One of the most anticipated video game trailers in recent memory took a few moments to spotlight the Kansas Jayhawks. About 20 seconds into Friday morning's "Gameplay Deep Dive" trailer for the upcoming EA Sports College Football 25 video game — the company's first college football game since 2013 — the KU offense appears to underscore what narrator Kirk Herbstreit calls "a host of new mechanics that ...
At the start of last June, Kansas didn’t know whether highly coveted Arizona edge rusher Deshawn Warner would join the team, let alone that he and fellow defensive end Dakyus Brinkley would end up committing just three days apart. That actually didn’t even happen until July. The Jayhawks had just five of their eventual 17 signees from the class of 2024 when June 2023 began, before a slew of visits led to a ...
With the rough outline of its schedule already known, the Kansas football team's nonconference slate came into further focus on Thursday afternoon when the Big 12 Conference released additional information. KU will host Lindenwood at Children's Mercy Park on Thursday, Aug. 29 at 7 p.m., travel to face Illinois on Saturday, Sept. 7 at 6 p.m. and return to Children's Mercy Park to face UNLV on Friday, Sept. 13 at ...
The annual basketball game that brings Jayhawk greats back to Lawrence to help raise money for pediatric cancer is back for its 16th year, and this time around it will feature some Kansas luminaries of the very recent past. Ochai Agbaji, Gradey Dick and Jalen Wilson, all current NBA players, will make their debuts at the Rock Chalk Roundball Classic, which is set to return to Free State High School on the night ...
Updated 4:21 p.m. Wednesday: Kansas athletic director Travis Goff has received a raise to a starting base salary of $1.3 million and a contract extension through 2031, KU announced Wednesday afternoon. “I am thankful to Chancellor Girod for his continued trust in our team and I am honored and humbled by the opportunity to continue leading Kansas Athletics through a pivotal time," Goff said in a press ...
Shortly before Wednesday night's deadline to withdraw from the NBA Draft, Kansas' Johnny Furphy announced that he instead plans to remain in the draft and pursue a professional career. "Playing in the NBA has always been a lifetime goal of mine," Furphy wrote in a statement on social media. "With that, I've decided that now is the time to pursue that dream." Furphy, a native of Melbourne, Australia, had been ...