The month of April passed this year without the running of the Kansas Relays. That doesn’t happen often. The meet began in 1923 and paused only briefly for World War II, renovations and the COVID-19 pandemic. But KU decided not to put on the event this spring in order to reduce expenses, as the Journal-World reported in September, amid the advent of student-athlete revenue sharing and other significant ...
The Kansas football team got its quarterback in the class of 2027 on Monday afternoon when Chance Thomas announced his commitment to the Jayhawks on a 247Sports livestream. Thomas picked KU from a top three that included Auburn and Utah. He is a three-star prospect out of Western High School in Anaheim, California, who as a junior in 2025 completed 71.5% of his passes for 3,327 yards with 33 touchdowns and ...
Former Kansas linebacker Bangally Kamara has signed with the Minnesota Vikings, the team announced on Monday. Kamara went unselected in the 2026 NFL Draft but apparently made enough of an impression at the Vikings’ minicamp to earn a roster spot based on his tryout performance. Minnesota signed him alongside former Penn State lineman Smith Vilbert. Kamara spent one year as a Jayhawk, the first piece in ...
For the first time since 2015, the Kansas softball team is back in the NCAA Tournament. The Jayhawks are a No. 8 seed in the tournament as a whole, as well as the second-ranked team in the regional hosted by their former conference foe, No. 1 seed Oklahoma. KU (35-19) will open its run in the four-team double-elimination tournament by taking on Michigan (34-20) at Love’s Field in Norman, Oklahoma, at 5 p.m. ...
The Kansas men’s basketball team continues to round out its roster and on Saturday earned the commitment of 6-foot-8 wing Atticus Richmond. Richmond spent a postgraduate year in prep school at The Newman School in Boston, where according to MaxPreps he averaged 8.8 points and 5.2 rebounds per game on a team that won the National Prep Championship. He had previously played at Stevenson High School in ...
As college athletic departments continue to face rising costs, it should be no surprise when they pursue additional untapped sources of revenue. The NCAA Division I Cabinet in January approved a proposal that allows any given sports team to put corporate logos or patches on its uniforms. Beginning in August, a team will be allowed up to two logos on its apparel and one more on its equipment during the preseason ...