WRITER: Henry Greenstein

Apparent injury brings swift end to KU basketball camp scrimmage

An apparent injury to guard Elmarko Jackson brought an abrupt end to Kansas’ scrimmage Tuesday afternoon at the Bill Self Basketball Camp, putting a damper on the summer debut of the new-look KU basketball roster. Jackson went down hard to the ground after getting hit on his way to the rim. The Jayhawks’ trainers took a look at him for several minutes, attending to his lower leg, before head coach Bill Self ...

Jayhawks cultivating sharp focus ahead of outdoor nationals

Kansas decathlete Alexander Jung has always known the importance of the mental side of track and field, but it’s become an area of particular interest for him since the first outdoor meet of his junior season, the Black and Gold Invite in Orlando, Florida, back in mid-March. Now, in the lead-up to his third appearance at the NCAA Outdoor Championships — Wednesday through Saturday in Eugene, Oregon — ...

Self seeks another starting-caliber player

Topeka — After last summer saw several freshmen and transfers come and go from Kansas ahead of the 2023-24 season, head coach Bill Self is fully aware that his roster in June may not look like his roster in November. “We obviously have a little bit more depth on paper,” said Self, who has brought in three marquee transfer guards and two highly rated freshmen, without losing anyone to the transfer portal. ...

Tradition of KU's program drew Storr to Lawrence

AJ Storr got an up-close-and-personal look at the Kansas men's basketball team last summer, when he was playing against the Jayhawks for the Bahamas national team as part of KU's summer tour through Puerto Rico. Ten months later, many of those players he took on head-to-head are now his teammates. “It’s actually crazy to think about it," Storr said on Sunday, as part of his first meeting with reporters ...

Back in hometown, Mayo looks to carve out sizable role with Jayhawks

Zeke Mayo was so young when he first put on a Kansas uniform he can hardly even remember it. “Probably around four or five years old,” he said Sunday. But one far more recent occasion wearing the crimson and blue, from his recruiting visit during his offseason stint in the transfer portal, remains fresh in his mind. “When I put on that jersey for the photo shoot, it was crazy,” Mayo said. “I looked ...

The new Big 12: What to know about league's four football additions

The conclusion of the Big 12 Conference baseball tournament a week ago also meant the end of head-to-head team competition for the current iteration of the league. While Oklahoma and Texas will continue to represent the league through the end of the college sports season — expect to see Big 12 patches on their uniforms at the outdoor track nationals beginning Wednesday — their departures for the ...