Oklahoma State moved to No. 2 in this week’s Big 12 Conference power rankings, the Cowboys’ high point of the season, after its Bedlam victory over Oklahoma. The Cowboys positioned themselves for a possible spot in the Big 12 championship game in Arlington with a 27-24 win over the Sooners in what is expected to be the final meeting between the longtime rivals for the foreseeable future. Texas, which ...
The Kansas football team had recaptured the momentum and a 10-point lead Saturday with Jason Bean’s 80-yard bomb to Lawrence Arnold, but it wasn’t out of the woods yet. Iowa State promptly marched into the KU red zone thanks to a pass interference penalty and a deep pass. The Cyclones only stalled when Caleb Taylor got involved. The Jayhawks’ reserve defensive tackle, thrust into extended duty on the ...
Kansas athletic director Travis Goff announced the signing of Bill Self’s amended lifetime contract Tuesday after, to hear Self and Goff tell it, about seven months of both substantive discussions and legal formalities. “When numerous attorneys are involved,” Self said wryly Wednesday, “sometimes things don’t move as quick as what they normally wish they could in some ways.” But with the university ...
The reigning Women’s National Invitation Tournament champions return to the court Wednesday with their sights set on even greater success this year. The Kansas women’s basketball team, led by returning starters Zakiyah Franklin, Taiyanna Jackson, Holly Kersgieter and Wyvette Mayberry and incoming five-star freshman S’Mya Nichols, will host Northwestern State in the season opener Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at ...
Updated 6 p.m. Nov. 7: Kansas men’s basketball coach Bill Self signed an amended lifetime contract, athletic director Travis Goff announced Tuesday. The new deal makes him the current highest-paid coach in college basketball, surpassing Kentucky head coach John Calipari’s salary of $8.5 million. Between his new contract and two holdover payments that date back to his previous contract, Self will make about ...
In the fourth quarter of Kansas’ season opener against Missouri State, which started as an unexpectedly close game but developed into a 31-point blowout, the Jayhawks let redshirt sophomore kicker Owen Piepergerdes attempt a late extra point. He made it. The development wasn’t especially surprising on its face; he and Texas State transfer Seth Keller were listed as co-starters on KU’s depth chart (and ...