Defensive tackle Tre’von McAlpine, one of KU’s premier offseason acquisitions, will miss the 2026 season due to injury, head coach Lance Leipold announced at the start of fall camp on Tuesday. “Tre’von was injured in the spring, had surgery and will not play this season,” he said. Leipold said that KU has filed for a medical waiver so that McAlpine can return to the Jayhawks in 2027 for what would be ...
Looking back on the 2025 season, Kansas middle linebacker Trey Lathan said on Tuesday, the Jayhawks never quite had “a good foundation of leadership” on defense. That’s one area in which he’s seen a dramatic change entering his second year in the program. “I would say a lot of guys hold each other accountable, not giving guys the opportunity just to slack,” Lathan said. “We didn’t have that ...
Several years ago, the University of Kansas athletic department considered implementing a social club, through its partnership with venue management company Oak View Group, as part of its Gateway project. A group of KU athletics representatives and donors took advantage of a KU basketball trip to Salt Lake City to see the Ken Garff University Club, OVG’s outpost at the University of Utah, in action. “They ...
Maybe one day, one of the Kansas soccer team’s goalkeepers will get the chance to play on a World Cup field. Sophie Dawe, after all, was called up to a training camp for the United States under-20 women’s national team last summer. But in the meantime, Dawe and her teammate Clara Roche got about as physically close as one can get to doing so without actually being part of a team. As part of a package ...
With Big 12 media days now well in the rearview mirror, another key offseason milestone will arrive soon enough when the Kansas football team begins its fall training camp on Tuesday, a month ahead of the Jayhawks’ Sept. 4 opener against Long Island at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium. On the practice fields around the stadium in the weeks beforehand, the Jayhawks will compete to resolve the offseason’s ...