WRITER: Matt Tait

Kansas track coach Stanley Redwine overjoyed to finally clear Olympic hurdle

University of Kansas track coach Stanley Redwine is on the verge of seeing a dream come true. After qualifying but coming up short at five consecutive Olympic trials as an athlete from 1980-1996, Redwine finally is headed to the Olympics with the United States track team. Beginning next week in Tokyo, Redwine will serve as an assistant coach to head coach Michael Holloway, with his focus being mostly on the ...

Report: Former Jayhawk Silvio De Sousa transferring to Chattanooga to finish college basketball career

Former University of Kansas forward Silvio De Sousa confirmed to the Journal-World on Tuesday afternoon that he is headed to Tennessee to continue his college basketball career at Chattanooga. Stadium’s Jeff Goodman was the first to report the news. De Sousa, whose Kansas career was known as much for what he did off of the stat sheet as on it, announced last fall that he was leaving the KU basketball ...

KU's Dajuan Harris headed to Spain in August with USA all-star team

Kansas point guard Dajuan Harris is scheduled to head to Spain in August to play for the USA East Coast all-star Red team in a series of games against international competition. Harris, who is set to enter his third year with the Jayhawks during the 2021-22 season, will play for a team led by former Kansas coach Larry Brown, who recently joined Penny Hardaway’s staff at Memphis. Joining Harris on the Red ...

Kansas basketball players stage surprise scrimmage for Lawrence Boys & Girls Club members

What was supposed to be a summer scrimmage between fourth- and fifth-grade Boys & Girls Club basketball teams on Monday morning turned into a wild surprise featuring the Kansas Jayhawks. For a little more than an hour, nearly the entire KU men’s basketball roster scrimmaged with 14 Boys & Girls Club members at Prairie Park Elementary School. The Prairie Park kids thought a similar group from ...

Gary Woodland misses cut at 2021 British Open

Former University of Kansas golf standout Gary Woodland finished his second round at the British Open with three consecutive birdies to finish even on the day. But Woodland’s late run was not enough to save him and he missed the cut after shooting 3 over par during the event’s first two rounds. [Woodland shot 73 on Thursday][1] and followed that up with a 70 on Friday to miss the cut line by two strokes. ...

Gary Woodland fires a 3-over 73 at opening round of 2021 British Open

Across the pond, playing in golf’s final major of the season, former University of Kansas All-American Gary Woodland shot a 3-over 73 in Round 1 of the 2021 British Open on Thursday in Sandwich, England. Woodland played even-par golf through 13 holes at Royal St. George on Thursday — a bogey at No. 4, a birdie at No. 10 and the rest pars — but carded bogeys on three of his final five holes to fall down ...