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 ...
Five-star prospect R.J. Hampton, the No. 6-ranked player in Rivals.com's 2019 rankings and a top Kansas target, announced on Twitter on Friday afternoon that he had picked a date to reveal his college decision. "The time has come," Hampton Tweeted. "Watch Get Up ESPN on Tuesday, May 28. I have an announcement to make." This news on the same day that [Kansas learned that Silvio De Sousa had won his ...
There is now actual evidence that Class of 2019 KU target R.J. Hampton is waiting for the NBA’s underclassman draft deadline to make his college decision. That’s what Hampton’s father, Rod Hampton, told Adam Zagoria this week during an interview about the 5-star guard’s future. “We will know a lot more after next week,” Hampton’s father told Zagoria on Thursday. “Need to see who stays in ...
The deja vu ran wild on Thursday afternoon at Arrocha Ballpark, where the Free State softball team advanced to the Class 6A state semifinals for the second year in a row with a dominant 6-0 victory over Olathe Northwest in Round 1. Same field. Same team. Same result. Even the magic bush that was a big, superstitious part of last year's run to the 6A state title made an appearance on Thursday. Granted, it was ...
Forty Kansas Athletics employees specializing in sports medicine are now reporting to actual doctors and medical professionals instead of KU administrators. Through a collaboration with The University of Kansas Health System and LMH Health, Kansas Athletics on Wednesday morning announced the launch of Kansas Team Health, a third-party health care group that will be charged not only with providing KU’s ...
An early eight-run hole proved to be too much for the Kansas baseball team to climb out of during a 12-8 loss to West Virginia in the opening round of the Big 12 tournament at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City. The 5th-seeded Jayhawks were able to battle back and make a game of it but never got closer than two runs. Kansas (31-25) actually led in the game in the top of the first inning, when left ...