WRITER: Henry Greenstein

KU preparing for season's first long-distance road trip

The Kansas football team is six weeks and five games into its season and still hasn’t had to play more than a few hours’ drive away from Lawrence. KU’s 2025 schedule oriented itself in such a way that the Jayhawks have already hosted four games — two nonconference against Fresno State and Wagner, two in Big 12 play against West Virginia and Cincinnati — and gone through a bye week, and a short trip to ...

KU soccer suffers home loss to TCU, 3-2

The 14th-ranked Kansas soccer team suffered its second straight loss following a nine-match unbeaten run to open the season, as it fell 3-2 to No. 10 TCU at Rock Chalk Park on Sunday afternoon. The Horned Frogs avenged their defeat to KU in last season’s Big 12 tournament championship game, largely on the strength of forward Seven Castain, who scored a hat trick on three shots, including back-to-back goals in ...

Kinney announces commitment to KU's class of 2026

The Kansas men’s basketball team has its first commitment in the high school recruiting class of 2026.af Taylen Kinney, of Newport, Kentucky, announced on a CBS Sports livestream on Sunday that he will join KU next season. The 6-foot-3, 188-pound guard, as he was recently measured at the Overtime Elite Pro Day, picked the Jayhawks over Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisville and Oregon. "Coach (Bill) Self ...

KU loses to Cincinnati, 37-34, on last-minute touchdown

On a day when Kansas struggled in goal-to-go situations, the Jayhawks converted when it counted most, with a late touchdown pass from Jalon Daniels to Levi Wentz. The only problem for KU was that it left one minute and 45 seconds for Cincinnati quarterback Brendan Sorsby. Sorsby converted a fourth-and-10 with a pass to Noah Jennings and marched the Bearcats down the field on their way to a game-winning ...

Late-game situations vex KU again

When the Kansas offense came on the field with 29 seconds left, needing to reach kicker Laith Marjan’s range some 40 yards away to have a chance at overtime, quarterback Jalon Daniels said the Jayhawks entered the huddle with a sense of “positivity.” “At the end of the day, we didn’t really care how much time was left,” Daniels said. “We felt like we were still going to be able to win the ...

Preview: KU awaits tougher test against Cincinnati

When Kansas went to play Cincinnati at the conclusion of the 2023 season, KU coach Lance Leipold spoke to his counterpart Scott Satterfield before the start of the game. Satterfield, as Leipold recalled, mentioned that the Bearcats had some areas they needed to address in recruiting. “It’s very obvious they’ve done that,” Leipold said on Monday. “Including the quarterback position, and what they’re ...