WRITER: Henry Greenstein

Former Jayhawks look to carve out NFL spots as camps get underway

Training camps are getting started around the NFL, and that means some of the most important weeks of several former Jayhawks’ football careers. NFL Draft selections Austin Booker (fifth round, Chicago Bears) and Dominick Puni (third round, San Francisco 49ers) face somewhat lower stakes, given that their new teams have more invested in their development. For undrafted free agents Jason Bean, Kenny Logan Jr., ...

Eclectic Mass Street roster awaits TBT opener

There are players on the Mass Street roster who left long-lasting legacies in the Kansas men’s basketball program — a national player of the year in Frank Mason III, a consensus All-American with his jersey in the rafters in Thomas Robinson and so on. There are some who never even played at KU at all: Chandler Lawson (Dedric Lawson’s brother who went to Oregon, Memphis and Arkansas) and Travis Washington ...

Nelly will be featured at 40th Late Night in the Phog

This year's edition of Late Night in the Phog will have a decidedly Midwestern feel, as St. Louis hip-hop and R&B artist Nelly will serve as the event's featured performer. Kansas Athletics announced on Thursday morning that the musician known for such hits as "Dilemma," "Just a Dream" and, perhaps most of all, "Hot in Herre" will headline the season-opening festivities on Friday, Oct. 18, at Allen ...

Leipold, Daniels shed light on Grimes' KU offense

Kansas quarterback Jalon Daniels may have been watching a little Lawrence High School film. At least that’s the impression he gave at Big 12 media days last week, when he suggested that “Devin Neal was basically a receiver in high school, for real.” That may have been a bit of an exaggeration given that, for example, Neal ran for 1,687 yards as a high school junior — but it was one with some basis in ...

Timberlake signs to play in Portugal

Former Kansas guard Nick Timberlake has signed to play professional basketball for Portuguese team AD Galomar, his agent Jeff Allen told the Journal-World on Thursday night. "We are very excited for him," Allen, of Pro Basket Consulting, wrote in an email message. Timberlake played the 2023-24 season at KU. He averaged 5.2 points and 1.9 rebounds for the Jayhawks in 34 games, primarily coming off the bench but ...