Former Kansas track star Bryce Hoppel became the first American to complete the 800-meter run in less than one minute and 42 seconds on Saturday, but three runners from other nations reached the same milestone. Hoppel's time of 1:41.67 set a national record. However, Emmanuel Wanyonyi of Kenya (1:41.19), Marco Arop of Canada (1:41.20) and Djamel Sedjati of Algeria (1:41.50) beat him by fractions of a second and ...
The format of Kansas football's fall camp, with its interviews with numerous assistant coaches and athletes in rapid succession, tends to result in a lot of different players' names getting brought up. Some are young prospects with a ways to go before they contribute meaningfully; others are established veterans. But eventually, between discussions with head coach Lance Leipold, KU's coordinators and its ...
Not many teams in college football have backfields like Kansas’. In fact, in the eyes of the PwC SMU Athletic Forum that picks candidates for the Doak Walker Award, only nine others do. KU was one of 10 schools, and just a pair in the Big 12, to have two players — Devin Neal and Daniel Hishaw Jr. — on the watchlist for the award that goes to the nation’s best running back. That’s a lot of talent that ...
Updated 8:35 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9: During one of the quietest portions of the year for college basketball, Kansas made some noise on Friday. Former Northern Illinois guard David “Diggy” Coit, a transfer point guard with one year of eligibility remaining, committed to KU, the Journal-World has confirmed. Coit, who is listed at 5-foot-11 and 175 pounds, was a high-volume scorer in two seasons with the ...
In his early days at Kansas, assistant coach D.K. McDonald earned respect from his cornerbacks based on his NFL resume. “He was teaching grown men and those are the shoes that I want to be in,” senior Mello Dotson said in the spring. As the months have drawn on since his hiring in February, though, the former Philadelphia Eagles and Iowa State assistant has been able to extend his influence beyond ...
The first phase of construction for the University of Kansas’ football stadium is still just over a year from its conclusion, and there’s no firm date set for the completion of KU’s full Gateway District project. But EA Sports gave KU fans a glimpse of the future with the installation of a new patch to its College Football 25 video game on Thursday. The update added as the Jayhawks’ default home ...