WRITER: Henry Greenstein

KU men's golf makes 9th straight regional

The Kansas men’s golf team is headed to NCAA regional competition for the ninth straight season. The Jayhawks learned on Wednesday afternoon that they will serve as the No. 8 seed in the 14-team regional based at Gold Mountain Golf Club in Bremerton, Washington, beginning on May 12. This constitutes a team record for consecutive postseason appearances after KU made eight straight trips from 1989 to 1996 and, ...

'They're invested in me': KU football's 2 new walk-ons feel valued amid much smaller roster sizes

It wasn’t so long ago that the Kansas football team announced the addition of 10 freshman walk-ons to its roster as part of the 2024 offseason. That sort of quantity won't usually be possible going forward. The impending adoption of the House v. NCAA antitrust settlement will officially limit the size of college football rosters from an average of 128 players (per one frequently cited estimate) to 105 ...

Switzerland native Raich selected in CFL Global Draft; Doiron picked in CFL Draft

The NFL Draft may have drawn to a close, but some former Kansas football players are still receiving additional opportunities to play professional football. Alex Raich will have the opportunity to do so in the third country of his young career, while Dre Doiron will return up north to his home country, albeit farther west than his native Ontario. Raich, who is originally from Chur, Switzerland, and spent three ...

Judge dismisses class-action lawsuit against NCAA; plaintiffs included two former KU stars

A class-action lawsuit against the NCAA that included two former Kansas basketball stars as plaintiffs was dismissed with prejudice on Monday, as the judge ruled that the lawsuit’s claims were not sufficiently timely and are already precluded by past cases. Former KU guard Mario Chalmers served as the lead plaintiff for a class of 16 former college athletes who played before June 15, 2016 — the earliest ...

KU baseball sweeps Utah thanks to late grand slam, reenters national rankings

The Kansas baseball team needed some late heroics in Sunday’s series finale to sweep last-place Utah over the weekend in Salt Lake City, extending its winning streak to eight games. On a day when no Jayhawk pitcher posted a scoreless outing and the first four allowed at least two runs in no more than 2 1/3 innings apiece, KU’s offense came through as usual — with an assist from Utah’s defense. An error ...

Burnett back in portal after brief stint at KU, per reports

Kansas' activity in the spring transfer portal might not be over just yet. Former Arizona tight end Keyan Burnett, a key addition for KU in the winter transfer window, will reenter the portal after spending the spring with the Jayhawks, according to multiple reports. The move comes as a surprise not only because the spring portal technically closed on Friday and Burnett's entry wasn't reported until Monday ...