Kansas football coach Les Miles is confident there will be college football this fall — but he said he’s not so sure what it will look like or when exactly it will start. “We’re going to play college football in the fall,” Miles said during a 12-minute spot on 610 Sports Radio Thursday morning. “That’s what’s been said, OK. That’s the key piece. Now we’ve got to make sure we’re safe for ...
The Kansas State High School Activities Association has identified June 1 as the start date for a variety of summer programs, provided coaches follow “all group gathering restrictions and social distancing expectations” outlined by local health officials and school administrators. The 2020 summer guidelines were announced Wednesday and passed last Friday, when the KSHSAA Board of Directors met to discuss ...
Kansas basketball coach Bill Self has a simple way of sorting out the crowded house that exists in KU’s backcourt heading into the offseason. “The way we should look at it is to say they’re all guards,” Self told the Journal-World during a recent phone interview. In all, Kansas is slated to have nine perimeter players on scholarship heading into the 2020-21 season. From senior-to-be Marcus Garrett ...
Season tickets for nearly 45% of the seats at men’s basketball games at Allen Fieldhouse will cost less under a new pricing model that starts next season. The change, announced by Kansas Athletics on Tuesday morning, will mark the first time since the 2008-09 season that KU has lowered the price of its season tickets. It comes with an option for fans to secure a season ticket for $475 less than the cheapest ...
For two years in the late 1980s, former Kansas defensive coordinator Dave Campo shared the town of Miami with legendary Dolphins coach Don Shula, who died Monday at age 90. The stages they performed on were different, of course, with Shula nearing the home stretch of his Hall of Fame NFL career and Campo coaching defensive backs for Jimmy Johnson at the University of Miami. But the two teams shared the same ...
KU recruiting target Tamar Bates, a standout senior-to-be at nearby Piper High outside of Kansas City, announced Tuesday that he will play his senior year at IMG Academy, one of the biggest stages in prep basketball. Bates, who is rated as a four-star prospect in the class of 2021 by Rivals.com, posted the news Tuesday on his Twitter page. “I would like to announce that I will be attending IMG Academy for ...