WRITER: Henry Greenstein

Streaky Baldwin takes down Towanda-Circle in state opener

The Baldwin boys basketball team took advantage of a second straight trip to the 4A state playoffs and redeemed itself after last year’s overtime loss to rival Eudora. This time around, the fifth-seeded Bulldogs took on No. 4 Towanda-Circle on Thursday evening and used runs of 10 and nine straight points on either side of halftime to down the Thunderbirds, 63-53, at the Tony’s Pizza Events Center in ...

Timberlake extends personal senior-night streak to 3, shines for Jayhawks this time

Kansas coach Bill Self has a good record of making 3-pointer-related predictions recently. Before KU lost to BYU last week, he had foretold the exact amount of 3s each team could potentially make — three for the Jayhawks and 13 for the Cougars — in his press conference the previous day, and turned out to be exactly correct. He thought he had hit on a happier prediction Tuesday night when senior guard Nick ...

Dickinson mum on future after KU fans chant 'one more year'

For a moment following his senior night Tuesday, Kansas center Hunter Dickinson looked ready to deliver some big news. “I already have a decision to make,” he told reporters postgame, as he paused for dramatic effect and looked earnestly at teammates Kevin McCullar Jr. and Nick Timberlake. Then he turned back to the gathered media with a grin and said “Nah, I’m just playing with y’all.” It was an ...

KU track coach Redwine picked to lead men's Olympic team

Kansas track and field coach Stanley Redwine will serve as the head coach of the U.S. men's track and field team at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. USA Track & Field announced Redwine's appointment on Feb. 21, and in a KU Athletics press release issued Tuesday, Redwine expressed his appreciation for the honor, saying he is "excited that I get to be around the other coaches from other schools and just to ...

Four KU women's basketball players receive all-league honors

Super-senior Taiyanna Jackson and freshman S'Mya Nichols were named to the All-Big 12 first team Tuesday afternoon, headlining an array of all-league honors for the red-hot Jayhawks ahead of the conference tournament. Jackson also made the Big 12's all-defensive team for the third straight year, following a regular season in which she set the Kansas record for career blocked shots despite only playing at KU for ...

KU routs Kansas State 90-68 on senior night

The Kansas men’s basketball team continued one of its longest-standing streaks Tuesday night and got some revenge along the way. The Jayhawks have still won their final home game of the year every season dating back to 1983-84, and they sent out their seniors in style this time around by dominating rival Kansas State 90-68 at Allen Fieldhouse. In both games against the Wildcats they went on sizable runs ...