WRITER: Henry Greenstein

Lance Leipold discusses wife Kelly's breast cancer diagnosis, fundraising campaign

On Sept. 22, Kelly Leipold was diagnosed with breast cancer; on Sunday, she made that diagnosis public and kicked off a campaign to help others get screened. “No one ever wants to hear the words,” she wrote in a post on X. “Thank you to KU Med for their wonderful care as I proceed with treatment. Early detection is key! If my story can help one woman get the mammogram she has been unable to obtain (then) ...

New-look Rosario impresses for Jayhawks

A different Kohl Rosario took the floor for Kansas on Tuesday night against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. Different in the sense that he shone with 16 points, an array of high-flying dunks, a pair of 3s and a charge drawn after his slow start to the season, but also different physically: He had shaved the mustache he had previously been wearing during his first fall as a Jayhawk. He got positive reviews from ...

Big 12 power rankings: Texas Tech unanimous No. 1 after big win

The Big 12 championship runs through Lubbock. Texas Tech was the unanimous pick in this week's Big 12 power rankings after a convincing win against BYU. BYU dropped to second, followed by Utah, Cincinnati and Houston to round out the top five. Kansas remained at 12th once again after its narrow loss to Arizona. 1. Texas Tech Previous ranking: 2 Points: 256 (16 first-place votes) Record: 9-1 (6-1 Big ...

Jayhawks use well-rounded effort to take care of Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 77-46

Kansas coach Bill Self said on Monday that Flory Bidunga would ideally serve as the secondary option on offense to star guard Darryn Peterson as the Jayhawks’ season progresses. With Peterson out on Tuesday night against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and Bidunga limited in the first half by severe foul trouble, KU had to get creative, and a variety of players chipped in. Freshman wing Kohl Rosario ...

KU soccer to host Cal Baptist in opening round of NCAA Tournament

The Kansas soccer team may have entered this year’s NCAA Tournament selection show on a bit more of a down note compared to last season — it fell short of a Big 12 tournament title this time around — but the Jayhawks came out of Monday with a more favorable seed than last year and the promise of a home match at Rock Chalk Park. KU is a No. 3 seed and will host Cal Baptist, an automatic qualifier out of ...

Preview: KU returns home to face Texas A&M-Corpus Christi

It didn’t take long for a young group of Jayhawks to suffer its first setback. North Carolina raced past Kansas in a fast-paced second half on Friday at the Smith Center, resulting in a resounding 13-point defeat for KU and revealing plenty of areas for improvement at this early stage of the year. “We’re just staying focused on the stuff that we messed up, so that we don’t make those same mistakes ...