With just two words during Thursday morning’s practice at KU, Kansas football coach Lance Leipold unveiled his plan for making up for lost time as the Jayhawks opened preseason camp. “More reps,” Leipold bellowed during a hand-placement drill with KU’s linemen near the start of the first official practice of the 2021 season. Then it was on to share that same message with the next group. Being ...
On a night when some of the best shooters in recent Kansas basketball history lit up the nets and delighted the crowd at the Rock Chalk Roundball Classic, it was a player who made just 38 triples in his 3-year KU career that stole the show. Markieff Morris, who recently signed with the NBA’s Miami Heat, knocked in seven 3-pointers to help lead the Red team to a 108-97 victory over the Blue squad in Brian ...
The Rock Chalk Roundball Classic returns on Thursday night, and four notable newcomers will be coming with it. Among the 32 former Jayhawks planning to play in the 13th annual event are twins Marcus and Markieff Morris, 2018 Final Four participant Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk and former WNBA lottery pick Danielle McCray. Mykhailiuk, who participated in last year’s Shooting for the Stars 3-point contest but has ...
United States senator Roger Marshall, a Kansas Republican, has called on U.S. attorney general Merrick Garland to investigate ESPN’s role in kick-starting the latest round of conference realignment. In a formal letter addressed to Garland, Marshall asked for the Department of Justice to look into ESPN’s role, if any, in Oklahoma and Texas leaving the Big 12 for the SEC. “I write today to ask that the ...
Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby has said throughout the past couple of weeks that he believed the Big 12 would have “options” that make it viable to stay together after Oklahoma and Texas depart. Although the conference — and college athletics as a whole — remains a long way from knowing what he meant by that, a hint surfaced Tuesday. According to a report from The Athletic’s Max Olson, Bowlsby was ...
A handful of former Jayhawks still hoping to catch on in the NBA will get their chance to shine at the upcoming NBA summer leagues in Sacramento, Salt Lake City and Las Vegas. While making an NBA roster through a strong showing in Summer League play is uncommon, it has happened in the past with a handful of players. And many others played their way into a two-way contract that led to good money and an even ...