When Kansas track and field coach Stanley Redwine met with the media on Wednesday to preview the 100-year anniversary of the Kansas Relays, which begin on Thursday and run through Saturday evening, he joked that new meet director Tim Byers had an afro on top of his head when he took the job. Now bald, Byers laughed when he heard Redwine’s quip, but he was willing to acknowledge that bringing back the ...
Ethan Vasko, a promising young quarterback stuck behind starter Jalon Daniels and back-up Jason Bean on the Jayhawks’ depth chart, announced Tuesday that he was leaving the KU football program. Vasko revealed his plans on social meedia, saying “a lot of consideration and discussion with my family” went into his decision. The 6-foot-4, 215-pound redshirt freshman from Chesapeake, Virginia, noted in his ...
Former Kansas point guard Bobby Pettiford became the second member of the 2022-23 team to announce his new school on Monday. Pettiford, who played two seasons at Kansas, will continue his college career at East Carolina in his home state of North Carolina. He joins former KU big man Cam Martin in announcing his next stop. Martin, one of five players on last year’s team to enter the transfer portal after the ...
Coming off of the success the 2022 team experienced last fall, Kansas football coach Lance Leipold and his coaching staff knew it would be critical to raise the expectations this spring. So, they did. There was still time to feel good about the trip to Liberty Bowl last December, and Leipold and company firmly believed that part of moving the program forward was making sure that they celebrated the victories ...
A ho-hum showing during nonconference play and a sweep at the hands of No. 24 TCU to open Big 12 play has quickly given way to a blazing-hot stretch for the Kansas baseball team. The Jayhawks won their second conference series in a row over the weekend by taking two of three from No. 19 West Virginia in Morgantown. KU won the opener, 5-3, and then took Game 2, 10-7, to move its winning streak to seven in a ...
Former University of Kansas golf standout Gary Woodland hung around the top 10 all weekend at Augusta National at the 2023 Masters before finishing in a tie for 14th place at 3-under-par for the tournament on Sunday. It marked the best Masters finish of Woodland's career, which has spanned 15 years and 11 trips to the famed major in Georgia. His previous best finish (tied for 24th) came during his Masters ...