The Kansas men’s basketball coaching staff is apparently trying to make further inroads in a family with which it is already quite well acquainted. Maximo Adams, a 6-foot-6 four-star small forward in the class of 2026 who plays for Sierra Canyon in Chatsworth, California, announced on Saturday that he had received a scholarship offer from KU assistant coach Kurtis Townsend. Adams was in the midst of a ...
The NBA season drew to a close on Sunday with the Oklahoma City Thunder’s victory in Game 7 of the NBA Finals, the franchise’s first-ever title in its current incarnation. By finishing off the Indiana Pacers, the Thunder prevented rookie Johnny Furphy from becoming the fifth Jayhawk in the last six years to win an NBA title. Furphy played sparingly in the finals, earning his first career postseason bucket ...
The Kansas softball team is still looking for its first trip to the NCAA Tournament under head coach Jennifer McFalls, and first since 2015 overall, following a lackluster 2025 campaign. After a slide late in the 2024 season had caused them to narrowly miss the postseason, the veteran Jayhawks returned with plenty of motivation entering the following year. But a series of narrow losses in the clutch early in ...
New Kansas volleyball coach Matt Ulmer has placed a significant emphasis on strengthening his team’s roster with international recruits. Since the Jayhawks wrapped up their first spring with Ulmer at the helm in late April, KU has signed a trio of players from Central Europe, including most recently, and perhaps most notably, Jovana Zelenović on Friday. Zelenović is a 6-foot-7 opposite hitter from Novi ...
It was a charmed few months on the football field for former Kansas tight end Mason Fairchild. At the end of the fall he had won a state championship as part of the coaching staff for his alma mater, the powerhouse Andale High School; by the end of the spring, he had become a United Football League champion as a player. Indeed, after a brief series of stints with the New Orleans Saints prior to the 2024 NFL ...
Updated 9:38 a.m. Friday, June 20, 2025: The return of Kansas baseball is about eight months away after the Jayhawks’ memorable season ended early in the NCAA Tournament, but fans might be able to get something vaguely resembling it in St. Cloud, Minnesota, this summer. Four members of next year’s KU team — returning star first baseman Brady Ballinger, a pair of JUCO transfers in infielder Tyson LeBlanc ...