WRITER: Henry Greenstein

Tradition of KU's program drew Storr to Lawrence

AJ Storr got an up-close-and-personal look at the Kansas men's basketball team last summer, when he was playing against the Jayhawks for the Bahamas national team as part of KU's summer tour through Puerto Rico. Ten months later, many of those players he took on head-to-head are now his teammates. “It’s actually crazy to think about it," Storr said on Sunday, as part of his first meeting with reporters ...

KU football gets brief spotlight in EA Sports College Football 25 trailer

One of the most anticipated video game trailers in recent memory took a few moments to spotlight the Kansas Jayhawks. About 20 seconds into Friday morning's "Gameplay Deep Dive" trailer for the upcoming EA Sports College Football 25 video game — the company's first college football game since 2013 — the KU offense appears to underscore what narrator Kirk Herbstreit calls "a host of new mechanics that ...

The new Big 12: What to know about league's four football additions

The conclusion of the Big 12 Conference baseball tournament a week ago also meant the end of head-to-head team competition for the current iteration of the league. While Oklahoma and Texas will continue to represent the league through the end of the college sports season — expect to see Big 12 patches on their uniforms at the outdoor track nationals beginning Wednesday — their departures for the ...

As summer recruiting kicks into gear, KU will need plenty of pass catchers for 2025

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 ...

KU football receives game times, dates for nonconference schedule

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 ...

KU Athletic Director Travis Goff agrees to contract extension; salary rises to $1.3M

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 ...