At the start of last June, Kansas didn’t know whether highly coveted Arizona edge rusher Deshawn Warner would join the team, let alone that he and fellow defensive end Dakyus Brinkley would end up committing just three days apart. That actually didn’t even happen until July. The Jayhawks had just five of their eventual 17 signees from the class of 2024 when June 2023 began, before a slew of visits led to a ...
With the rough outline of its schedule already known, the Kansas football team's nonconference slate came into further focus on Thursday afternoon when the Big 12 Conference released additional information. KU will host Lindenwood at Children's Mercy Park on Thursday, Aug. 29 at 7 p.m., travel to face Illinois on Saturday, Sept. 7 at 6 p.m. and return to Children's Mercy Park to face UNLV on Friday, Sept. 13 at ...
Updated 4:21 p.m. Wednesday: Kansas athletic director Travis Goff has received a raise to a starting base salary of $1.3 million and a contract extension through 2031, KU announced Wednesday afternoon. “I am thankful to Chancellor Girod for his continued trust in our team and I am honored and humbled by the opportunity to continue leading Kansas Athletics through a pivotal time," Goff said in a press ...
The annual basketball game that brings Jayhawk greats back to Lawrence to help raise money for pediatric cancer is back for its 16th year, and this time around it will feature some Kansas luminaries of the very recent past. Ochai Agbaji, Gradey Dick and Jalen Wilson, all current NBA players, will make their debuts at the Rock Chalk Roundball Classic, which is set to return to Free State High School on the night ...
Shortly before Wednesday night's deadline to withdraw from the NBA Draft, Kansas' Johnny Furphy announced that he instead plans to remain in the draft and pursue a professional career. "Playing in the NBA has always been a lifetime goal of mine," Furphy wrote in a statement on social media. "With that, I've decided that now is the time to pursue that dream." Furphy, a native of Melbourne, Australia, had been ...
The Kansas track and field team is sending 11 athletes to the NCAA Outdoor Championships for the second straight year after a slew of Jayhawks emerged from regional competition in Fayetteville, Arkansas, with top-12 finishes over the weekend. They will represent the Jayhawks in Eugene, Oregon, from June 5-8. Arkansas graduate transfer Yoveinny Mota, a native of Caracas, Venezuela, was the headliner, as she ...