WRITER: Henry Greenstein

How KU is preparing for a potential baseball regional and the broader future of the program

The success of the Kansas baseball program this season has been in many ways unprecedented. The most tangible evidence of that fact is the very real possibility that the Jayhawks, who until last year had not even appeared in an NCAA regional for more than a decade, may get the chance to host one later this month beginning on May 29. There are no guarantees, as KU (37-12, 20-4 Big 12) will need to maintain its ...

KU Athletics in no rush to decide on RedBird Capital credit line

In the days since multiple outlets reported that the Big 12 Conference struck a five-year deal with RedBird Capital and Weatherford Capital — one that will grant the league $12.5 million and provide member schools the opportunity to opt into a $30 million credit line — several athletic departments have already declared that they will not make use of the credit line. While expressing his support for the ...

KU softball enters Big 12 tournament in 'really good place' for NCAA candidacy

Kansas softball coach Jennifer McFalls said her team has been “steady Eddie” this season in the sense that it never gets too high or too low, even in high-leverage situations. “Honestly, I’ve had so much fun this year, so it’s been really hard to look at those moments as pressure,” senior shortstop Hailey Cripe said. But how much pressure will the fifth-seeded Jayhawks really even be under on ...

KU men's golf earns 10th straight NCAA regional bid

The Kansas men’s golf team’s program-record string of consecutive NCAA regional appearances continued on Wednesday when the Jayhawks earned a spot as a No. 7 seed in the Athens Regional. KU will begin play on May 18 at the University of Georgia Golf Course in what will be its 10th straight regional under 14th-year head coach Jamie Bermel. The best five teams out of the 13-team Athens Regional, as well as ...

KU's new big men will have plenty to prove, plenty to say about success of Jayhawks' season

In my time covering Kansas during an era of increased player movement, it has become quite apparent that KU men’s basketball fans covet virtually no one more in the transfer portal than a player who has thrived against KU specifically. In fact, it often doesn’t matter what else that player has accomplished in the rest of his career or even if his usual play style and talent level remotely resemble what he ...

NCAA regional competition now familiar to KU women's golf team

The goal is for Amy DeKock is to play 10 more competitive rounds of golf as a Jayhawk before her senior season comes to an end. To squeeze in that many, a total that she and head coach Lindsay Kuhle derived, would require Kansas to not only advance out of its upcoming regional competition in Ann Arbor, Michigan, but make it all the way to the championship match at the conclusion of the national tournament on ...