The Kansas Sports Hall of Fame announced its 2024 class on Sunday, as it prepares to enshrine a group with 12 overall members and a particular emphasis on numerous Olympic connections. “This is an accomplished group and one the Hall of Fame is extremely proud to recognize,” the organization's chairman, Jim Dunning Jr., said in a press release. “They bring a considerable diversity of backgrounds and ...
As much as the outcome of the 2024 NBA Draft was a surprise given recent expert projections — basically none of which had foreseen Johnny Furphy falling to the second round — it was even less similar to what outlets were predicting a year ago. The first batch of 2024 mock drafts, constructed shortly before or after Gradey Dick went to the Toronto Raptors and Jalen Wilson to the Brooklyn Nets in last ...
The Big 12 Conference loses eight cumulative national baseball titles when Oklahoma and Texas officially depart the league at the conclusion of Sunday. It gains nine back in return, though, by admitting Arizona and Arizona State from the Pac-12 Conference. Together with Utah, a program coming off one of its best seasons of the millennium, the Territorial Cup rivals will ensure additional competition for ...
Former Kansas wing Johnny Furphy will have to shake a lot of hands when he first meets the Indiana Pacers' staff. The Pacers didn't bring him in for a pre-draft workout, general manager Chad Buchanan told reporters after the draft concluded Thursday, in part because he was projected to go higher than he ultimately did, which was in the second round at No. 35 overall. Indiana, after all, did not have a ...
With a new-look 16-team league and 20-game conference schedule in place, Kansas basketball learned on Thursday morning whom it will have to play and where. The exact details on when each Big 12 Conference game will take place will likely not be available until late September, although CBS Sports has reported that the conference schedule as a whole will begin on Dec. 30 and 31. But the KU men's basketball team ...
Former Kansas wing Johnny Furphy was acquired by the Indiana Pacers with the No. 35 pick in the second round of the 2024 NBA Draft on Thursday afternoon, bringing his slide to an end after he was not chosen on Wednesday. “Last night was a very tough and humbling night for Johnny,” KU head coach Bill Self said in a press release. “The anticipation of being in the Green Room and the assurance that he and ...