For most of their childhood, brothers Kwamie Lassiter II and Kwinton Lassiter dreamed of one day playing in the NFL and following in the footsteps of their late father, Kwamie, a former standout safety at Kansas and with the Arizona Cardinals, San Diego Chargers and Los Angeles Rams. And then the other day, Kwinton saw a short video clip on Twitter of his older brother catching a pass from Joe Burrow at ...
The Big Ten, in conjunction with television partners CBS, NBC and FOX, [agreed to a 7-year, $7 billion media rights partnership that will begin in 2023 and run through 2030.][1] The deal is the largest in the history of college football and it further cements the conference as the king of the castle in all of college athletics when it comes to broadcasting dollars. It’s also no surprise whatsoever. ...
The lasting image of Thursday’s 1-0 Kansas soccer loss to Ohio State in the season opener at Rock Chalk Park was sophomore Raena Childers leaving the field with tears in her eyes following the postgame team meeting. After playing the Buckeyes tough throughout and even-up on the stat sheet for most of the game, the Jayhawks (0-1) fell victim to one break that went against them and lost the opener on a ...
The Big Ten, in conjunction with television partners CBS, NBC and FOX, [agreed to a 7-year, $7 billion media rights partnership that will begin in 2023 and run through 2030.][1] The deal is the largest in the history of college football and it further cements the conference as the king of the castle in all of college athletics when it comes to broadcasting dollars. It’s also no surprise whatsoever. ...
It wasn’t exactly breaking ground on a new facility, but it might have been an important step all the same. If nothing else, at least it was something. Kansas Athletics Inc. on Wednesday sent out a survey to tens of thousands of fans designed to collect feedback on the fan experience at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium. Specifically, the survey sought input on how to make gameday “unforgettable” ...
For the entirety of the 16 months since he took the head coaching job at Kansas, Lance Leipold and many around him have talked about changing the culture of Kansas football. Thanks to a couple of his comments at Wednesday’s annual media day, we now know what at least part of that process looks like. Early on in his 25-minute news conference at Mrkonic Auditorium, Leipold was asked how returning players who ...