After weeks of waiting, wondering, speculating and reading into even the smallest details or potential signs, the college basketball world is finally on the brink of finding out what the future holds for 5-star recruit R.J. Hampton. Per a weekend announcement on his Twitter page, Hampton will reveal his college choice between Kansas, Memphis and Texas Tech live on ESPN’s Get Up! television show hosted by ...
With his daughter Tatum dominating on the mound, Aaron Clopton took in this year’s Class 6A state softball tournament from a drastically different vantage point than he saw Free State’s triumph in 2018 — from the Arrocha Ballpark bleachers. Last year, Aaron’s military deployment to the Middle East forced him to miss his daughter’s big moment. But this year, one season after leading Free State to ...
R.J. Hampton he is not, but another Texas-based basketball player elected to join the Kansas men’s basketball program over the weekend. According to a Tweet from the Northfield Mount Hermon team website, Michael Jankovich, the son of former Bill Self assistant and current SMU head coach Tim Jankovich, has decided to accept an invitation to join the Jayhawks as a walk-on for the 2019-20 season. Jankovich ...
The game-winning hit came Friday. The celebration came Saturday. And it included chants of “Back-to-Back” and approximately 35 million hugs and smiles. For the second year in a row, the Free State High softball team was the one standing in the middle of the field at Arrocha Ballpark, hoisting the hardware that read, “State Champions.” The Firebirds (23-2) achieved the feat with a 1-0 victory over ...
The wait is over. Kansas forward Silvio De Sousa will play basketball for the Jayhawks next season. After being suspended by the NCAA for two seasons on Feb. 1 because of his guardian, Fenny Falmagne's role in accepting money from a former Adidas executive who later was declared a KU booster, De Sousa on Friday morning finally had his appeal heard by the NCAA’s Student-Athlete Reinstatement committee. By ...
Three timely hits in a pair of Class 6A state tournament games on Friday put the Free State softball team 12 outs away from winning its second consecutive state title. But thanks to Mother Nature and unbeaten Washburn Rural, there remains work to be done before the defending champs can hoist the trophy again. After knocking off Olathe North, 1-0, in Friday’s semifinals, the Firebirds jumped on top of ...