A 14-year-old boy who developed a special bond with Kansas basketball coach Bill Self died after a five-year fight with cancer on Tuesday, eight days before his 15th birthday.
Nicholas Parscale, known by many as “Nick the Brave,” was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2016. At the time of his diagnosis, he told his father that he believed he got cancer so another kid would not have to have it.
From there, he ...
Topeka — Kansas forward David McCormack said Tuesday that his recovery from offseason foot surgery was going “great” and that he was hoping to be back to basketball action sometime soon.
“It’s hard to know exactly (when),” he said Tuesday during a break in the Washburn Basketball camp he and teammates Christian Braun and Dajuan Harris helped work. “I think they said soon, hopefully weeks, but I ...
One day after setting an American record in the 100-meter breaststroke semifinals at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Omaha, Neb., former Lawrence-based swimmer Michael Andrew achieved his lifelong goal of qualifying for the Olympics by winning the event on Monday night.
Andrew’s Monday swim of 58.73 seconds was not quite as fast as the 58.14 seconds he swam on Sunday that beat the old American record by nearly a ...
A handful of big time prep prospects flocked to the KU campus over the weekend to conduct visits with the Kansas men’s basketball program.
Two top 10 targets — Class of 2022 forward and official visitor Chris Livingston (No. 4 overall per Rivals) and Class of 2023 power forward and unofficial visitor Omaha Biliew (No. 6 overall per Rivals) — and 2023 point guard Bryson Warren, who just recently received ...
With more than 100 years of experience in the three offices nearest his, interim Kansas basketball assistant Jeremy Case has taken advantage of the wisdom Bill Self, Kurtis Townsend and Norm Roberts can provide during recent weeks.
“Oh yeah,” Case told the Journal-World during a recent sit-down in his office. “I’m in Coach T’s office almost half the day. I’m talking to Coach Rob half the day. I’m ...
Topeka — After spending the first couple of days of the week settling into their new surroundings in Lawrence, six Kansas basketball newcomers jumped feet-first into life as Jayhawks on Tuesday and Wednesday at Washburn University.
Freshman roommates Zach Clemence and Kyle Cuffe and Drake transfer Joseph Yesufu were the first KU players to attend this year’s Washburn basketball camps run by current WU ...
