WRITER: Henry Greenstein

KU softball to face Baylor in Big 12 tournament opener

The Kansas softball team will open the Big 12 tournament facing the only team it has won a Big 12 series against this season. No. 9 seed KU (22-27, 6-18 Big 12) will face No. 8 Baylor (26-26, 11-13) on Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. at Devon Park in Oklahoma City. Coincidentally, the series in which the Jayhawks took two out of three from the Bears was their very first in league play this year, from March 7-9. At ...

Longtime KU assistant basketball coach announces retirement

For the first time since 2012, a Kansas men's basketball team will soon take the court for a season without Norm Roberts on the sideline. Bill Self's longtime assistant coach announced his retirement on Monday morning after 37 years of coaching. "I want to thank everybody at the University of Kansas and from everywhere I've been lucky enough to coach," Roberts said in a press release. "I've been fortunate ...

Chiefs minicamp invite 'dream come true' for Casey

Updated 11:15 a.m. Tuesday, May 6: Among a reported 87 players taking part in the Kansas City Chiefs’ minicamp over the weekend were a couple who were quite familiar with the Chiefs’ facilities. Former Kansas tight end Jared Casey, for one, played four games at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium with the Jayhawks during the 2024 season. In one of those, against Houston on Oct. 19, he even caught a pair of ...

KU concludes 'refreshingly steady' spring spent building toward next successful season

The Kansas soccer team was quite an enigma entering the 2024 season. The Jayhawks’ roster at the time was a patchwork composed of select returners from a team that won one Big 12 game in 2023, double-digit freshmen compiled from classes assembled by two separate head coaches and a select few transfers — all working under a new coaching staff that had seen great success in the Big East with its high-pressure ...

KU tennis falls to South Carolina in NCAA Tournament

The Kansas tennis team lost 4-0 to South Carolina on Friday afternoon in an NCAA Tournament matchup at the Chewning Tennis Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The Jayhawks finish the year at 14-12 overall, having returned to the tournament for the seventh time under head coach Todd Chapman, following a one-year absence from the competition, but failing to advance past the first round. The Gamecocks ...

Griffen reportedly transfers to Texas A&M

Former Kansas wing Rylan Griffen is transferring to Texas A&M, according to multiple reports on Friday afternoon. Griffen becomes the second player to leave the Jayhawks for former Samford coach Bucky McMillan's new-look Aggies, after forward Zach Clemence did the same earlier in the offseason. On3 was first to report the news of Griffen's move. He is the fourth former KU player to find a new home this ...