WRITER: Henry Greenstein

Leipold weighs in on Klieman's retirement: 'He just felt it was time'

Updated at 11:11 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025. Kansas coach Lance Leipold and his counterpart at Kansas State, Chris Klieman, have often spoken over the years about their friendship. They share common roots as former Division III head coaches — Leipold at Wisconsin-Whitewater, Klieman at Loras — who worked their way up through the college football ranks to take over the premier programs in the Sunflower ...

Peterson ruled out against UConn, will miss 7th straight game

Kansas will be without star guard Darryn Peterson for the seventh straight game when it faces UConn on Tuesday night, KU coach Bill Self announced. Peterson has been dealing with a hamstring injury throughout the season and has not played since the Jayhawks traveled to North Carolina on Nov. 7. Self told reporters on Monday that Peterson had returned to practice, but that he would need "to test out medically ...

KU loses grueling 61-56 result to No. 5 UConn

For the first time ever, Connecticut has beaten Kansas, and it dealt the Jayhawks a rare nonconference home loss in the process. On the strength of a 7-0 run engineered entirely by veteran forward Alex Karaban, taking advantage of some rare lapses in an otherwise rock-solid KU defense, the Huskies seized the lead in the second half and did not let it go. The Jayhawks made just two field goals in the first 14 ...

Big 12 confers all-league honors on 7 KU volleyball players

Seven Kansas volleyball players received All-Big 12 honors on Tuesday afternoon as part of a poll of league head coaches. Freshman opposite hitter Jovana Zelenović was the Jayhawks’ most decorated player, as she received both a first-team all-league selection and a unanimous spot on the all-rookie team. Sophomore middle blocker Reese Ptacek, last season’s freshman of the year, joined Zelenović on the ...

Preview: Peterson's status still to be determined as KU awaits marquee matchup with UConn

Darryn Peterson is back — back at practice, at least. The star freshman guard, who is expected to earn his place among the top players in the country as the season draws on, is once again practicing for Kansas after dealing with a hamstring injury. But KU coach Bill Self told reporters on Monday that it’s still uncertain whether he will join the Jayhawks’ lineup for Tuesday night’s marquee matchup ...

KU gets first portal commitment by flipping defensive lineman Conde

The Kansas football team has earned its first transfer commitment of the offseason by way of a flip. Defensive tackle Jibriel Conde, formerly of Division II Grand Valley State and for about two days committed to Wisconsin for the 2026 season, will instead attend KU, his agent Kyle Logan of Delta Sports Group confirmed to the Journal-World. “It just felt right and had a really good connection with the D-line ...