Updated 4 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025: The Big 12 Conference has removed an officiating crew from its next scheduled assignment as a result of an error made during Saturday’s game between Kansas and Missouri. According to a statement issued by the conference on Tuesday morning, the crew’s punishment is because it “allowed a punt to occur on a free kick.” "We believe we have one of the best officiating ...
Kansas football players undoubtedly heard all sorts of things from the sold-out Missouri crowd as they prepared to battle the Tigers on Saturday. One thing tight end DeShawn Hanika heard was a fan asking him if he even plays. “To be honest, I love it,” Hanika said. “I heard him. I had my headphone out. I heard him, and to be honest, I wouldn’t want it any other way.” It might have been a valid ...
ESPN announced on Tuesday afternoon its slate of "Big Monday" games for the upcoming 2025-26 men's college basketball season, which includes several contests featuring Kansas in Big 12 Conference competition on Monday nights. The Jayhawks will travel to Texas Tech on Feb. 2, host Arizona on Feb. 9 and host Houston Feb. 23. Each game will take place at 8 p.m. Central Time and will be televised on ESPN. The rest ...
Columbia, Mo. — DeShawn Hanika tells his fellow tight ends, “We like to live in hell.” It’s a shorthand for a mindset that he and his teammates will have to adopt over the course of the next week and a half, as they embrace the opportunity to battle through their first major adversity as a team. “We like the challenges,” Hanika said on Saturday, “because without the challenges it’s easy, and we ...
One of the telltale signs that basketball season is on the horizon revealed itself on Monday, as the Kansas men’s basketball team began its annual boot camp, kicking off a period of intense conditioning that helps prepare the Jayhawks for the upcoming season. The boot camp's duration varies — last year it spanned about a week and a half — but it has been a longstanding tradition under head coach Bill ...
Kansas and West Virginia will meet for their Week 4 football game at 5 p.m. on Sept. 20, the Big 12 Conference announced on Monday. It will be the first league matchup contested at the newly renovated David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium, and the third straight evening game there after KU kicked off its first two home games at 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. The game will be televised on FS1. Following the conclusion of its ...