Bringing 5,000 athletes to Rock Chalk Park last year for the 100th edition of the Kansas Relays, a long-awaited return for the historic event, was an accomplishment in and of itself. But Tim Byers, the meet director entering his second Relays in charge, has apparently managed to top that for meet No. 101. “Tim just informed me the other day that we have 5,200 athletes, so it’s grown,” KU track and field ...
Toronto Raptors rookie wing Gradey Dick mustered his best scoring performance of the season in its final days, as he went off for 24 points — including six 3-pointers — last Wednesday. That game happened to come against the Brooklyn Nets and Dick’s former Kansas teammate Jalen Wilson, who played 20 minutes that night. It was the third and final NBA meeting between the two during the 2023-24 campaign, and ...
Updated 10:20 a.m. Wednesday: Kansas freshman guard Johnny Furphy announced Tuesday night that he intends to declare for the 2024 NBA Draft while leaving the door open for a potential return to college basketball. In a statement released by the KU men's basketball program on its X account, Furphy wrote in part, "I am so grateful to Coach Self and the whole team at KU for the opportunity they gave me to be a ...
Elmarko Jackson came into Kansas as a McDonald’s All-American and potential one-and-done NBA Draft pick. He finished his freshman year coming off the bench and averaging 4.2 points per game. But head coach Bill Self frequently pointed out throughout the year that Jackson hadn't been playing basketball in earnest all that long (in fact, he grew up playing mostly lacrosse). Self capped off the year Thursday ...
The Kansas baseball team matched its record for the most runs scored in a single inning on Sunday when it put up 16 in the sixth on its way to a victory over Pacific. In what head coach Dan Fitzgerald called "a barrage of quality at-bat after quality at-bat," the Jayhawks batted around twice, mustering 20 total plate appearances against a combined four Tiger pitchers in the frame and scoring half their runs ...
The Kansas softball team stumbled on the road in Lubbock, Texas, dropping two of three to Texas Tech, which previously had just four conference wins on the season. The Red Raiders battled back from a three-run deficit to win 6-5 on Friday, then erased multiple four-run KU leads on Saturday, only for the Jayhawks to take a 15-12 victory in extra innings. The rubber match Sunday saw both offenses stall and ...