The minimal contributions of the Kansas men’s basketball bench this season have already been well documented. KU ranked 335th in the nation in bench scoring as of Thursday morning, as it has gotten less than 13 points per game from its reserves this year, and if that number seems somehow high it’s because the Jayhawks have only averaged 8.4 since beginning Big 12 Conference play. While KU coach Bill Self ...
The Kansas football team has officially hired former Philadelphia Eagles assistant D.K. McDonald as its co-defensive coordinator and cornerbacks coach, KU Athletics announced Thursday afternoon. McDonald served as the defensive backs coach for the Eagles in 2023 after spending the previous two seasons, including Philadelphia's 2022 run to the Super Bowl, as assistant defensive backs coach. At KU he replaces ...
In his first season at the helm of Kansas baseball, Dan Fitzgerald found it difficult at first to cope with losing even one game. “My incredible wife, Kelly, last year said something like — after a game I was despondent — and she’s like ‘What’s up?’ and I’m like, ‘Well, we got beat,’ and she’s like, ‘Well, surely you knew you were going to lose a game this year,’” Fitzgerald recalled ...
While the Kansas football team had already laid out most of its vision for the future when it inked 17 freshmen and one transfer in December, the Jayhawks officially added a few more promising talents as part of Wednesday's National Signing Day. KU rounded out its transfer class by signing defensive linemen Javier Derritt (North Dakota State) and Dylan Wudke (Youngstown State), offensive linemen Shane ...
Manhattan — For two minutes out of the halftime break Monday night, Kansas looked like it had been replaced by another team entirely. And on this occasion it was a welcome replacement given the disjunction that had defined the Jayhawks’ first-half effort at Kansas State — even as they led 32-30 at the break. Instead, KU returned to the court with a fleeting performance befitting its newly reacquired (and ...
Back in her playing days — as a four-year starter for Texas A&M in the 1990s, and later on the Olympic softball team — Jennifer McFalls was a shortstop. So she understands the importance of leadership in the middle infield. “A shortstop is kind of like the quarterback of your team,” said McFalls, the sixth-year Kansas softball coach, in a recent press conference. “It’s an extension of me out ...