Kansas women's basketball coach Brandon Schneider was among the first to learn that Elle Evans planned to leave North Dakota State. His source was his close friend, the man who replaced him at Emporia State and served under him at KU, NDSU head coach Jory Collins. “He actually called me right after Elle had left his office and made the decision to go into the portal,” Schneider said. As it happened, Evans ...
Updated 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 3: Pro Volleyball Federation teams announced the signings of three former Kansas players on Sunday, expanding the presence of past Jayhawks in the growing league as it approaches its second season. Ainise Havili and Kelsie Payne, two members of the 2015 KU volleyball team that entered the Kansas Athletics Hall of Fame last year, both signed to play in the PVF — but for ...
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 ...