WRITER: Henry Greenstein

KU's post-House plan includes 25 new athletic scholarships, primarily in women's sports

Frisco, Texas — The announcement of Kansas baseball coach Dan Fitzgerald’s amended six-year contract in June provided some insight into KU’s future plans in the wake of the House v. NCAA settlement by suggesting that the baseball program would receive “an increase in scholarships.” The House settlement, which became effective on July 1, replaced previous scholarship limits with newly devised roster ...

Yormark lauds Big 12's nationwide position amid CFP discussions

Updated 1:50 p.m. Tuesday, July 8, 2025: Frisco, Texas — Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark, in his opening remarks at the conference’s media days at Ford Center at The Star on Tuesday morning, said he expects the league “to earn multiple College Football Playoff bids this year and to show once again that we can compete with anyone.” The assertion characterized a set of comments by Yormark that centered ...

3 Jayhawk rookies, 2 returnees set for NBA Summer League

With all 30 rosters released for the 2025 edition of the NBA Summer League, the full complement of rookies and sophomores from KU is now set to participate in this year’s competition. Returnees Johnny Furphy and Kevin McCullar Jr. and newcomers Hunter Dickinson, Dajuan Harris Jr. and Zeke Mayo will take part in exhibition action that begins at 2:30 p.m. Thursday with Dickinson’s New Orleans Pelicans taking ...

Spotlight will be on Daniels again, this time in Frisco

Precious few players occupy the college football spotlight for so long that they represent their schools four separate times at conference media days, but few players have career arcs quite like that of Jalon Daniels. Daniels has been Kansas’ starting quarterback for long enough that he has spoken for the Jayhawks in AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, in 2022 and 2023, Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas in ...

Shelby enters portal

Kansas guard Noah Shelby has entered the transfer portal on Monday after one season with the program, a KU Athletics spokesperson confirmed to the Journal-World. Shelby, listed as an invited walk-on on KU's roster, is a former high-level recruit — the No. 14 point guard on Rivals and No. 17 at the position on 247Sports in the class of 2022 — who played one season each at Vanderbilt and Rice before joining ...

Foster named to preseason All-Big 12 team

Kansas center Bryce Foster was named to the Big 12’s preseason all-conference team, the league announced on Monday afternoon. The honor for Foster, who was the only Jayhawk selected, follows his second-team all-league honor at the conclusion of the 2024 season, which was his first year at KU. Foster had arrived in Lawrence during the summer as a late transfer addition from Texas A&M. Foster, who played a ...