Las Vegas — Kansas' Devin Neal believes he’s the best running back in the Big 12. Unfortunately for his resume of honors and awards, media members and league coaches have rarely agreed. Neal was left off the 10-man list of Doak Walker Award semifinalists last November, a list that included four fellow Big 12 backs. Then both the postseason all-conference first team (picked by coaches) and preseason ...
Support from Kansas basketball fans has followed Frank Mason III around the world as he's taken his professional career from the NBA and G League to Lebanon, France and, next season, Italy. Now it's Mason's turn to come back to the state where he got started. Seven years removed from his Naismith Trophy season at KU, Mason is thrilled to get back in front of the crimson-and-blue faithful as a member of the ...
Updated 2:13 p.m. Thursday, July 11: With squads representing all 30 NBA teams in Las Vegas for the NBA Summer League every year, there’s bound to be a fair number of former Jayhawks at various stages of their professional careers. Sure enough, this year’s edition is expected to feature several rookies, drafted (Johnny Furphy and Kevin McCullar Jr.) and undrafted (Parker Braun); second-year players ...
Las Vegas — Kansas defensive end Jereme Robinson may have been off the field during spring practice as he recovered from an offseason surgery, but he made sure he wasn’t absent. “I had to try to find new ways to implement myself for the team,” he said at Big 12 media days on Wednesday. “You know, you get lost in, ‘Oh, I’m not a part of the team because I’m not doing what they’re doing.’ But ...
Updated 2:55 p.m. Thursday, July 11: The Kansas men’s basketball team released its full nonconference schedule Thursday morning, unveiling another challenging slate highlighted by matchups against seven NCAA Tournament teams from last season. The Jayhawks will open the year at home against Howard on Nov. 4 in the second edition of the McLendon Classic, honoring the trailblazing coach John McLendon. From then ...
Las Vegas — Kansas quarterback Jalon Daniels has received the same question innumerable times in recent months, from teammates, family and denizens of Lawrence: “How are you feeling?” “I try not to ask Jalon Daniels more than once a week how (he is) doing,” head coach Lance Leipold said on Wednesday at Big 12 media days. “Because I know everybody asks him that.” Daniels said he actually ...