*Slated to begin on April 19, the 2020 NBA playoffs and the end of the 2019-20 NBA season were put on hold because of the COVID-19 health crisis.* *League officials recently announced the approval of the NBA’s plan to restart play in July, leaving 22 teams still alive in the 2020 title chase. While we wait for the season to resume, it seemed like a good idea to spend some of this idle time looking back at ...
MaxPreps recently named Mike Lewis’ Lawrence High boys basketball program one of the 10 most dominant in the state during the past decade, sparking a sense of pride and fond memories from those who were a part of the ride. “A tremendous honor,” former LHS standout Anthony Bonner said when asked about the Top 10 distinction this week. “Me and a lot of the guys were talking about it the day it came out ...
The Kansas men’s basketball program is delaying its return to campus by roughly two weeks as cases of COVID-19 continue to surge nationwide. The Jayhawks had originally aimed for a July 6 return, as allowed by the Big 12 Conference, but KU coach Bill Self said late Thursday that the team now plans to be back in Lawrence by July 19. KU’s coaches cannot start working with players in person until July 20 ...
Kansas coach Bill Self told the Journal-World on Friday evening that guard Elijah Elliott, a walk-on from Southlake, Texas, has entered the transfer portal. Self said the 6-foot-3 combo guard who was a redshirt freshman during the 2019-20 season, “hasn’t made a decision (about his future) to my knowledge.” Elliott joined the Jayhawks as an invited walk-on prior to the 2018-19 season after a strong prep ...
Former Kansas golfer Gary Woodland missed the cut and will not play in this weekend’s third and fourth rounds at the Travelers Championship in Connecticut. Woodland shot a 2-under-par 68 on Friday, recovering from a rough front nine with five birdies on the back nine. But it was not enough to keep him around for the weekend and he missed the cut by two strokes. Woodland, who responded to a 3-over par 38 to ...
Former Kansas point guard Frank Mason III knows a thing or two about collecting trophies. But just in case he forgot how to do it, Mason got a chance to sharpen those skills Thursday, when he was named the NBA G League’s 2019-20 Most Valuable Player. Voted on by the league’s 28 head coaches and general managers, Mason, who is on a two-way contract with the Milwaukee Bucks and Wisconsin Herd, added to his ...