WRITER: Henry Greenstein

Back in hometown, Mayo looks to carve out sizable role with Jayhawks

Zeke Mayo was so young when he first put on a Kansas uniform he can hardly even remember it. “Probably around four or five years old,” he said Sunday. But one far more recent occasion wearing the crimson and blue, from his recruiting visit during his offseason stint in the transfer portal, remains fresh in his mind. “When I put on that jersey for the photo shoot, it was crazy,” Mayo said. “I looked ...

The new Big 12: What to know about league's four football additions

The conclusion of the Big 12 Conference baseball tournament a week ago also meant the end of head-to-head team competition for the current iteration of the league. While Oklahoma and Texas will continue to represent the league through the end of the college sports season — expect to see Big 12 patches on their uniforms at the outdoor track nationals beginning Wednesday — their departures for the ...

KU football gets brief spotlight in EA Sports College Football 25 trailer

One of the most anticipated video game trailers in recent memory took a few moments to spotlight the Kansas Jayhawks. About 20 seconds into Friday morning's "Gameplay Deep Dive" trailer for the upcoming EA Sports College Football 25 video game — the company's first college football game since 2013 — the KU offense appears to underscore what narrator Kirk Herbstreit calls "a host of new mechanics that ...

As summer recruiting kicks into gear, KU will need plenty of pass catchers for 2025

At the start of last June, Kansas didn’t know whether highly coveted Arizona edge rusher Deshawn Warner would join the team, let alone that he and fellow defensive end Dakyus Brinkley would end up committing just three days apart. That actually didn’t even happen until July. The Jayhawks had just five of their eventual 17 signees from the class of 2024 when June 2023 began, before a slew of visits led to a ...

KU football receives game times, dates for nonconference schedule

With the rough outline of its schedule already known, the Kansas football team's nonconference slate came into further focus on Thursday afternoon when the Big 12 Conference released additional information. KU will host Lindenwood at Children's Mercy Park on Thursday, Aug. 29 at 7 p.m., travel to face Illinois on Saturday, Sept. 7 at 6 p.m. and return to Children's Mercy Park to face UNLV on Friday, Sept. 13 at ...

Roundball Classic back for 16th year with new, familiar faces

The annual basketball game that brings Jayhawk greats back to Lawrence to help raise money for pediatric cancer is back for its 16th year, and this time around it will feature some Kansas luminaries of the very recent past. Ochai Agbaji, Gradey Dick and Jalen Wilson, all current NBA players, will make their debuts at the Rock Chalk Roundball Classic, which is set to return to Free State High School on the night ...