University of Kansas fans holding season tickets for upcoming KU sporting events now have assurances from the athletic department that their investment is safe. On Wednesday afternoon, KU Athletic Director Jeff Long sent an email to donors announcing the details of a ticket assurance plan for all season ticket holders. According to the email, the plan was put in place to “ease any apprehension (fans) may ...
High school juniors across the country received phone calls from the Kansas basketball coaching staff on Monday, the first day coaches were allowed to contact players in the 2022 recruiting class. Some players received new offers. Some already had offers and were just catching up. Here’s a quick look at a few of the players KU reached out to: Jaden Bradley A five-star point guard ranked No. 8 overall ...
Months of planning and projecting have left University of Kansas Athletic Director Jeff Long cautiously optimistic about hosting a full college football season this fall. Long said as much on multiple occasions during Tuesday night’s online discussion, “College Sports in the COVID-19 Era,” on the Kansas City Public Library’s YouTube channel. Joined by Missouri AD Jim Sterk and library moderator Steve ...
On Monday, the Kansas football team conducted its first voluntary team workouts since the pandemic, after about 75 athletes tested negative for COVID-19, an athletic department official confirmed. KU spokesman Dan Beckler told the Journal-World early Monday afternoon that Kansas Team Health, at an on-site location, had tested "about 75" KU student-athletes who began coming back to campus last week. All of the ...
Kansas Athletic Director Jeff Long and his Mizzou counterpart, Jim Sterk, will share their thoughts on COVID-19’s impact on college sports in an online discussion Tuesday. The event, which is being organized by the Kansas City Public Library, is slated for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday on the library’s YouTube channel. Former USA Today sportswriter Steve Wieberg will be hosting the discussion. The website announcing ...
Monday marked the first day that college basketball coaches could contact high school prospects in the class of 2022 directly, and the coaching staff at Kansas did not have to look far for one of its calls. Juju Ramirez, a junior-to-be from Bishop Seabury Academy who announced last week that he was headed to New Hampton Prep in New Hampshire next season, received a scholarship offer from KU late Monday ...