WRITER: Henry Greenstein

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 ...

KU basketball coaches praise Bechard's impact on program, department

Kansas men’s basketball coach Bill Self is acutely aware of his position in the hierarchy of the university’s longest-tenured athletic leaders. The recent retirement of 27-year volleyball coach Ray Bechard moves him up a spot, but as he is quick to note, he still hasn’t been at it quite as long as venerable track coach Stanley Redwine, who started at KU in 2001. “And I’m not going to catch Stanley, I ...

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 ...

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 ...

Preview: KU begins Big 12 grind at home against West Virginia

Updated 2:27 p.m. Monday, Dec. 30: Kansas men's basketball coach Bill Self has already indicated that the Big 12’s 20-game conference schedule, to which he had on several occasions expressed his opposition, might not stick around very long. “Next year, if I’m not mistaken, we play, what is it, three teams twice?” Self said on Dec. 19. “Because we’re going from 20 to 18, is that what it is next ...

Columbia transfer receiver Canty commits to KU

The Kansas football team completed a quartet of transfer wide receivers on Monday, earning the commitment of former Columbia wideout Bryson Canty. Canty will be in his final year of eligibility after playing four seasons at the Ivy League school, including one campaign, 2023, in which he missed the vast majority due to injury and redshirted. In 2024 he helped the Lions win their first Ivy League football title ...