WRITER: Henry Greenstein

KU Athletics to receive payout of $2.7 million for participating in London game

When Kansas agreed to relinquish a home football game in Lawrence in order to play in the Union Jack Classic in London against Arizona State, athletic director Travis Goff asserted that the move would be “financially beneficial” for the university. Just how beneficial in terms of dollars and cents became clear on Monday, when the Journal-World obtained through a Kansas Open Records Act request the contract ...

KU softball takes 2 of 3 at Houston; KU baseball loses series at Texas Tech

The Kansas softball team came back from a gut-wrenching loss on Friday night to claim a series win at Houston over the weekend. "This was a great team win and an important step for us in conference play," KU coach Jennifer McFalls said in a press release after the Jayhawks won 11-8 on Sunday. "Our hitters stayed aggressive, our defense made key plays when we needed them, and it was good to see contributions ...

A look back at forgotten moments from the 2025-26 KU men's basketball regular season

After a couple of down years for the program, the 2025-26 Kansas basketball season certainly delivered its fair share of iconic moments. Fans will likely think back first to the biggest play in KU’s biggest win, which would be Flory Bidunga’s game-sealing block on Brayden Burries to help the Jayhawks beat No. 1 Arizona, or the uncommonly exuberant celebration from head coach Bill Self afterward. Or the most ...

Learn more about KU's history as No. 4 seed, in San Diego and Washington

The 2025-26 Kansas men’s basketball team compiled plenty of high-quality wins — Iowa State, BYU, Texas Tech, Arizona, Houston — but those didn’t completely offset disappointing losses to the likes of UCF, West Virginia, Cincinnati and Arizona State. The result was that on Selection Sunday, the Jayhawks wound up as a No. 4 seed, a line lower than they had been projected in the committee’s bracket ...

KU earns No. 4 seed, draws No. 13 seed Cal Baptist in San Diego

Kansas has received a No. 4 seed in the East region of the NCAA Tournament and will open its March Madness run against No. 13 seed Cal Baptist on Friday in San Diego. The game will take place at Viejas Arena, the home of San Diego State, at 8:45 p.m. Central time. It will be televised on CBS. The Jayhawks and Lancers are paired with No. 5 seed St. John’s, the Big East tournament champion, and No. 12 seed ...

Tiller, Self discuss freshman's second-half benching

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas coach Bill Self said on Thursday that he wasn’t trying to be negative when describing Bryson Tiller’s performance against TCU as “not a physical game at all by him.” He said Tiller would be better the following day against Houston. But when the first half against the Cougars rolled around on Friday night, the freshman from Atlanta managed just two points on 1-for-5 shooting ...