Kansas and West Virginia enter Saturday night’s conference opener in Lawrence coming off hard-fought games against their biggest rivals. The difference is that KU is now two weeks removed from its 42-31 loss at Missouri, while the Mountaineers will hope to have moved on sufficiently quickly following a 31-24 overtime victory against Pittsburgh last Saturday. “If there’s any kind of hangover, whatever you ...
In introducing Kansas Athletics Hall of Fame inductee Gary Woodland on Friday evening at The Jayhawk Club, KU deputy athletic director Sean Lester relayed a story from an associate of Woodland’s. Woodland's team member recalled hearing from a PGA Tour official, “If I were on the side of the road with a flat tire, and there was one tour player that would stop to help me, it would be Gary Woodland.” If ...
The University of Kansas will head across the pond for Big 12 football in 2026, according to a report from The Post and Courier on Thursday morning. Scott Hamilton of the Charleston, South Carolina, newspaper reported that KU and Arizona State will meet at Wembley Stadium in London on Sept. 19, 2026, as part of an event called the Union Jack Classic. KU did not confirm the report on Thursday. If the matchup ...
The Kansas soccer team spent more than 57 minutes down a player on Thursday night, but still outshot Oklahoma State 13-5 to beat the Cowgirls 1-0 at Neal Patterson Stadium in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Junior defender Caroline Castans’ well-placed strike in the 56th minute gave KU all it needed to claim its first victory in Stillwater since 2004 and start its conference slate strong. “Winning games is really ...
The Kansas Relays will not take place in the spring of 2026. KU is cutting out the historic track meet this year as part of a broader effort to reduce expenses for the athletic department, athletic director Travis Goff told the Journal-World in an interview on Thursday afternoon. “It really is tied most directly to expense management,” Goff said, “and just needing to get our legs underneath us in this ...
The Kansas football team on Wednesday night released its first-ever Big 12 availability report ahead of Saturday’s game against West Virginia at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium. The report provided updates on a variety of Jayhawks who were listed as probable, questionable, doubtful or out — and on the whole painted a generally optimistic picture of KU’s health status at midweek. In the probable ...