The first of two annual Hardwood Classic AAU basketball tournaments hit Lawrence this weekend. But it did so without a key part of past events — big name coaches. For years, the Hardwood Classic has been a major attraction for several well known Division I basketball coaches, — including KU’s Bill Self — all of them flocking to Lawrence’s Rock Chalk Park to watch some of the nation’s top high ...
Kansas golf alum Gary Woodland’s dream of winning back to back majors came to an end on Friday evening at The Open Championship in Northern Ireland. Playing in his first of the PGA Tour’s four major tournaments since winning the U.S. Open in mid-June, Woodland followed up Thursday’s first-round 74 with an even-par 71 on Friday at Royal Portrush Golf Club in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, but the ...
Team Self Made, the all-KU alumni squad that hopes to be playing for a $2 million prize in The Tournament in the weeks ahead, is hosting a meet and greet for fans at Jefferson’s West in Lawrence on Sunday. Self Made general manager and lead guard Elijah Johnson will co-host the event from 3-6 p.m. Sunday and the club will be selling T-Shirts and mingling with fans as a small break in their training camp for ...
Three of the biggest names in recent Kansas basketball history are coming back to the area this weekend, and they’re bringing a new brand of basketball with them. Former Jayhawks Mario Chalmers, Drew Gooden and Julian Wright are all slated to play with separate teams in the BIG3 event at Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo., on Saturday, and league officials could not be happier about bringing their league to ...
http://www2.kusports.com/photos/2018/dec/01/327981/ Kansas men’s basketball coach Bill Self was in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday to accept the 2019 Kansan of the YEar award from the Kansas Society of Washington D.C. The society hosted its annual banquet Wednesday evening at the Westin Washington, D.C., City Center, and Self and his wife, Cindy, along with KU Athletic Director Jeff Long and other KU ...
Selling beer at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium won’t automatically fill the place with 50,000 rabid KU football fans. But it’s a start. And, frankly, I’m not sure what took this long. Wednesday morning, KU officials announced that beer and wine would be sold inside KU football’s home stadium during the upcoming season. The move is yet another indication that Athletic Director Jeff Long has ...