Like so many young players, Jayden Dawson became more of a focal point each successive year he played for Eric Behrens at Omaha Central High School. He could always shoot it, and he always had the right attitude — humble, quiet, still easygoing and friendly, as Behrens described him. It was the rest of his game that needed work, and Dawson was willing to put it in. “He was pretty slender early on,” ...
Updated 10:35 a.m. Wednesday, March 18, 2026: Former Kansas player and assistant coach Jerod Haase has been hired as the head coach at UNC Greensboro, the school announced on Wednesday morning. "My family and I are thrilled to join the Greensboro community," Haase said in a press release. "In the new era of college athletics, I still believe it is possible to win games, yet not compromise education and ...
When Kansas agreed to relinquish a home football game in Lawrence in order to play in the Union Jack Classic in London against Arizona State, athletic director Travis Goff asserted that the move would be “financially beneficial” for the university. Just how beneficial in terms of dollars and cents became clear on Monday, when the Journal-World obtained through a Kansas Open Records Act request the contract ...
The Kansas softball team came back from a gut-wrenching loss on Friday night to claim a series win at Houston over the weekend. "This was a great team win and an important step for us in conference play," KU coach Jennifer McFalls said in a press release after the Jayhawks won 11-8 on Sunday. "Our hitters stayed aggressive, our defense made key plays when we needed them, and it was good to see contributions ...
The 2025-26 Kansas men’s basketball team compiled plenty of high-quality wins — Iowa State, BYU, Texas Tech, Arizona, Houston — but those didn’t completely offset disappointing losses to the likes of UCF, West Virginia, Cincinnati and Arizona State. The result was that on Selection Sunday, the Jayhawks wound up as a No. 4 seed, a line lower than they had been projected in the committee’s bracket ...
After a couple of down years for the program, the 2025-26 Kansas basketball season certainly delivered its fair share of iconic moments. Fans will likely think back first to the biggest play in KU’s biggest win, which would be Flory Bidunga’s game-sealing block on Brayden Burries to help the Jayhawks beat No. 1 Arizona, or the uncommonly exuberant celebration from head coach Bill Self afterward. Or the most ...