Kansas will rely heavily on star quarterback Jalon Daniels, the preseason Big 12 Conference offensive player of the year, this season as it expects even greater success from its high-octane air attack. Daniels missed four games in 2022 due to a shoulder injury as KU came back down to earth following a 5-0 start. Now, as he looks to tackle his first full season as the Jayhawks' starter — he has played 22 games ...
A year after taking its Late Night in the Phog entertainment down an unusual path with a Shaquille O'Neal DJ set, Kansas Athletics is returning to a more traditional headliner. Flo Rida, the featured artist on No. 1 hits like "Low," "Right Round" and "Whistle" and a prolific solo rapper for nearly two decades, will provide his musical stylings as part of KU's preseason basketball extravaganza, the school ...
Jerry Weaver estimates it was about a month and a half ago that the people at Guinness threw a serious wrench into the EndlessGame Foundation's world-record bid. Weaver, the foundation's vice chair, and its chair, Scott Reinardy, had spent the better part of eight months amassing personnel, wrangling sponsors and selecting charitable beneficiaries for their effort to host a 100-hour baseball game — which ...
Kansas’ reserve linebackers at the “Hawk” position have made an impression on their coaches not only on the field but, so it seems, in the dining room. Head coach Lance Leipold told reporters on Aug. 12 that on the evening of KU’s first night practice of the month — which happened to be Jayson Gilliom’s birthday, Aug. 4 — he found Gilliom in the eating area, surrounded by waters and Gatorades for ...
From the perspective of Robbie McKinlay, the head coach at Basketball Australia’s Centre of Excellence, Johnny Furphy has “always sort of been that younger guy.” Playing basketball growing up, Furphy took his cues from his older brother “that he’d always sort of hang around and do what he does,” McKinlay said. In addition, as a December birthday, Furphy was always among the youngest in his grade, ...
As it looks to build on the momentum from last year's Women's National Invitation Tournament title, the Kansas women's basketball team will face two tough tests early in its nonconference slate. The Cayman Islands Classic announced Tuesday the matchups for its inaugural women's edition, which features KU alongside LSU, Niagara, Tulane, UCLA, UConn, Virginia and Virginia Tech. The Jayhawks will play Virginia ...