For a moment following his senior night Tuesday, Kansas center Hunter Dickinson looked ready to deliver some big news. “I already have a decision to make,” he told reporters postgame, as he paused for dramatic effect and looked earnestly at teammates Kevin McCullar Jr. and Nick Timberlake. Then he turned back to the gathered media with a grin and said “Nah, I’m just playing with y’all.” It was an ...
Kansas track and field coach Stanley Redwine will serve as the head coach of the U.S. men's track and field team at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. USA Track & Field announced Redwine's appointment on Feb. 21, and in a KU Athletics press release issued Tuesday, Redwine expressed his appreciation for the honor, saying he is "excited that I get to be around the other coaches from other schools and just to ...
Super-senior Taiyanna Jackson and freshman S'Mya Nichols were named to the All-Big 12 first team Tuesday afternoon, headlining an array of all-league honors for the red-hot Jayhawks ahead of the conference tournament. Jackson also made the Big 12's all-defensive team for the third straight year, following a regular season in which she set the Kansas record for career blocked shots despite only playing at KU for ...
The Kansas men’s basketball team continued one of its longest-standing streaks Tuesday night and got some revenge along the way. The Jayhawks have still won their final home game of the year every season dating back to 1983-84, and they sent out their seniors in style this time around by dominating rival Kansas State 90-68 at Allen Fieldhouse. In both games against the Wildcats they went on sizable runs ...
The Kansas baseball team swept Texas Southern at Hoglund Ballpark over the weekend, completing its first four-game sweep in nearly three years. After the Jayhawks' 11-2 victory Friday in their first game back in Lawrence this season, they proceeded to win two of the next three over the Tigers in seven innings, one as scheduled and one by run rule. The other game, the second half of Saturday's doubleheader, was ...
After his team lost at Baylor and was officially eliminated from contention for a Big 12 Conference regular season title — not to mention thrust into a less favorable position in the overall league standings — Kansas guard Kevin McCullar Jr. reiterated that his team’s goal “hasn’t changed at all.” “Just trying to win the next game that we can line up and get ready to compete for,” he said. The ...