If Jalen Wilson's draft position — second round, 51st overall — made it an uphill battle for him to carve out time on the Brooklyn Nets' roster, he's already done plenty to offset those unfavorable circumstances. The Nets fell a few points short of a trip to the NBA Summer League finals when they lost to the eventual champion Cleveland Cavaliers on Sunday. But the rookie from Kansas was a bright spot ...
The Kansas baseball team didn't earn any selections in the draft, but has now had two players sign with MLB teams since it concluded. KU announced Tuesday that catcher and first baseman Cole Elvis, who started every game for the Jayhawks in 2023 after four seasons at Cal, has signed a contract with the Minnesota Twins. He follows teammate Collin Baumgartner, a fellow transfer who made an impact in Dan ...
To hear Kevin Young tell it, this year's Kansas alumni team entering The Basketball Tournament is already ahead of where its predecessor was at this time four years ago. “I don’t remember us being in the gym as much," Young said Sunday. "We practiced a couple times … I got there like a day before. I feel like it’s a little bit more organized, not to knock anybody from the last one or anything." Young ...
Kansas Athletics intends to keep its football hype train rolling right up until the beginning of the season. The school announced Monday morning the date of the inaugural KU football Kickoff Party. The event at the team's Indoor Practice Facility, scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Aug. 18, will feature speeches from athletic director Travis Goff, coach Lance Leipold and select players, along with "music, tailgating ...
If what Bill Self said Monday is any indication, the Kansas men's basketball team should get a real test on its preseason tour to Puerto Rico. Self told reporters from the Jayhawk Club, where he was speaking at the Crimson and Blue Classic fundraiser hosted by the Mass St. Collective, that KU expects to play one game against a professional Puerto Rican team and two games against the Bahamian national team. He ...
Another member of the Kansas men’s basketball freshman class is leaving the program. Marcus Adams Jr., a 6-foot-8 wing from Torrance, California, who had reclassified from the class of 2024 in order to join the Jayhawks this season, announced on social media Sunday that he plans to request a release from his letter of intent and leave the program. “It was a hard decision,” Adams wrote. “I decided it ...