The Kansas athletic department took another step in its Gateway project with a topping-out ceremony last Thursday, which centered on the placement of the final beam of the east-side bowl at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium. That concluded the implementation of more than 1,200 tons of steel as part of the ongoing second phase of the project. “I’m just so proud of the project,” KU athletic director ...
The NBA Draft has arrived at last, and it will soon be revealed whether former Kansas guard Darryn Peterson becomes the first Jayhawk selected No. 1 overall since Andrew Wiggins in 2014, or merely the highest-drafted Jayhawk since Wiggins. The debate between Peterson and former BYU forward AJ Dybantsa for the top spot in their draft class has raged for years, and the players will inevitably be compared ...
A new set of Kansas baseball players will soon arrive in the professional ranks. The MLB Draft runs from July 11-13 in Philadelphia, and some Jayhawks will surely be in contention for selections given that Brady Ballinger, Tyson LeBlanc and Dominic Voegele are poised to attend the combine in Phoenix. Even those who don’t hear their names called in the 20-round draft will have chances to catch on afterward as ...
It was never a guarantee that Elle Evans would continue playing basketball after her career at Kansas was done. The 3-point sharpshooter, who finished her two years in Lawrence having made 43.6% of her attempts from beyond the arc to match Sandy Shaw for the program record, got worn down as her senior season was drawing to a close. “Honestly, I think a lot of it was kind of how my body was feeling at the end ...
The Kansas defense, which featured plenty of youth along the defensive line and in the secondary last year, now contains some of the most experienced position groups on the entire team. With that returning quality, a host of transfer additions at defensive tackle, linebacker and safety and another offseason of development in defensive coordinator D.K. McDonald’s scheme, there’s reason to believe KU can take ...
It’s been quite a long offseason for the Kansas football team, but a quieter one than usual in recent months given that there is no longer a spring window for the transfer portal. After a flurry of activity in the month of January, KU had a pretty clear idea of what its roster was going to look like come September. “That’s a huge thing,” general manager Rob Ianello said recently, “and I think it’s ...