Left fielder Brady Ballinger fouled off seven pitches and ultimately hit a three-run homer on the 11th pitch of his ninth-inning at-bat, and the Kansas baseball team weathered a wild final two innings to claim a series win over Kansas State with a 10-8 victory at Tointon Family Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The Jayhawks trailed 3-2 for much of the game after a pair of early home runs by K-State’s Dee Kennedy ...
The San Francisco 49ers made offensive lineman Enrique Cruz Jr. the first Kansas football player selected in the 2026 NFL Draft on Saturday afternoon. San Francisco picked Cruz at No. 179 overall with the third-to-last pick of the fifth round. In doing so, the 49ers went back to the well for their second KU lineman in three years after selecting Dominick Puni in 2024 as the highest-drafted Jayhawk since Aqib ...
After a pair of Jayhawks were selected in the later rounds of the 2026 NFL Draft, plenty more hoped to sign deals as undrafted free agents in the hours and days that followed. A handful of former Kansas players inked deals with teams in the wake of the draft: quarterback Jalon Daniels, defensive tackle Tommy Dunn Jr., kicker Laith Marjan, wide receiver Levi Wentz and defensive tackle D.J. Withers. All five ...
The Kansas men’s basketball team’s frontcourt is starting to take shape for the 2026-27 season following the commitment of Christian Reeves. Reeves, a 7-foot-2, 255-pound fifth-year senior center, made his decision public on social media on Friday evening in a collaborative Instagram post with ESPN. He was a third-team all-conference selection at Charleston following the 2025-26 campaign after previously ...
Kansas women’s basketball coach Brandon Schneider announced the hirings of two new assistants on Friday morning: Jerise Freeman and Jayci Stone. Both are Kansans with power-conference coaching experience. They replace Morgan Paige, who was recently hired as the head coach at Loyola-Chicago, and Karyla Knight. Returning coaches Brock McGinnis and Patrick Schrater have also received the new titles of associate ...
Kansas guard Darryn Peterson announced on social media on Friday morning that he has declared for the 2026 NBA Draft. Long viewed as a surefire one-and-done as he came to Lawrence as the top prospect in his high school recruiting class, Peterson made his declaration on the final day before the deadline to enter the draft. In the process, he offered a “heartfelt thank you” to his teammates and everyone else ...