WRITER: Henry Greenstein

Preview: KU emphasizing energy ahead of return to site of last year's loss

The Kansas men’s basketball team will have a chance to shake off the shock of one stunning loss and avenge another when it travels to face UCF on Sunday. Just as they looked to have rebounded from a series of early-December road defeats, the Jayhawks began their Big 12 campaign on a sour note on Tuesday, suffering a 62-61 home loss to depleted West Virginia when a furious comeback attempt fell short. Now, ...

Brown, Burroughs join list of upcoming all-star game participants

As the college football postseason draws on, more and more former Jayhawks are earning opportunities to display their potential for professional football scouts. The Senior Bowl announced on Thursday that Kansas offensive tackle Logan Brown had accepted an invitation to participate. In addition, safety O.J. Burroughs will take part in the Tropical Bowl, according to its organizer. Brown was one of just a ...

In-state defensive back Dunnigan commits to KU

The Kansas football coaching staff won the battle for a key recruit on Thursday when JJ Dunnigan, a defensive back in the class of 2026, selected the Jayhawks over Kansas State, Nebraska, Stanford and others. Dunnigan is a three-star prospect who plays at Manhattan High School, and the son of former K-State defensive back James Dunnigan. He made his announcement during the first quarter of the Under Armour Next ...

How the new JUCO eligibility waiver could affect KU athletes

Just as the eligibility situation for college athletes seemed close to resolving back to what it once was — five years to play four — a new wrinkle complicated matters further on Dec. 23. Lawyers for Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia recently argued successfully in a federal antitrust case that Pavia’s tenure at New Mexico Military Institute, a junior college, should not count toward his overall ...

Self has praised improvement of Griffen and Storr, but saw 'nothing' out of them on Tuesday

Kansas men’s basketball coach Bill Self said on Monday that wings Rylan Griffen and AJ Storr were becoming more comfortable, and had a chance for significant improvement during the next phase of the Jayhawks' season. Then, in a pregame interview posted on KU's social media on Tuesday before KU faced West Virginia, Self even added that Storr had looked “about as good as anybody we’ve had” since the ...

WVU beats No. 7 KU on game-winning free throw in final seconds of league opener

West Virginia was missing two of its top three scorers due to injury and didn’t make it to Lawrence until the wee hours of the morning, but you wouldn’t have known it from the way the Mountaineers opened Tuesday afternoon’s game at Kansas. Down Tucker DeVries and Amani Hansberry, WVU needed its peripheral players to step up, and the likes of Eduardo Andre and Sencire Harris punished the Jayhawks ...