Iowa graduate transfer Isaiah Moss has been on KU’s campus for about a month but already has shown he fits in well. The reason? “He’s a veteran,” sophomore point guard Devon Dotson recently told the Journal-World. “He knows what it takes out there and in practice. He knows what it takes to succeed at the highest level.” Dotson has seen that from Moss for years. Back when the KU point guard was ...
Kansas football head coach Les Miles said all the right things after [Saturday’s disheartening, haven’t-we-seen-this-before 12-7 home loss][1] to Coastal Carolina. From calling the setback painful to making it clear he was “unhappy” and even explaining that the rough result was an obvious sign that he and his program still had serious work to do, everything Miles said was both right and reasonable. ...
As far as introductions go, the one Kansas junior Marcus Garrett had with new KU strength coach Ramsey Nijem on Monday morning during Day 1 of boot camp still had him smiling hours later. “When he came in there, he was energetic,” Garrett said of Nijem, who was hired last week to replace Andrea Hudy and went through his first day on the job Monday. “He came in there saying, ‘Don’t look at me crazy, ...
Although the 2019 edition of KU men’s basketball boot camp will feature the same drills and challenges as most years, it also will have a new look. Kansas coach Bill Self told the Journal-World on Sunday that first-year strength and conditioning coach Ramsey Nijem will be on hand for the start of this year’s event, scheduled for 6:50 a.m. Monday. Officially hired by Self last week to replace Texas-bound ...
I’ve covered Kansas football long enough to know better, and even I thought this was going to be different. It wasn’t. It isn’t. Oh, the dangers of listening to, and believing, what the coaches are saying during preseason camp. “This is a painful second game,” KU coach Les Miles said after Saturday’s 12-7 home loss to Coastal Carolina. “But this team will fight.” It’s not that I thought ...
Thursday night, after playing a little basketball with some friends, I stumbled onto a pretty cool moment at Five Guys while grabbing a hard-earned burger on my way home. While I waited for my food, KU defensive lineman Codey Cole III walked in and approached the counter to place his order. Well aware that Cole was a Jayhawk and wildly interested in just how big his order might be — after all, Cole, a ...