on Wednesday that he is likely to get ...

Former KU cornerback McGhee, having already left team, reportedly enters portal

Former Kansas cornerback Damarius McGhee, who left the team prior to the start of spring practice, has entered the transfer portal, according to multiple reports on Wednesday. The news was first reported by 247Sports and then shared by McGhee himself on social media. A former four-star recruit out of Pensacola, Florida, McGhee joined the Jayhawks in 2023 after two seasons at LSU. He lost most of his first ...

Discussion topics for KU's trio of linemen at Big 12 media days

This year’s edition of Big 12 media days will give some new Kansas football players a turn in the spotlight. Yes, Jalon Daniels will indeed be in attendance as usual at Ford Center at The Star down in Frisco, Texas, and indeed, he’ll have plenty of time to answer questions from local and national reporters about his health, his new teammates and coaches and his goals for the season ahead. But speaking ...

Reports: KU to face Notre Dame, Syracuse in Players Era tournament

Updated 4 p.m. Tuesday, July 1, 2025: Two of Kansas' three opponents for the Players Era Festival basketball tournament during Thanksgiving week were revealed by multiple reports on Tuesday, after a participating school published and then deleted the event schedule on Monday night. According to CBS Sports, KU will face Notre Dame on Monday, Nov. 24, and Syracuse on Tuesday, Nov. 25, with both games scheduled ...

KU football scheduled to host SEMO in 2027

The Kansas football team will host Southeast Missouri State during the first week of the 2027 season, according to documents obtained by the Journal-World on Tuesday via a Kansas Open Records Act request. The game will take place on Sept. 2, 3 or 4, 2027 with KU, as the home team. The Jayhawks will provide a guarantee of $485,000 to SEMO, which plays at the FCS level, for its participation. The 2027 ...