Kaela Hansen started more games and played more minutes than anyone else in Kansas soccer history and never scored a goal. She made herself an irreplaceable fixture on the Jayhawks’ back line for five distinguished seasons, but took just 19 shots during her tenure. A little over two months into her professional career, though, Hansen controlled a pass outside the box with a smooth touch to put the ball on her ...
The Kansas athletic department benefited from a reenergized football fanbase in the fiscal year 2023, to the tune of increased revenues from ticketing, concessions, merchandise and sponsorships. “I think the theme for ’23 is return on investment, particularly in football," Kansas Athletics Chief Financial Officer Pat Kaufman said. "A couple years ago we invested in a coaching staff in a bigger way than we ...
Just under a week away from next Thursday's 2023 NBA Draft, the mock-draft-industrial complex is starting to reach something resembling a consensus on Gradey Dick. The 6-foot-8 wing from Wichita, whose shooting prowess and uncommon size helped him rocket up draft boards following just one season at Kansas, looks increasingly likely to go to the Orlando Magic at No. 11 after long being projected as a top-10 ...
The first big weekend of June visits continues to pay dividends for Kansas football. Cornerback Jalen Todd of Southfield A&T in Michigan announced his commitment Wednesday night to join the Jayhawks in 2024. He visited Lawrence last weekend, along with his high-school quarterback and prior KU commitment Isaiah Marshall, and now becomes the fifth player Kansas has added from that slate of a dozen visitors ...
After 10 days of swirling rumors, Kansas and Wichita State have officially agreed to play a nonconference basketball game that has been in the making for much, much longer. The two in-state schools will face off in the regular season for the first time in 31 years when they battle at the T-Mobile Center in downtown Kansas City on Saturday, Dec. 30. Early reports of the pending game had placed the date a day ...
As Kansas coach Bill Self will tell you — and indeed, as he told reporters Wednesday — a scrimmage “isn’t real ball, so it’s not worth really evaluating or spending much time on it.” That may be, but for a few minutes at the end of Wednesday afternoon's Bill Self Basketball Camps exhibition at Allen Fieldhouse, the KU veterans nevertheless ratcheted up the intensity. Trailing 59-50 in a game set to ...