Wednesday night brought one of the surest signs that the holiday season has arrived in Lawrence, as the Kansas men’s basketball team visited the Iowa Street Walmart for its annual shopping excursion in partnership with the Salvation Army. Sixteen KU players used an allotted budget and a gift list to purchase holiday prizes for local families in need. “It’s a great cause,” KU coach Bill Self said. ...
It’s not necessarily a surprise that any given volleyball team on a postseason run eventually runs right into Nebraska — the Cornhuskers are perennial contenders and have reached the Final Four on 18 separate occasions — but it might be particularly painful for Kansas fans to see the Jayhawks get sent to the Devaney Center. Not just because KU has never beaten Nebraska, but because the Huskers have stood ...
The newfound frontcourt depth that Kansas cultivated in the offseason has been put to the test in recent weeks by key injuries. The Jayhawks were already down star freshman Jaliya Davis, who has been limited to three games by what head coach Brandon Schneider has described as “lower leg pain,” and has been seen wearing a walking boot on her left leg at recent games. Then, on Sunday at Missouri State, Regan ...
Laura Frost remembers vividly the day that she and her Kansas teammates tied the Nebraska volleyball team. Not just the historic result, not just the fact that KU and NU split a pair of sets in Robinson Gymnasium during her senior year as a Jayhawk, but exactly where within the gym the fateful tie took place. “I can tell you which side,” Frost recalled in a recent interview. “It was on the south side of ...
Kansas safety Damani Maxson announced on Wednesday that he will enter the transfer portal. "I’ve officially entered the transfer portal," Maxson wrote in a post on X. "Hungry for a new opportunity to grow, compete, and contribute at the highest level. Let’s work." Maxson follows a series of teammates — running back Johnny Thompson Jr., linebacker JaCorey Stewart, tight end Jaden Hamm and more — who ...
The Kansas faithful, at Allen Fieldhouse, T-Mobile Center and wherever else, have begun to bark their approval at Melvin Council Jr. whenever the fifth-year guard does just about anything on the basketball court. It’s a reference to the “If you’re not a dog, you’re dog food” catchphrase which Council already had in his back pocket upon his arrival in Lawrence — and it underlines how quickly the fans ...