Former Kansas golfer Gary Woodland finished Round 1 at the Memorial in Dublin, Ohio, in roughly the same place he finished Round 4 at least week’s PGA Tour event at Muirfield Village Golf Course — near the top. Woodland, who finished tied for fifth at last week’s Workday Charity Open on the same course, fired a 4-under 68 on Thursday and sits in a tie for third place heading into Friday. Woodland ...
The Kansas men’s basketball program is pushing its return-to-campus date back for the second time in three weeks in response to the recent rise in COVID-19 cases, KU coach Bill Self told the Journal-World on Wednesday. The Jayhawks now are aiming to return on Aug. 2, Self said. That date is nearly a full month after the initial return-to-campus date Self and the Jayhawks were hoping for, July 6, and it's ...
Class of 2021 point guard Nolan Hickman appears to be nearing a decision about his college future. The 76th-ranked player in the senior class recently told JayhawkSlant.com’s Shay Wildeboor that he was getting close to making a decision but that he still did not know when he would make an announcement. What he does know is that he will play his senior season at Wasatch Academy, in Mount Pleasant, Utah, the ...
Lawrence High School is turning to one of its own to lead its athletic department into the future. Former LHS girls basketball and softball coach Nick Wood, who graduated from the school in 1996, was formally hired as the school's new athletic director and assistant principal during the Lawrence school board meeting Monday night. He replaces John Hilton, who left after two years to take a similar job at Blue ...
Kentucky’s John Calipari, University of Kansas coach Bill Self and more than 30 other college basketball coaches have announced the creation of a minority leadership initiative that carries the name of KU pioneer John McLendon. In partnership with the John McLendon Foundation, the new initiative is designed to increase the amount of diversity in both college basketball and college athletic departments ...
On Friday, former University of Kansas golf standout Gary Woodland was in danger of missing the cut for a second consecutive tournament on the PGA Tour. By early Sunday afternoon, Woodland was in the clubhouse with a Top 5 finish and one of the best weekends of his 2020 season. Woodland followed up Saturday’s 66 in Round 3 at the Workday Charity Open in Dublin, Ohio, by firing a 3-under 69 on Sunday to ...