WRITER: Henry Greenstein

KU finds new punter for 2025

The Kansas football team has found its punter for the 2025 season, and it got an extremely qualified one. McNeese transfer Finn Lappin, who is originally from Melbourne, Australia, announced his commitment to the Jayhawks on Thursday afternoon. As a freshman with the Cowboys, he averaged 46.1 yards per punt, the best average in program history, with 19 punts inside the 20-yard line compared to eight ...

Mass St. Collective ceases operations as KU moves forward with in-house marketing partnership FLIGHT

With a new era of compensation for college athletes on the horizon, the Mass St. Collective has ceased operations, Executive Director Keon Stowers told the Journal-World on Thursday. The collective previously facilitated payments to University of Kansas athletes for name, image and likeness considerations. But beginning with the approval of the pending House v. NCAA settlement, which is expected to take effect ...

KU vexes ASU offense in second half to earn 74-55 win

The Kansas men’s basketball team simply refuses to lose consecutive games at Allen Fieldhouse. After facing a six-point halftime deficit and staring down the barrel of back-to-back home losses for the first time since 1989, the Jayhawks mustered a new level of defensive intensity after the break, opening the second half with a 20-3 run and escaping Arizona State, 74-55, on Wednesday night. “Defensively, ...

Moore's back-to-back steals exemplified KU's second-half defensive effort

How did Kansas get out of the second half on Wednesday night having conceded just 13 points — its lowest total for a single half in 12 years? To hear head coach Bill Self tell it, it had a lot to do with guard Shakeel Moore. “I think to me, if I was going to pick an MVP of the game, I’d pick Shak,” Self said after KU finished off its come-from-behind 74-55 win over Arizona State at Allen Fieldhouse. ...

Preview: KU welcomes Big 12 newcomer ASU

The Kansas men’s basketball team mustered about as good a response as anyone could have possibly envisioned after losing its conference opener at home. Sunday’s 99-48 evisceration of UCF set school records as the biggest road win in school history over a Division I opponent — in a league game, no less — and the most dominant performance by an away team in Big 12 Conference history. But just as quickly ...

Transfer linebacker Lathan signs with KU, per reports

Kansas has successfully replaced its top three linebacker spots, all of which were vacated following the 2024 season, now that West Virginia transfer Trey Lathan has joined the fold. Lathan signed with KU on Tuesday, according to multiple reports. Lathan follows Bangally Kamara, formerly of Pittsburgh and South Carolina, and Joseph Sipp Jr., from Bowling Green, in joining the Jayhawks. Unlike his future ...