Two of the sons of the late Kwamie Lassiter, a KU alumnus who played a decade in the NFL, were already very prominently reunited in Lawrence once this season. Kwinton Lassiter, a senior cornerback for the Jayhawks, made his first career interception in the season opener against Missouri State and immediately handed the ball to his brother Kwamie II (“KJ”), a more recent KU standout and a practice-squad ...
For the first time this season, the Booth will indeed be packed. Kansas Athletics announced Tuesday afternoon that it has sold out tickets for the KU football team's Big 12 Conference opener Saturday afternoon against BYU at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium, which has a capacity of 47,233. This will be the Jayhawks' first sellout since they hosted TCU last October. That game concluded a streak of three ...
In each of Kansas' three wins so far, the opposing quarterback has been his team's leading rusher. Jacob Clark, Luke Altmyer and Brendon Lewis have combined to carry the ball 32 times for 164 yards and four touchdowns. It's not for lack of trying on the Jayhawks' part. The week after Kansas football's season-opening win against Missouri State, defensive coordinator Brian Borland said, "We kind of opened up some ...
The Kansas men's basketball team is back in the gym for the infamous "boot camp," the grueling two-week conditioning program that has characterized Septembers past during Bill Self's tenure as head coach. KU had its first such practice of the year Monday, and the basketball team commemorated the occasion on social media with a video in which Self, driving to the opening day of boot camp, elaborates on the ...
Reno, Nev. — The Kansas football team won’t play its Big 12 Conference opener until next weekend, but had the league’s expansion timeline unfolded a little differently, KU could have been taking on a familiar foe this week. Saturday night’s Nevada road game took the place of a previously scheduled home matchup with Houston. That would have been the return trip following the 2022 matchup that the ...
Reno, Nev. — The environment, the timing and the opponent were all unusual for Kansas football. The method of victory was unconventional, too. After a near-perfect opening drive that culminated in a Devin Neal touchdown, KU could not continue its stellar offensive pace. The Jayhawks had to overcome copious penalties, five unrecovered fumbles and general sloppiness, as they needed a relentless Neal and a ...