WRITER: Henry Greenstein

McDuffie, Thompson add new ingredients to established KU backfield

To bolster its diverse backfield going forward, the Kansas football team will look to one player in his first collegiate season and one in his last. Even with workhorse starter Devin Neal set for an encore after his strong 2022 campaign, Daniel Hishaw Jr. back after consecutive season-ending injuries and Sevion Morrison widening his role as a complementary piece, the Jayhawks can apparently never have too many ...

KU soccer falls to South Dakota State in home exhibition, 2-1

Kansas forward Brie Severns scored in her return from injury and the Jayhawks sent nine shots on goal to South Dakota State's two, but the Jackrabbits converted on both those opportunities and won 2-1 in an exhibition match at Rock Chalk Park Friday afternoon. SDSU's Maya Hansen, the reigning Summit League offensive player of the year, and fellow super-senior Reagan Anderson netted on either side of the ...

KU women's basketball routs Italian Select in first exhibition

The Kansas women's basketball team began the earliest stages of its highly anticipated 2022-23 campaign with a bang Wednesday in Rome, jumping out to a 14-point lead following the first quarter and extending it all the way to a 99-58 victory over an Italian Select team. Highly touted freshman guard S'Mya Nichols led the way with 22 points in her first collegiate action, and senior center Taiyanna Jackson, one ...

A look at what penalties KU could face from impending IARP ruling

A punishment for the University of Kansas, stemming from the long-running college basketball corruption scandal, seems to be no longer months or years but simply weeks or days away. It has been nearly six years since the arrests of Adidas personnel and college basketball coaches that kicked off the saga, but Sports Illustrated reported on April 19 that KU had just had a hearing with the NCAA's Independent ...

Transfers bring experience to new-look defensive tackle group

Don't confuse the Kansas defensive tackles' newness for a lack of seasoning. In fact, Devin Phillips' history of starting all 36 games he played across a four-season career at Colorado State was precisely what caught the attention of position coach Jim Panagos. “I think any player that starts every game in their career — it’s really hard to come as a freshman and play defensive line," Panagos said ...

KU opens new locker room, weight room for football team

Kansas Athletics officially opened its football team's new locker room and weight room Tuesday afternoon, bringing to a close the first stage of upgrades to the Anderson Family Football Complex and kicking off a broader series of athletic renovations as part of the university's "gateway project." Head coach Lance Leipold said the substantial changes served as a reward for the current players who have helped ...