Kansas Athletics intends to keep its football hype train rolling right up until the beginning of the season. The school announced Monday morning the date of the inaugural KU football Kickoff Party. The event at the team's Indoor Practice Facility, scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Aug. 18, will feature speeches from athletic director Travis Goff, coach Lance Leipold and select players, along with "music, tailgating ...
If what Bill Self said Monday is any indication, the Kansas men's basketball team should get a real test on its preseason tour to Puerto Rico. Self told reporters from the Jayhawk Club, where he was speaking at the Crimson and Blue Classic fundraiser hosted by the Mass St. Collective, that KU expects to play one game against a professional Puerto Rican team and two games against the Bahamian national team. He ...
Another member of the Kansas men’s basketball freshman class is leaving the program. Marcus Adams Jr., a 6-foot-8 wing from Torrance, California, who had reclassified from the class of 2024 in order to join the Jayhawks this season, announced on social media Sunday that he plans to request a release from his letter of intent and leave the program. “It was a hard decision,” Adams wrote. “I decided it ...
The expected three-Jayhawk NBA Summer League matchup was not to be Thursday night, as Gradey Dick and David McCormack both sat out for Toronto, but Jalen Wilson softened the blow to Kansas fans a little. Wilson scooped up an offensive rebound on an errant layup attempt by Kennedy Chandler, tossed it high off the backboard and fist-pumped as it sank in for the overtime game-winner as his Brooklyn Nets defeated ...
Arlington, Texas — The Kansas State High School Activities Association Twitter account is, generally, a beacon of positivity. The association is quite liberal in its use of exclamation points, exhorting its followers to "Become a high school official!" or urging "Don't miss out!" on a coaching clinic or wishing "Good luck!" as its member schools engage in high-level competition. So what prompted KSHSAA to ...
Missouri will have to wait a little longer to certify its next lawyer. Kansas right-handed pitcher Collin Baumgartner has been signed as an undrafted free agent by the Colorado Rockies after one season in Lawrence, KU announced in a press release Wednesday. Baumgartner, who already has an MBA, had been slated to attend Saint Louis University for law school in the fall — the native of Brighton, Illinois, ...