Playing in front of 3,017 fans at South Field in Provo, Utah, the Kansas soccer team spoiled BYU’s senior night and came away with a 3-1 road victory on Thursday night. The Jayhawks struck early and often, with three goals in the first 24 minutes, and conceded just once in the second half despite being outshot an uncharacteristic 12-3 over the course of the final 45, as the Cougars morphed into “as dynamic ...
The Kansas baseball team has 29 newcomers on its roster ahead of the 2026 season. If that sounds familiar, it’s because the Jayhawks had 27 last year, and managed to mold that entirely new group into one that produced the best season in the program’s recent history and earned a trip to the postseason. “I think one, it proves you can do it,” head coach Dan Fitzgerald told the Journal-World in a recent ...
As good as Kansas was at the plate last season — and the Jayhawks both got on base and hit for power as well as anyone in their conference — they were noticeably lacking in a particular area on offense, one that head coach Dan Fitzgerald mentioned during the year and he said continued to bother him all through the summer. “We won at a really high level last year,” he told the Journal-World. “But in ...
Kansas City, Mo. — Kansas coach Bill Self still has a lot left to learn about his 2025-26 team, but he has a starting lineup in mind for Friday’s road exhibition game at Louisville. The Jayhawks’ first five at the KFC Yum! Center — ”as of today,” Self said on Wednesday at Big 12 media days at the T-Mobile Center — “even though that could change” — will consist of guards Darryn Peterson and ...
Kansas City, Mo. — Kansas coach Bill Self is fond of saying that freshman guard Darryn Peterson is able to see the game in slow motion. It’s an attribute Self usually associates with veteran players, but one that Peterson has cultivated at a young age. “To be 18 and be able to slow the game down like that and be so cerebral and take everything in without being fazed, we try to just push him in practice to ...
The only remaining unbeaten team in the Big 12, BYU moved into the top spot in this week's power rankings. The Cougars received 14 of a possible 16 first-place votes from a panel of media who cover the Big 12. Cincinnati, tied for the league lead at 4-0, was second with one first-place vote. Texas Tech, the unanimous No. 1 the previous two weeks, dropped to third after a loss to Arizona State. The Red Raiders ...