Kansas co-offensive coordinator Jim Zebrowski had to apologize Monday morning to legions of quarterbacks he's coached over the years for a particular bit of praise he was about to give Ben Easters. "One of, if not the best, guys in the quarterback room I’ve had," Zebrowski called him. That's high praise for a player entering his redshirt junior season with one career drive to his name. But since arriving as ...
Before he took his current job at St. John’s, Greg Youncofski had sported just about every possible assistant coach title except for “director of basketball operations.” Now, having joined Rick Pitino’s staff in that role in June, he’s completed the set — though, he concedes, “I know they keep coming up with all kinds of crazy titles in college basketball.” Before Youncofski was a program ...
Kansas cornerback Damarius McGhee watches every rep he can of the Jayhawks' two starters, Cobee Bryant and Mello Dotson. "Because what they do in the game, they do at practice as well," McGhee said on Sunday. "So it’s like they know what’s happening before the offense even knows. So I just try to take certain stuff from Cobee, take certain stuff from Mello and just put it in my bag.” For different kinds ...
The year in Kansas sports begins unofficially on Sunday, and that may be a little early from the perspective of the team for which it is beginning. Within a week of getting all his players on campus for the first time — a group that includes 11 freshmen and three more transfers who will be new to Lawrence — first-year KU soccer coach Nate Lie will take them to Fayetteville, Arkansas, for an exhibition ...
One more former Kansas football player will get a chance at an NFL roster spot as the preseason begins in earnest. Longtime KU tight end Mason Fairchild has signed with the New Orleans Saints, the team announced Saturday morning. The Andale native, who caught 82 passes for 1,111 yards over the course of his five-year collegiate career in Lawrence, had previously attended Buffalo Bills minicamp after going ...
After a quiet stretch on the recruiting trail for its 2025 class, the Kansas football team got back in action over the weekend by earning a commitment from Chris McCorkle. McCorkle, a 6-foot-1, 170-pound cornerback from Sarasota, Florida, announced his decision on Saturday to join KU for the 2025 season. He had previously been committed to Indiana between late April and mid-June; he has now pledged his future ...