WRITER: Henry Greenstein

KU's vision for hard-throwing Breckheimer is gradually coming to fruition

Bryant & Stratton College has 16 campuses with seven athletic departments, four of which have teams currently playing baseball, and at least one search engine considers its Virginia and Ohio outposts more salient than the Wisconsin program, nestled in the Milwaukee suburbs, where Alex Breckheimer pitched for two seasons. The Bobcats are not necessarily salient to the Division I baseball world either. When ...

KU adds defensive back Gibbs from transfer portal

The Kansas football team has added some much-needed experience to its secondary. Syeed Gibbs, a defensive back from Everett, Massachusetts, who played two years at Rhode Island and one at Georgia Tech, announced his commitment to KU on Thursday night. He will be a redshirt junior with two years left to play. Gibbs saw time in 10 games and started six during his lone season with the Yellow Jackets. He tallied ...

KU football alumni set for big NFL Draft

The NFL Draft is imminent, with the first round set for Thursday night, and this year’s event has a chance to make history for the Kansas football program. With offensive lineman Logan Brown, a former five-star high school recruit, and KU’s all-time leading rusher Devin Neal joining cornerbacks Cobee Bryant and Mello Dotson in the draft, the 2025 class already looked like a good bet to match 2008 with four ...

KU football adds first spring transfer addition in defensive end Harris

Not long after losing a young defensive end to the transfer portal, the Kansas football coaching staff found a new one. Leroy Harris III, a 6-foot-5, 230-pound end out of Brentwood, Tennessee, announced his commitment to KU via Instagram on Tuesday afternoon. He played his freshman season at Chattanooga at the FCS level. Harris tallied 11 tackles and recovered three fumbles in 302 snaps of defensive action, ...

KU women's basketball staff pleased with roster following initial transfer addition

With just one key transfer addition in the fold, head coach Brandon Schneider says the Kansas women’s basketball staff will be “very, very picky at this point” when it comes to considering any additional acquisitions. That’s because of KU's high level of returning talent, with nearly every significant contributor returning from last season; its highly touted group of freshmen that ranks among the best ...

Mayo gets key preprofessional opportunity at Portsmouth Invitational Tournament

Lawrence native and former Kansas guard Zeke Mayo received a significant opportunity over the weekend to bolster his professional prospects ahead of the pre-draft process. Mayo played in the Portsmouth Invitational Tournament, a multi-day showcase for outgoing college basketball seniors, and averaged 11.3 points, 4.7 assists and 2.3 rebounds in three games playing for Portsmouth Partnership. Mayo shot 50% from ...