WRITER: Henry Greenstein

Report: Fuchs leaving KU staff for NFL

The Kansas football team is set to lose another key assistant. John Brice of FootballScoop, a coaching news site, reported Friday afternoon that KU’s offensive line coach Scott Fuchs is going to take an offensive assistant role with the Tennessee Titans under their new head coach Brian Callahan. Fuchs has excelled in building sturdy, versatile offensive lines since arriving as part of Lance Leipold’s ...

KU baseball set to open season against UIC Friday

It may only be mid-February, but spring might as well have arrived because baseball is back. First pitch for the second season of Kansas baseball under Dan Fitzgerald is set for 3 p.m. Friday, as the Jayhawks take on Illinois-Chicago. It’s the first installment in a three-game neutral-site series set in Corpus Christi, Texas — the same place KU began its season each of the last two years — which will ...

Ongoing injuries cast pall over upcoming KU-OU rematch

The Kansas men's basketball team faces the possibility of a third straight game without Kevin McCullar Jr. and fourth in the span of three weeks if the super-senior guard isn't able to participate in practice over the next few days, KU coach Bill Self said on his "Hawk Talk" radio show Tuesday night. "So hopefully he’ll be able to practice," Self said, "because my thinking is if you’re not able to practice, ...

KU softball opens with mixed results in Florida

The Kansas softball team allowed just 15 earned runs through its first six games of the 2024 season against six different opponents. But that strong start in the circle has only equated to two wins, three losses, and one tie through the first stretch of nonconference play. Standout performers in the field so far include new starting shortstop Hailey Cripe, who is already 7-for-17 with three RBIs. Outfielder ...

After ejection, Self criticizes ‘physicality’ allowed by officials

Lubbock, Texas — In the annals of Bill Self’s illustrious coaching career, only once could he remember being ejected prior to Monday night. It was Feb. 4, 1999, Self was still the head coach at Tulsa, and as he put it, he must not have been thinking clearly in the 7,200-foot elevation of Laramie, Wyoming. “Maybe as good (an) official as our sport’s ever known threw me out there,” Self recalled, ...

Jayhawks overwhelmed, Self ejected in blowout loss at Texas Tech

Lubbock, Texas — With Kansas missing its top all-around player in Kevin McCullar Jr. for the second game in a row, the Jayhawks needed to get strong offensive contributions from all three of its veteran starters: KJ Adams, Hunter Dickinson and Dajuan Harris Jr. Instead, that trio had shot a combined 3-for-19 from the field at Texas Tech by halftime as KU trailed by double digits for much of the first period ...