When the Kansas football team got picked ninth of 14 Big 12 Conference teams in last year's preseason media poll, it was the first time in 13 years it had been projected anywhere other than last place, and served as concrete evidence of newfound public confidence in the Jayhawks. This year's poll reflects a vastly higher level of confidence. After going 9-4 (5-4 Big 12) and winning the Guaranteed Rate Bowl ...
Kansas' top cornerback pairing of Cobee Bryant and Mello Dotson accounted for two of the five defensive backs selected to the preseason All-Big 12 Conference football team on Tuesday. The team, which was voted on by members of the media, did not feature any other Jayhawks, which was something of a departure after four received preseason honors last season — although the size of the conference has also ...
When the United States government established the Red Cloud Agency in 1871, the predecessor of the modern Pine Ridge Reservation, the Oglala Lakota leader Red Cloud wanted one B.B. Mills, a white man, to serve as his agent. The chairman of the Board of Indian Commissioners denied the request, writing that because Mills had a Lakota wife and Lakota children, he was too enmeshed in the Indigenous community to ...
Former Kansas track star Bryce Hoppel qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in style on Sunday evening. Hoppel earned first place while setting a personal best and a new meet record at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Eugene, Oregon, when he completed the 800-meter run in 1:42.77. The standout performance meant that the former national champion and All-American at KU, who now runs professionally for ...
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 ...