WRITER: Matt Tait

15 years later, former KU shooting guard Keith Langford joins list of Jayhawk graduates

In case you missed it, one of the newest KU graduates with ties to the University of Kansas basketball program recently completed the work for his degree nearly 20 years after he first started taking classes. Keith Langford, one of the all-time great scorers in Kansas basketball history, announced last week that was now officially a KU graduate in the Class of 2021. Langford, who is now 37 years old, shared ...

Walk-off home run sends Free State softball back to state to defend back-to-back titles

The two-time defending state champion Free State softball team is headed back to the Class 6A state tournament thanks to a dramatic three-run walk-off homer in the seventh by senior shortstop Sara Roszak. In the regional championship against Derby, the Firebirds were down to their final two outs of the season. But after the first two runners of the final inning reached base, Roszak lifted a towering fly ball ...

Gary Woodland's Round 2 72 keeps him in the hunt at the PGA Championship

After two completely different nine-hole stretches on Friday, his 37th birthday, former University of Kansas All-American Gary Woodland found himself still in contention at the PGA Championship. Woodland’s second-round 72 at the Ocean Course in Kiawah Island, S.C., left him at 2-under par for the tournament, just three strokes behind co-leaders Phil Mickelson and Louis Oosthuizen. How he got there was a ...

Kansas basketball headed to Orlando in November

The Kansas men’s basketball program is headed to Disney World for Thanksgiving. Sort of. KU announced on Thursday that the Jayhawks are one of eight teams who will play in the 2021 ESPN Events Invitational — previously known as the Orlando Invitational — on Nov. 25-28 at HP Field House at ESPN World of Sports near Orlando. KU played in, and won, the event in 2014, knocking off Michigan State in the ...

Kansas basketball lands commitment from Iowa State transfer Jalen Coleman-Lands

The Kansas men’s basketball program’s busy offseason raged on Wednesday, when the Jayhawks landed a commitment from another newcomer. Former Iowa State guard Jalen Coleman-Lands, a 6-foot-4, 187-pound senior shooting guard originally from Indianapolis, announced on social media late Wednesday morning that he was joining the Jayhawks. Known as a shooter and a scrappy defender who can use his length and ...

Despite strong final day, Kansas men's golf team comes up just short of advancing at Tallahassee regional

The Kansas men’s golf team stayed alive in the hunt for a spot at nationals until the final hole during Wednesday’s third and final round at Seminole Legacy Golf Club in Tallahasse, Fla. But the Jayhawks’ strong showing on Day 3 came up just short and Kansas finished seventh out of 14 programs in the final team standings, just three shots behind TCU for fifth. The top five teams earned spots at the ...