Updated 11:07 a.m. Monday, June 15, 2026:: A week after declaring himself “1000% committed” to the Kansas football program, cornerback Nazir Pitchford has instead flipped to North Carolina. He announced his decision in a post on X on Monday morning. Zach Blostein of 247Sports had initially reported Pitchford's decommitment from KU on Sunday afternoon while noting that he was expected to flip to UNC. ...
The Kansas football team continued to add to its 2027 recruiting class on Sunday afternoon when it earned the commitment of JaMarquis Hudson. Hudson is a 6-foot-2, 200-pound linebacker who attends Memorial High School in Port Arthur, Texas. He announced his decision in a post on Instagram in collaboration with 247Sports and now becomes the second linebacker in KU’s class after Elliott Neff of Middleville, ...
The Kansas track and field season wrapped up on Saturday night at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon, with the Jayhawks’ men’s team finishing in a tie for 37th overall and the women’s team in a tie for 38th at six total points apiece. Along the way, senior pole vaulter Anthony Meacham capped off his career with a bronze medal in the pole vault and junior distance runner Emmah Jemutai earned ...
While matchups against the likes of UConn and Kentucky will draw the bulk of the attention this fall for the Kansas men’s basketball team, they only make up about half the nonconference schedule. The Jayhawks will both open and close their nonleague slate against mid-major foes at Allen Fieldhouse, facing six such opponents overall. Here’s a look at what to expect from each of those relatively unfamiliar ...
Of all the potential uses of the “polar bear in Arlington, Texas” reaction image — which has become a common incredulous online response to any situation in which one person or element seems dramatically out of place — there may never have been one as apt as in reply to the social media video that Kansas Athletics posted on Thursday morning of Riyad Mahrez in Allen Fieldhouse. Yes, the 35-year-old ...
The Kansas men’s and women’s basketball teams learned their league opponents for the 2026-27 season when the Big 12 released its scheduling matrices on Thursday. The conference’s full schedules, complete with dates and times, are expected this fall. The men’s team will take on Baylor, Iowa State and Kansas State both home and away this season. The Jayhawks will host Arizona State, Colorado, Oklahoma ...