WRITER: Henry Greenstein

JUCO guard to visit KU basketball

Gulf Coast State College guard Trent Lincoln will take a visit to Kansas beginning on Tuesday, his agent Ryan Murphy of Endurance Management confirmed to the Journal-World on Sunday. Lincoln is listed at 6-foot-3 and 185 pounds. He is originally from Baltimore but previously attended Wharton High School in Tampa, Florida, and is in his second year at the junior-college ranks. As a freshman at Chipola College, ...

KU volleyball knocked out by unbeaten Nebraska in Sweet 16 sweep

A promising season of Kansas volleyball under the guidance of first-year head coach Matt Ulmer came to a grim end on Friday night in Lincoln, Nebraska, as the Jayhawks found themselves on the receiving end of a dominant 3-0 sweep (25-12, 25-11, 25-12) by the host Cornhuskers at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. KU was overmatched in all phases against No. 1 overall seed Nebraska (33-0), which has still lost just ...

Teammates, coaches awed by Council's performance

Raleigh, N.C. — Amid Melvin Council Jr.’s slow start to the season from beyond the arc — 5-for-27, 18.5% from beyond the arc through 10 games — he had no shortage of eminently qualified voices telling him not to lose faith. His best friend, Denver Nuggets guard Jalen Pickett, a 40% 3-point shooter in the NBA this year: “Keep shooting.” Former KU guard Mario Chalmers, who knows a thing or two about ...

Council's career day carries Jayhawks to 77-76 overtime win over N.C. State

Raleigh, N.C. — Kansas guard Melvin Council Jr. surpassed his career high for 3-point attempts in a game in less than a half of gameplay on Saturday night, and his career high for 3-pointers made midway through the second period. By the end of the game, he had nearly tripled his total production from beyond the arc on the season. When all was said and done after two halves and overtime, Council led the ...

Choosing cars over coaching helped lead Goff to Baker Athletic Hall of Fame

Greg Goff made a pivotal decision in 1973 that shaped the course of his life. As he recounted upon his induction to the Baker Athletic Hall of Fame on Oct. 3, Goff was a couple years removed from a memorable pair of seasons playing basketball for the Wildcats — he was a team captain, double-figure scorer and assist leader — and had been coaching high school basketball. Then he had the chance to become a ...

Jon Jon Kamara will transfer away from KU football

The Kansas football team lost a significant piece of the present and future of its linebacker room on Friday afternoon when Jon Jon Kamara announced that he intends to transfer. "I will be entering the transfer portal with 3 years of eligibility remaining," he wrote in a post on X. "Thank you to the entire Kansas Jayhawks organization for everything during my time in Lawrence." Kamara was widely regarded ...