WRITER: Henry Greenstein

Notebook: Braun hurts ankle in KU's loss

Waco, Texas — As soon as it got Kevin McCullar Jr. back from his bone bruise — much sooner than many had anticipated — the Kansas men's basketball team encountered a different injury issue Saturday at Baylor. Backup center Parker Braun limped off the court as KU entered the under-8 timeout of the first half trailing 23-18. He briefly went to the locker room, and despite eventually returning to the bench ...

Preview: KU looks to improve postseason positioning against Baylor

Fighting to stay in the top four in its own league is a rarity for a Bill Self-coached Kansas team. Self quite famously led the Jayhawks to 17 regular-season Big 12 Conference titles (one was vacated by October’s Independent Accountability Resolution Process ruling). Until Tuesday night, meanwhile, he had only lost 17 total games at Allen Fieldhouse. Then KU fell 76-68 to Big 12 newcomer BYU. After leading ...

Bumgardner has chance for immediate impact on O-line

Kansas coach Lance Leipold isn’t used to new faces in the middle of his offensive line. “If I told you I had two centers in nine years as a Division I coach…” he said Thursday. It’s true — in his first season at Buffalo after taking over from Jeff Quinn he inherited redshirt freshman James O’Hagan, who became a four-year starter and all-conference pick. When O’Hagan exhausted his eligibility ...

KU baseball hosts Texas Southern for first home series

The Kansas baseball team is back from Texas after a lengthy trip to open the season, but the Jayhawks haven’t fully escaped the Lone Star State just yet. The Jayhawks' first home series of the year, a four-game stretch that begins at 3 p.m. Friday at Hoglund Ballpark, will be against Texas Southern, before they open Big 12 Conference play by hosting TCU next weekend. Texas Southern plays in the Southwestern ...

Leipold says Daniels is 'ready to rock and roll as best he can at the moment'

One of the biggest uncertainties of the Kansas football offseason — just like throughout last season — remains the status of quarterback Jalon Daniels. Daniels dealt with recurring tightness in his back beginning in early August and throughout the duration of the 2023 season. The malady caused him to miss all but three of KU's 13 games; he did not return after, immediately prior to the Jayhawks' game at ...

Leipold gets raise as part of new contract

Updated 1:15 p.m. Wednesday: Kansas athletic director Travis Goff said in November that he wanted Lance Leipold to coach at Kansas "until the wheels fall off." KU Athletics has taken another significant step toward bringing that goal to fruition, announcing Wednesday that Leipold has agreed to a new contract. The contract has an average annual value of more than $7 million, increasing his salary from $5 ...